Immigration and Industrialization End of the 19 th Century, Beginning of the 20th
US History: Immigration and Industrialization
May 20, 2015
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Immigration and Industrialization
End of the 19th Century, Beginning of the 20th
The Rise of Big Business
Bring on the Steel
Andrew Carnegie’s Steel Empire
J.P. Morgan’s Bank Empire
Business Tycoons
Immigration Ellis Island in New York City
Angel Island in San Francisco
Urbanization
A New Workplace
Low Wages
Long Hours
Child Labor
Rise of Organized Labor
Pullman Luxury RailcarHarper’s Weekly Pullman
Strike of 1894
Left: Town of Pullman
George Pullman
Impact of Urbanization
Solving City Problems
Above Left: Jane AddamsAbove Center: Hull House in Chicago, IllinoisAbove Right: Mother Cabrini
Public Education Begins The 3 R’s:
Reading, wRiting, aRithmatic
Above: In the South, African Americans were placed in segregated “colored” schools which received 2 to 3 times less money than white schools.
Below: Interior of public school classroom, in Wichita, Kansas. The students are
sitting with hands folded on their desks.
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