AGE OF THE CITY I. IMMIGRATIONI. IMMIGRATION –A. Great Migration 1. Largest Mass Movement (1880-1921)1. Largest Mass Movement (1880-1921) 2. Demographics:

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– A. Great MigrationA. Great Migration• 1. Largest Mass Movement (1880-1921)1. Largest Mass Movement (1880-1921)• 2. Demographics: Old v. New Immigration2. Demographics: Old v. New Immigration

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– B. Growth: Push & Pull FactorsB. Growth: Push & Pull Factors• 1. Economic Decline in Europe1. Economic Decline in Europe• 2. Political & Religious Persecution2. Political & Religious Persecution• 3. Lure of Life in America3. Lure of Life in America• 4. Leaving Homeland4. Leaving Homeland

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– C. Journey Across the AtlanticC. Journey Across the Atlantic• 1. Steamship Accomodations1. Steamship Accomodations• 2. Living Conditions in Steerage2. Living Conditions in Steerage

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– D. Arrival in AmericaD. Arrival in America

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– E. Medical InspectionsE. Medical Inspections• 1. Inspections1. Inspections• 2. Arriving at Ellis Island2. Arriving at Ellis Island• 3. Medical Inspections3. Medical Inspections

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– F. Legal InspectionsF. Legal Inspections• 1. Registry Hall1. Registry Hall• 2. Final Inspection2. Final Inspection

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– G. Ethnic NeighborhoodsG. Ethnic Neighborhoods

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– H. Living ConditionsH. Living Conditions

• 1. Tenements1. Tenements

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– H. Living ConditionsH. Living Conditions

• 2. Perils of Tenement Living2. Perils of Tenement Living

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Men's Lodging Room in the West 47th Street Station

c. 1892

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Room in a Tenement Flat, 1910

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Mullen's Alley, Cherry Hill

1888

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– I. Working ConditionsI. Working Conditions

Bohemian Cigar Makers at Work in Their Tenement, c. 1890

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– J. Restricting Immigration & NativismJ. Restricting Immigration & Nativism

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– A. Growth & Changes in Nature of CityA. Growth & Changes in Nature of City

• 1. Transportation1. Transportation

• II. URBANIZATIONII. URBANIZATION– A. Growth & Changes in Nature of CityA. Growth & Changes in Nature of City

• 2. Skyscrapers2. Skyscrapers

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• II. URBANIZATIONII. URBANIZATION– B. Boss and Machine PoliticsB. Boss and Machine Politics

• 1. Boss Rule1. Boss Rule

• 2. Graft and Corruption2. Graft and Corruption

• 3. Reasons for Boss Rule3. Reasons for Boss Rule

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– C. Reform MovementsC. Reform Movements

• 1. Settlement Houses: Hull House/Jane Addams1. Settlement Houses: Hull House/Jane Addams

• 2. Social Gospel: Walter Rauschenbusch2. Social Gospel: Walter Rauschenbusch

• 3. Women’s Suffrage3. Women’s Suffrage

Out of Work and Reason Why, 1899

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• II. URBANIZATIONII. URBANIZATION– C. Reform MovementsC. Reform Movements

• 4. Temperance and Morality4. Temperance and Morality– Women’s Christian Temperance Union Women’s Christian Temperance Union

(WCTU) & Frances Williard(WCTU) & Frances Williard– Antisaloon League: Carry NationAntisaloon League: Carry Nation– ““Comstock Law”Comstock Law”