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Makers of America: Class discussion and exercises
Makers Of America: The Poles
Chapter 31:
American Life in the Roaring Twenties, 1919 - 1929
Questions for Class Discussion
- How did both economic and religious
factors contribute to Polish immigration?
- How was the Polish influence in America
similar to that of other New Immigrants such as the Italians
(see Chapter 25)? How was it different?
Suggested Student Exercises
- The text lists five cities that were centers
of Polish immigration to America: Chicago, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and
Milwaukee. Examine the impact of Polish-Americans in one of these cities over
several generations.
- Critically analyze negative cultural stereotypes
of Polish immigrants in the press and elsewhere in the 1920s and after. Consider
what biases may underlie these stereotypes, and how some of the social and
cultural changes in recent decades, in both the United States and Poland (e.g.,
the Polish Pope John Paul II and the fall of communism), may work to undercut
such stereotyping.
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