SSUSH 12
The student will analyze important
consequences of American industrial growth.
• Describe Ellis Island, the change in
immigrants’ origins to southern and eastern
Europe and the impact of this change on
urban America.
Pictures of Ellis Island and New Immigrants from
Southern and Eastern Europe coming to America
IMMIGRATION
• Old immigrants
from Northern and
Western Europe
[mostly Protestant
Christians] came
before the Turn of
the Century [1607 –
1876] did NOT
welcome
•New Immigrants
from Southern and
Eastern Europe
Who came at the
Turn of the Century
[1877 – 1920]
New Immigrants flooded the cities of America and lived in
Ethnic Ghettoes - URBANIZATION
URBANIZATION
Make the
BOSS happy,
get your
trash
cleaned.
Make him
mad – live
with your
trash!
New immigrants lived in cities and worked in the new
factories created around the new cities.
SSUSH 12
The student will analyze important
consequences of American industrial growth.
• Identify the American Federation of Labor
and Samuel Gompers.
Identify the American Federation of Labor and
Samuel Gompers.
• AFL – One of the most important labor unions in U.S. History
– Worked for “Bread and Butter” issues – higher wages,
safer working conditions, 40 hour work week
– One of the biggest unions ever – joined Congress of
Industrial workers to form AFL-CIO
• Samuel Gompers
– One of the first leaders of the AFL
– His popularity and success helped AFL grow in numbers
– Stayed away for politics and concentrated on worker
rights
Labor Unions
Samuel Gompers – President of AFL
The student will analyze important
consequences of American industrial growth.
• Describe the 1894 Pullman Strike as an
example of industrial unrest.
Pullman Strike 1894
•First Strike stopped by the Federal Government with troops
and a court injunction
•Nationwide strike of the railroads, stopped travel across
America – No letters mailed
•Example of the Federal Government siding with Big Business
against Labor Unions
SSUSH 12
The student will analyze important
consequences of American industrial growth.
• Describe the growth of the western
population and its impact on Native
Americans with reference to Sitting Bull and
Wounded Knee.
Railroads and the WEST…the Wild,
Wild West
The Wild, Wild West
TWO
WORLDS
COLLIDE…
But don’t forget about the West…
the wild, wild west!