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Goal 5

Goal 5. Becoming an Industrial Society. Goal 5.01. Evaluate the influence of immigration and the rapid industrialization of urban life. Old Immigrants Before 1890 most immigrants came from western and northern Europe Immigrants from Britain, Germany, Ireland and Scandinavia

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Goal 5

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  1. Goal 5 Becoming an Industrial Society

  2. Goal 5.01 • Evaluate the influence of immigration and the rapid industrialization of urban life

  3. Old Immigrants Before 1890 most immigrants came from western and northern Europe Immigrants from Britain, Germany, Ireland and Scandinavia Culture similar to that of Americans New Immigrants After 1890 they came from southern and eastern Europe Immigrants came from Asia, Russia, Italy and Japan, the West Indies and Mexico Their language and culture (especially religion) were different Rise of Immigration1870-1920

  4. First Major Immigration Legislation in US History • Chinese Exclusion Act – 1882 • Prohibited further immigration by Chinese laborers (excluded some professionals)

  5. Tape v Hurley – Segregated schools – separate but equal • US v Wong Kim Ark – born on US soil to Chinese immigrants and denied re-entry to US, is he a citizen? – YES!

  6. Gentleman’s Agreement • US and Japan • Teddy Roosevelt agreed to get Cali schools to stop discrimination (segregation) • Japan agreed to secretly limit immigration of Japanese workers to US

  7. Opposition to Immigration • Labor unions • Nativist societies • Social Darwinists

  8. Why come to US? ▫Overpopulation in Europe ▫Competition w/ American ag. & industry (unemployment) ▫Prosperity ▫No military conscription ▫Religious persecution (Russian pogroms) •Americans enticed immigrants in Europe •Schools to preserve traditional cultures

  9. Ellis Island, New York • The Golden Door • Decide of Immigrants would be allowed in the United States. • Immigrants must pass a physical examination and meet legal requirements like no felonies

  10. “Birds of Passage” ~25% of immigrants

  11. Melting Pot Cultural Pluralism Hindu Temple and Cultural Center Melting Pot vs. Cultural Pluralism

  12. Urbanization • Most immigrants moved to cities to find work and now cities faced many new challenges. • Urbanization-Growth of cities

  13. Housing-Tenements • Immigrants took over working class families houses • Usually 2 to 3 families lived in a one family residence • Jacob Riis pointed out the many problems with these tenements

  14. Transportation • Mass Transit • Street Cars introduced in San Francisco in 1873 • Electric Subways introduced in Boston in 1897

  15. Sanitation • Horse manure piled up on streets and sewage flowed through open gutters • People dumped their garbage on streets • Very difficult to provide hygienic living in cities

  16. Settlement Houses • Jane Addams • Founder of the Settlement House movement with Hull House in Chicago (1889) • Provided a place for immigrants to be educated

  17. Hull House • At its height, Hull House was visited each week by around two thousand people. Its facilities included a night school for adults; kindergarten classes; clubs for older children; a public kitchen; an art gallery; a coffeehouse; a gymnasium; a girls club; a swimming pool; a book bindery; a music school; a drama group; a library; and labor-related divisions.

  18. Frederick Olmsted • Spearheaded the movement for planned urban parks • Designed Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City

  19. Frederick Law Olmsted

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