Gilded Age Politics in America

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Life at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Honors US History 5.1 Immigration
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Mulberry Street Little Italy
This is an example of what?
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Immigration

• Who were the new immigrants? How many came to
  America? What nations did they come from?

Who were the old immigrants?
What are ethnic neighborhoods? What were the
benefits of forming these?
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The New Immigrants
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Qualities of the New Immigrants

• More diversity in religion and ethnicity
• Catholics, Jews, Orthodox Christians
• Left Europe because of religious ________ and
  _________
• Lured by new ______ in America

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Hester Street Jewish Section
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1900RoshHashanahGreetingCard
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Pell St. - Chinatown, NYC
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Struggling Immigrant Families
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Before the Journey

• A ticket to America was very expensive.
• Often the father immigrated first and got a job.
• When the father made enough money, he bought a
  ticket for the rest of his family to come over.

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Before the Journey

• Because the journey could be treacherous, women
  would not journey alone.
• Immigrants could only bring a small amount of
  personal belongings with them.

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The Journey

• Most immigrants came to America on steamships.
• Since most immigrants were poor they were placed
  in ______ - cabins below the water level of the
  and rats were common ship with no windows.
• ______ was crowded, there were few bathrooms.

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Class Awareness

• Immigrants were very aware of differences in
  class.
• The rich were placed on higher decks and were the
  first to be given life boats.
• The rich were able to bypass immigration checks
  at places like Ellis Island.

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Ellis Island
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How did Angel Island and Ellis Island differ?
What was life like for immigrants?
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Who were nativists? What did they believe?
What was Americanization? What was the problem
with this?
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Ellis Island

• Immigrant could be deported if
• Had a disease
• ________ history
• _________ or Anarchists
• Many immigrants had their names changed to sound
  more American

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Eye Inspection at Ellis Island
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Immigrant Discrimination

• Persecuted by Nativists
• Argued that immigrants
• Increased _________
• Brought crime
• Stole American ______
• Hated their different culture

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Immigrants

• Usually settled in ____________
• ____________-process by which they were
  assimilated into a common culture
• ________ _______ - mixing a multitude of cultures
  into a distinct American culture
• __________ Houses used to help train
  immigrants, teach them English,

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Cities Expand and Change

• Honors US History
• 5.2

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NewUse ofSpace
NewClassDiversity
NewArchitectural Style
New Energy
NewSymbols ofChange Progress
The City as a New Frontier?
New Culture(Melting Pot)
Make a NewStart
New Form ofClassic RuggedIndividualism
New Levels of Crime, Violence, Corruption
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Urban Growth 1870 - 1900
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Skyscrapers
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Woolworth Bldg.NYC - 1911
What invention made skyscrapers practical? Who
invented it?
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Transportation RevolutionMass Transit

• What led to the development of mass transit
  systems?
• Streetcars
• Subways

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Central Park in New York City
Who designed this park? Why?
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Lifestyles by Social Status

• wealthy
• middle class
• working class

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Dumbell Tenement
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Tenement Slum Living
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Tenement Slum Living
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Dumbell Tenement, NYC
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Lodgers Huddled Together
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Two Cities in One

• Wealthy Neighborhood
• Police Services
• Fire Services
• Sewer Systems
• Garbage Pickup
• Good Schools
• Paved Roads
• Streetcars
• Suburbs

• Poor Neighborhood
• Corrupt Police (if they even care)
• Spotty Fire Patrols
• Trash in Streets (Roaming Animals)
• Poor Schools
• Dirt Roads
• Unclean Water
• Crime
• Gangs

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Social and Cultural Trends5.3

• Gilded Age
• Who coined the term? What did he mean?
• Conspicuous consumerism
• Advertising-What impact did it have?

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Consumer Culture
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Growth of Newspapers-Importance?
Joseph ______
Hearst to Frederick Remington You furnish
the pictures, and Ill furnish the war!
William Randolph ______
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Literature

• Stephen Crane
• Horatio __________
• Characters succeed by hardwork
• Supports capitalism
• Wrote ___________ ________

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Ashcan School of Art (NY)

• A Stag at Sharkeys Place
• - George Bellows, 1917

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Ashcan School of Art- What did it depict?Where
did the name come from?

• Cliff Dwellers
• George Bellows, 1908

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Public Education

• Expanded
• Teach Job Skills
• Citizenship/English Americanization
• Literacy rate goes up
• John _________

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William Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show
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Religion

• _____________
• Travel town to town
• Tent meeting

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Vaudeville
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Ragtime-Where did it originate?
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Consumer Amusements
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Entertainment - 00