IMMIGRATION & THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN CITIES

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THE CENTURY:Immigration & Urbanization in America

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A. REASONS FOR INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION

1. Hope for better opportunities

2. Desire for religious freedom

3. Escape from oppressive governments

4. Desire for adventure

IMMIGRATION THROUGH ELLIS ISLANDhttp://youtu.be/u4wzVuXPznk

REASONS WHY CITIES GREW AND DEVELOPED

B. REASONS WHY CITIES GREW AND DEVELOPED

1. Specialized industries, including steel in Pittsburgh, meatpacking in Chicago, and automobiles in Detroit.

2. Immigration to America from other countries

3. Movement of Americans from rural to urban areas for jobopportunities.

America: The Story of UsEpisode 7: CITIEShttp://youtu.be/lB2Lh8RgsVI

C. GROWTH OF CITIES…NEGATIVE IMPACT

QUESTION:

How could rapid growth of cities such as NYC be bad?

Brainstorm with your pod.

Led to…

Rapid Industrialization

Rapid Urbanization

Overcrowded Immigrant Neighborhoods

Tenements

C.

WANT TO LEARN MORE LIFE IN THE TENEMENTS?

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY TUFTS UNIVERSITY: JACOB RIIS COLLECTION

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=1060669 http://www.tufts.edu/programs/mma/fah189/2005/kaplan/gallary.html

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/davis/photography/images/riisphotos/slideshow1.html

FIVE POINTS…NYC TENEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD

FROM “THE GANGS OF NEW YORK” MOVIE

PRIMARY SOURCE IMAGE OF THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD

IN COMPARISON…

FIFTH AVENUE DURING 19TH

CENTURYASTOR FAMILY HOME ON FIFTH AVENUE

IN COMPARISON…MADISON AVENUE MANSION…NOW THE RALPH LAUREN STORE

ANOTHER 19TH CENTURY MADISON AVENUE MANSION

ONE OF THE VANDERBILT’S FAMILY HOMES

D. EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM

Settlement Houses & Political Machines

Source: http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/exhibits/7settlements/main.htm

1. SETTLEMENT HOUSES, such as HULL HOUSE founded by JANE ADDAMS

http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/peace/Exhibits/janeaddams/hullhouse.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4948

D.

2. POLITICAL MACHINES that gained POWER by attending to theNEEDS of new IMMIGRANTS

Ex. JOBS and HOUSING

D.

See More: http://bit.ly/1vtWOiK

POLITICAL MACHINES…TAMMANY HALL

“Boss Tweed”

POLITICAL MACHINES…TAMMANY HALL

E. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST IMMIGRANTS

1. CHINESE 2. IRISH

F. CHALLENGES FACED BY CITIES…

1. TENEMENTS & GHETTOS 2. POLITICAL CORRUPTION…from Political Machines such as Tammany Hall (Boss Tweed)