A New Day

1. A New Day

2. New Immigrants • New Immigrants • Came from Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hungry, Italy, Poland, and Russia • Old Immigrants • From Western Europe, resented the new immigrants • They feared they would change Americas culture and take jobs.

3. Coming to America • Because of the Second Industrial Revolution Americas job market was booming. • This attracted millions to Immigrate to America

4. A Long Voyage • Steerage • Lowest level of a ship, next to the mechanics of the ship. • Immigrants typically traveled in steerage because the tickets were the cheapest. • Sea sickness, overcrowding and disease made this a very unpleasant trip.

5. A New World • Immigrants arriving from Europe arrived at Ellis Island in New York • At Ellis Island they would be checked for disease and names would be recorded.

6. Ellis Island

7. A New World • Immigrants coming from Asia would arrive at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay.

8. Angel Island, San Fran Bay

10. Immigrant Life • Most immigrants settled in large cities. • This is were the jobs created by in the Second Industrial Revolution were. • They typically settled in areas where there fellow countrymen had settled. • Most immigrants lived in Tenement housing. • Poorly built, poorly maintained apartment buildings.

20. Immigrant Workers • The jobs that most immigrants were able to get were unskilled and in industry. • They were paid less than the Average American worker • 10 hour work day, 6 days a week

25. Opposition to Immigration • Nativists • Felt that the differences in these New immigrants would keep them from becoming good citizens • Their language and their customs • Nativists created the Chinese Exclusion Act • Which banned Chinese immigration for 10 years.

26. City Life • Because of the Second Industrial Revolution people flocked to the cities for industrial jobs • Cities grew very rapidly and space was running out. • Mass production of Steel and its strength allowed builders to build much taller buildings than ever before.

27. First Skyscraper, Chicago 1885

28. Woolworth Building NYC 1913

30. Urban Transportation • Mass Transit was created to cut down on the amount of obstructions on the roads • NYC raised its railroads above the roads • Later the railroads would be built underground • NYC was the first to have a subway in America

31. New Places for the Public • With room running out green areas inside city limits were all but gone. • Cities such as NYC began buying land where ever they could and created public parks. • Libraries and Museums were also built during this time for the public, using Carnegies philosophy from the Gospel of Wealth

32. Urban Problems • Overcrowding • Pollution • Overall filth • Social services

33. Society and Culture • World fairs and Amusement Parks • Mass culture meaning leisure and cultural activities shared by many people. • The rise of sports • Baseball and Football become popular • Growth of publishing • Linotype: an automatic typesetting machine, that greatly reduced the time and cost of printing

36. Baseball

37. Original Baseball

39. Football

40. First Army Navy Game