U.S.2.Immigration And Urbanization (1865 1914)

Immigration and Urbanization (1865-1914)

By: Tiffany, Elysia,

Margaret & Kelsey

Urbanization and

Immigration's positiveEffect on

American Culture

The New Immigrants– Southern and Eastern

European immigrant

arrived in the United

States in great amounts

between 1880 and 1920

• Often unskilled, poor,

Catholic or Jewish, and

likely to settle in cites

• Italy, Greece, Poland,

Hungary, and Russia

The Push and Pull Factors• push: – Immigrants fled from religious persecution,

wars, political revolt, and land reform

• pull:– Plentiful land and employment, recruited

for work

The Immigrant Experience

• long voyage– steamships were safer and faster to

cross the Atlantic–most traveled in steerage

• arrival– New York Harbor: Ellis Island– San Francisco Bay: Angel Island

Immigrants Assimilate into Society• “melting pot”• some city populations

had more than 40% foreign born

• most new immigrants stayed in cities, close to industrial jobs in factories– ghettoes

• Americanized programs– faced hostility and

competition among natives

Technological Cities• Mass transit – Electric trolley and subway

• Elevators• Skyscrapers• Central heating

Overcrowded and Poor• housing conditions

deteriorated • Immigrants lived in

tenements• crime• poor sanitation– Cholera– Germ Theory

Cultural Changes

• conspicuous consumerism– sale methods change– department stores– brand names

• mass culture• education increased– training for urban careers

• new forms of entertainment

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