WELCOME TO SOCIAL STUDIES!

Today we will look further at the flow of immigrants from other countries to the state of Michigan in 1920. The 1920s were a time of prosperity in the United States. The economy was strong, and nearly anyone wanting a job could find one.

Additionally, we will look at the migration of African Americans from the southern areas of the United States to the northern areas, including Michigan.
 

►►Please open your textbook to page 180, and take a look at the map on that page.
The arrows on the map show you approximately how many immigrants came from each of the countries listed in Europe and the U.S.S.R.

Your textbook writers have taken the information provided on the map and transferred it to the pie chart shown on page 180.

Let's review the questions on page 180 regarding the map and chart:

1. Looking at the map, which countries bordering the North Sea had immigrants go to Michigan? (Can you see the North Sea labeled on the map ... just to the right of the United Kingdom?)

A: United Kingdom, Germany, and Scandanavia
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2. Looking at the chart and map, were you more likely to hear Russian or German spoken in Michigan? Why?

A: German; 86,000 Germans came to Michigan where only 51,000 Russians came.
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3. Which country or region had about half as many immigrants as Poland?

A: U.S.S.R. (includes Russia)

 

►► Now please read page 181 in your Social Studies textbook.
Please complete the attached worksheet which will reinforce what you read regarding 'The Great Migration.'
You are not required to print the worksheet. Simply write your answers on a separate sheet of paper, and please include your name and the title of the worksheet at the top.

***** PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR 'MICHIGAN MIGRATION' ANSWERS *****