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The Urban Institute: Immigration and Immigrants: Setting the Record Straight
This article provides comprehensive information on just about every aspect of immigration. Topics range from the number and origin of immigrants to laws and policies at all levels of the United States government. (Published in 1994)
The College Board
Driven to the City: Urbanization and Industrialization in the 19th Century
Scholarly article discussing the trend towards urbanization in the United States and other industrialized countries in the nineteenth century.
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National Transport Library: Urban Transportation Planning
This site provides extensive information regarding the history of U.S. urban transportation planning.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Made Clear: What Is Mid Atlantic Climate Change?
Climate change is impacting every nation and continent on Earth- including the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Find out how.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: 19th Century: Roman Catholics & Immigration in 19th Century America
Essay answers the question, "Why did so many Catholics come to the United States at this time?" The potato famine, urban industrialization, chance for a new life, are among some of the answers.