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What did Thomas Edison invent?
How did the inventions of the telephone and telegraph
change peoples lives?
Why was the US called a “melting pot” during this
period of immigration?
What facility did all European Immigrants come
through?
What political party was nativist and what was their
major issue?
Where did the immigrants live and where did they
work?
Explain the working conditions for these factories?
What was the purpose of the Hull House?
Who designed Central Park?
What did the people in the city do for entertainment?
Becoming an Industrial Society (1877-1900)
Objective 5.01 Evaluate the influence of immigration
and rapid industrialization on urban life
Immigration
Old Immigrants
- Northwestern Europe
-(Britain, France, Irish, Spain)
- Old Colonies
New Immigrants
- Southeastern Europe
- (Austria, Italy, Balkans)
-20 million (1870-1920)
- US pop. 38 million 1870
-US pop. 106 million in 1920
Chinese and Japanese Immigrants
- 500,000
- came for California gold rush
- worked on Transcontinental
Railroad
Immigration
Ellis Island(European Immigrants)
-Ellis Island- New York Harbor
-Immigrants had to pass
inspection before they could enter
in the US
-Had to be examined by a doctor
-Document inspection
_Between 1892-1924 17 million
immigrants passed through Ellis
Island
Immigration
Angel Island (Asians)
- Angel Island in San
Francisco Bay
- Mainly Chinese pass
- Had to pass Inspection
- 500,000 new immigrants
- set up Chinatowns
Chinese Exclusion Act
- tried to keep out all
Chinese except students,
and diplomats
- Shows rise in nativism
Immigration
Dumbbell tenements
- cheap housing
-Small, Cramped
- built in cities
- used by immigrants
- looked like a dumbbell
Jacob Riis
- Author
-“ How the Other Half Lives”
- exposing harshness of
immigrant life
Immigration
Immigrant Life
- worked in factories
-mainly sweat shops
- long hours, poor wages,
harsh working conditions
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
-146 Workers killed after
fire broke out
-Doors were chained shut
-Changed policy on working
conditions
Average Shirtwaist Worker’s Week
51 hours or less
52-57 hours
58-63 hours
Over 63 hours
4,554
65,033
12,211
562
5%
79%
15%
1%
Total employees, men and women 82,360
Leisure time in Cities
Amusement Parks
- set up in cities to entertain
the populations
- Playgrounds, parks
- Rollercoasters
- first Ferris Wheel 1893
Frederick Law Olmstead
- designed Central Park (NY)
- White House, Biltmore
Spectator Sports
- Baseball
- Prize fighting (Boxing)
- Rise of professional sports
Europe
Asia
Old
Immigrants
Northwestern
no significant
Europe
number
Britain, France etc
New
Immigrants
Southeastern
Europe
Italy, Austia, etc
China, Japan
Entrance
Port
Number of
Immigrants
Ellis Island
20 million
500,000
American
Coast
East Coast
New York, NJ
West Coast,
San Fran, LA
Angel Island
 Which part of Europe did New Immigrants come from?
 Which inspection point did immigrants from Europe travel
through?
 Which inspection point did immigrants from Asia travel
through?
 What did the people in the cities do for entertainment?
 About how many immigrants came in to America during this
period of New Immigration?
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Dumbbell Tenements
Jacob Riis
Frederick Law Olmstead