Chapter 15
Chapter 15Immigrants and UrbanizationNext Two WeeksNext
WeekMon/Tues of Next WeekReview for performance final and final
examBRING YOUR BOOKS AND NOTES FOR THE REST OF CLASSWed Performance
FinalThurs Review for Ch. 13-15 Test/Review for FinalFri Ch. 13-15
Test/Review for FinalFinal Exam WeekMon Review for FinalThurs -
FinalEssential QuestionsWhat caused the immigration boom in the
late 19th/early 20th Centuries?What were living conditions like for
immigrant communities?Why did the come?Why do you think?Who
came?
Immigration and Unions
Europeans18701920, about 20 million Europeans arrive in U.S.Many
flee religious persecution: Jews driven from Russia by
pogromsPopulation growth results in lack of farmland, industrial
jobs Reform movements, revolts influence young who seek independent
lives
Life in the new land!Ellis Islandchief U.S. immigration station,
in New York HarborImmigrants given physical exam by doctor;
seriously ill not admittedInspector checks documents to see if
meets legal requirements18921924, about 17 million immigrants
processed at Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty Inscription"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse
of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to
me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Nativist MovementNativismovert favoritism toward native-born
AmericansNativists believe Anglo-Saxons superior to other ethnic
groups1882, Chinese Exclusion Act bans entry to most ChineseSan
Francisco segregates Japanese schoolchildrenNon-English Speaking
are not allowed!
Essential QuestionsWhat was urbanization?How did it change how
we live in America?UrbanizationIndustrialization leads to
urbanization, or growth of citiesMost immigrants settle in cities;
get cheap housing, factory jobs
Migration to CitiesFarm technology decreases need for laborers;
people move to citiesMany African Americans in South lose their
livelihood18901910, move to cities in North, West to escape racial
violence (THE GREAT MIGRATION)Find segregation, discrimination in
North tooCompetition for jobs between blacks, white immigrants
causes tension
Urban ProblemsWater SupplySanitation/SewageFireCrime
Essential QuestionsWhat were politics like in the Gilded Age?How
did this lead to the Progressive Era?The Political MachinePolitical
machineorganized group that controls city political partyGive
services to voters, businesses for political, financial
supportAfter Civil War, machines gain control of major
citiesMachine organization: precinct captains, ward bosses, city
boss
Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall1868 William M. Tweed, or Boss Tweed,
heads Tammany Hall in NYCLeads Tweed Ring, defrauds city of
millions of dollars
Assassination of James Garfield1880, Republican independent
James A. Garfield wins electionStalwart Chester A. Arthur is
vice-presidentGarfield gives patronage jobs to reformers; is shot
and killed
ReviewWhere did most immigrants land when they got to the
U.S.?Why did they come? Why do they still come?What is
urbanization?What were some of the problems?
