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A family of European immigrants at Ellis Island viewing the Statue of Liberty (about 1920).
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American life undergoes social, economic, and cultural changes.
Changes in American Life,1880–1914
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Cities Grow and Change
The New Immigrants
Segregation and Discrimination
Society and Mass Culture
Changes in American Life,1880–1914
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Section 1
Cities Grow and Change Industrialization and immigration cause American cities to grow rapidly.
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Industrialization Expands Cities
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Cities Grow and Change
• Late 1880s, more people move from rural areas to cities, find jobs
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• Urbanization—growth of cities caused by:- increasing factory jobs in cities- workers moving to cities to fill factory jobs
• Industries are drawn to cities because of:- good transportation, many workers
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Technology Changes City Life
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• Skyscrapers help cities grow, make modern city life possible
• Use of steel helps increase the height of buildings
• Elevators allow tall buildings, people do not have to walk up floors
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• Before Industrialization, people walk, usehorse-drawn carriages
• Streetcars move people faster, longer distances, allow cities to expand
• By 1900, many people in cities use electric streetcars
The Streetcar City
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Urban Disasters and Slums
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• People, buildings packed closely together, poverty, danger increases
• Many people live in tenements—run-down, overcrowded apartments
• Unsafe drinking water, open sewage spreads disease in tenements
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• Neighborhood with overcrowded, dangerous housing—slum
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Reformers Attack Urban Problems
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• Urban reformers seek changes, help people living in poverty, slums
• Reformers open settlement houses, help poor, immigrants
• Based on Christian values, seek labor reforms, abolish child labor
• Social gospel—movement aims to improve lives of the poor
• Jane Addams starts Hull House—settlement house, model for others
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Political Machines Run Cities
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• Political machine—influences votes to control local government
• Tammany Hall—famous NYC political machine, corrupt
• Gains support by trading favors for votes, break rules, win elections
• Political machines do some good, civic improvements, help immigrants
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The New ImmigrantsMillions of immigrants—mostly from southern and eastern Europe—moved to the United States.
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The New Immigrants
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• New Immigrants—arrive after 1900, include Italians, Jews, Slavs
• Mexican immigrants enter U.S. through Texas
• Angel Island—first stop for Asian immigrants entering U.S.
• Ellis Island—first stop for European immigrants entering U.S.
The New Immigrants
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Settling in America
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• Many immigrants find jobs in factories in cities
• Support political machines, politicians help immigrants find jobs
• Immigrant communities publish newspapers in native languages
• People with similar ethnic backgrounds often move to same neighborhood
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Immigrants Take Tough Jobs
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• Immigrants take whatever jobs they can get
• Chinese immigrants mostly settle in West, railroaders, business people
• European immigrants mostly settle in East, Midwest
• Many European immigrants work in sweatshops in the East
• Japanese immigrants go to Hawaii, mainland U.S., fish, farm
• Mexican immigrants go to Southwest, work for growers, ranchers
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Becoming Americans
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• U.S. is described as melting pot—place where cultures blend
• Immigrant cultures, languages influence American society
• Employers, labor unions try to “Americanize” immigrant workers
• Assimilation—process of blending into society
• Offer classes in citizenship, English
• Immigrants face prejudice from native-born Americans
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Restrictions on Immigration
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• Many native-born Americans do not want immigrant competition for jobs
• Chinese Exclusion Act—bans Chinese immigration for 10 years
• In 1882, Congress begins to pass laws restricting immigration
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Racial discrimination runs through American society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Segregation and Discrimination
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Racism Causes Discrimination
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• Racial discrimination—different treatment on the basis of race
• Low social rank of slaves leads whites to think they are superior to blacks
Segregation and Discrimination
• Asians, Native Americans, Latin Americans face discrimination
• Racial discrimination in South very strong
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Segregation Expands in the South
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• In South, whites restrict African-American voting rights:- force them to take unfair literacy exams,
make sure they fail - require African Americans pay high poll tax, often unable to pay
• Segregation—separation of white, black people in public places
• Jim Crow laws enforce segregation
• Use grandfather clauses to allow poor whites to vote
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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• Homer Plessy sues railroad company, argues about segregation
• Ruling allows Southern states to maintain segregated institutions
• Separate facilities of African Americans worse than white facilities
• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Supreme Court rules against Plessy:- “separate but equal” facilities do not violate
14th Amendment
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African Americans Organize
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• Booker T. Washington—teacher, starts institute for African Americans
• W. E. B. Du Bois—encourages African Americans to reject segregation
• To gain white support, does not challenge segregation
• Du Bois, reformers start NAACP, helps end segregation in 20th century
• NAACP—National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Violence in the South and North
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• In South, Ku Klux Klan violence against blacks challenging segregation
• In North, no segregated facilities, blacks still suffer discrimination
• Ida B. Wells—African American journalist, fights against lynching
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Racism in the West
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• Chinese immigrants receive lower wages, face violence
• Peonage—system of labor, workers forced to work to pay off debts
• Mexicans, African Americans in Southwest forced into peonage
• Outlawed in 1867, peonage-like system still used
• U.S. Supreme Court states any peonage-like system is illegal (1911)
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Society and Mass Culture Industrialization and new technologies create a mass culture in the United States.
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Education and Publishing Grow
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• Education helps create an American mass culture:- common culture experienced by large
numbers of people
• Literacy increases, reading novels, newspapers becomes popular
Society and Mass Culture
• Immigration causes growth in schools, teach citizenship, English
• Number of children attending school more than doubles
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• Joseph Pulitzer—owner of the New York World
• William Randolph Hearst—owner of New York Morning Journal
• Pulitzer, Hearst tough competitors, publish sensational stories
continued Education and Publishing Grow
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Modern Advertising and New Products
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• Advertising increases, tempt people to buy products
• Department stores—sell many types of products
• Rural free delivery starts, packages go to homes in rural areas (1896)
• Market advertising of household products toward women
• Mail-order catalogs—descriptions, pictures of products, order by mail
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Urban Parks and World’s Fairs
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• Leisure, or free time, activities change
• World’s fairs hosted by cities, show new technology, have foods, shows
• Amusement parks provide entertainment, shops, food, rides
• Many people go to parks to get relief from factories, offices
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Spectator Sports
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• Baseball, football, boxing, other sports are popular
• Black baseball players not allowed in American, National Leagues
• Baseball is most popular sport, has standardized rules, schedule
• Form their own baseball leagues:- Negro American League- Negro National League
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Going to the Show
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• Vaudeville—shows mix song, dance, comedy, very popular
• In early 1890s, movies become popular, first movies are silent
• African-American Scott Joplin composes ragtime compositions
• Ragtime—blends African-American songs, European musical forms
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