Goal 5.01: Immigration & Urbanization 1870 - 1914 Introduction Immigration Immigrant Push Factor Pull Factor Old Immigrants New Immigrants Jews Traveling to America Ellis Island, NY Angel Island, CA Settlement of Immigrants Religious Pluralism Culture Shock Americanizing the Immigrants Schools Urbanization Reasons to Move to the City Problems with Urban Society Slums Tenements Division of American Society Women Jacob Riis Reform Movements Social Gospel Movement Settlement Houses Jane Addams Rise of Nativism Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 Yellow Peril Gentleman’s Agreement, 1907 Political Machine Boss Tweed Tammany Hall Thomas Nast The Gilded Age Patronage Merit System James Garfield Stalwarts Charles Guiteau Chester A. Arthur, 1881 – 1885 Pendleton Act, 1883 Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 & 1893-1897 Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 Conclusion
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Goal 5.01: Immigration & Urbanization1870 - 1914
Introduction Immigration Immigrant Push Factor Pull Factor Old Immigrants New Immigrants Jews Traveling to America Ellis Island, NY Angel Island, CA Settlement of Immigrants Religious Pluralism Culture Shock Americanizing the Immigrants Schools Urbanization Reasons to Move to the City Problems with Urban Society
Slums Tenements
Division of American Society Women Jacob Riis
Reform Movements Social Gospel Movement Settlement Houses
Jane Addams Rise of Nativism Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 Yellow Peril Gentleman’s Agreement, 1907 Political Machine Boss Tweed Tammany Hall Thomas Nast The Gilded Age Patronage Merit System James Garfield Stalwarts Charles Guiteau Chester A. Arthur, 1881 – 1885 Pendleton Act, 1883 Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 & 1893-1897 Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 Conclusion
5.01: NC Competency Goals5.01: NC Competency Goals 5.01 Evaluate the influence of immigration and rapid industrialization on urban
life..
Student Objectives
By the end of this chapter, students will be able to: Compare & contrast the different groups of people who immigrated to the
United States - why they immigrated & the problems they experienced Evaluate the impact of urbanization; Analyze the effect of immigration & rapid industrialization on urban life; Explain how immigrants contributed to American life; Evaluate the role of local governments & determine the effects of political
machines; Analyze the effectiveness of legislation passed to decrease the amount of
corruption in government
Introduction Immigration to the US increased during the late 1800s
Immigrants helped make the United States the diverse society it is today
The rapid growth of cities created new problems Poor living conditions, overcrowding, pollution…
Political corruption on all levels of government will lead to reform
Many of these reforms paved the way for how government is run today
Immigration Movement of people from one country
to another, permanently
Immigrant: Person who moves from one country to another, permanently
Between 1820-1920, over 33 million people immigrated to the USA
There are many reasons why someone might leave their homeland for another
Push Factor: Reasons that push someone to leave their homeland
Pull Factor: Reasons that pull someone to another country
Push & Pull Factors of the 1800sPush Factors
Irish: Failed potato crop & famine, cultural persecution by the English (1840s-1850s)
Germans: Economic depression & political unrest (1840s-1850s)
Scandinavians: Poverty, shortage of farmland (1870s-1900s)
Italians: Poverty & shortage of farmland (1880s-1920s)
Jews from E. Europe: Political oppression & religious persecution; poverty (1880s-1920s)
Pull Factors Chance to have a better life
Religious & political freedom
More jobs with good pay
Streets are paved with gold
Everyone’s dreams come true in America
Land
Education
Free from fear of violence
European ImmigrantsEuropean Immigrants How Many: How Many: 20 million20 million
Before 1890: Before 1890: ““Old Immigrants”Old Immigrants” From North & West EuropeFrom North & West Europe
England, France…England, France…
After 1890:After 1890: ““New Immigrants”New Immigrants” From South & East EuropeFrom South & East Europe
Balkans, Italy, AustriaBalkans, Italy, Austria
Where Settled: Where Settled: Most on the Most on the East CoastEast Coast Some to the Some to the MidwestMidwest
Asian ImmigrantsAsian Immigrants
ChineseChinese How Many: How Many: 300,000 by 1890300,000 by 1890