U.S. History
Mr. Boothby
12/14/2015
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Chapter 25: America Moves to the City PT1
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Silently Read Pages 557-570
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1. What was happening in the major cities and why? How was this
creating issues that were affecting people’s health?
2. Who were the (new/new) immigrants? How were they different from the
old-new immigrants and what were some saying about the American
melting-pot?
3. Why did Southern Europeans catch “American Fever” and what issues
did they face?
4. What did the federal government do to help the new-new immigrants
and how did reformers like Jane Addams step up?
KEY…In 1882, Congress barred the Chinese from immigrating to the
United States (Chinese Exclusion Act).
Discuss in groups from the reading and your notes how Churches
confront the Urban Challenge and helped out!
Protestant churches suffered from people moving to the cities.
Dwight Lyman Moody, a Protestant evangelist, preached about kindness and
forgiveness. He contributed to adapting the old-time religion to the facts of city
life. The Moody Bible Institute was founded in Chicago in 1889 to carry out his work.
Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths were gaining enormous strength from the New
Immigration.
By 1890, there were over 150 religious denominations in the United States.
The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy, who preached
that the true practice of Christianity heals sickness.
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1. What was happening in the major cities and why? How was this creating
issues that were affecting people’s health?
By 1890, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia all had populations greater than 1 million.
Louis Sullivan contributed to the development of the skyscraper. City limits were extended
outward by electric trolleys. People were attracted to cities by amenities like electricity,
indoor plumbing, and telephones.
Trash became a large problem in cities due to throwaway bottles, boxes, bags, and cans.
2. Who were the (new/new) immigrants? How were they different from the
old-new immigrants and what were some saying about the American
melting-pot?
The New Immigrants of the 1880s came from southern and eastern Europe. They came
from countries with little history of democratic government, where people had grown
accustomed to harsh living conditions.
Some Americans feared that the New Immigrants would not assimilate into American
culture. They began asking if the nation had become a melting pot or a dumping ground.
3. Why did Southern Europeans catch “American Fever” and what issues
did they face?
Immigrants left their native countries because Europe had no room for them. The
population of Europe nearly doubled in the century after 1800 due to abundant supplies of
fish and grain from America and the widespread cultivation of Europe.
"America fever" caught on in Europe as the United States was portrayed as a land of great
opportunities.
Persecutions of minorities in Europe sent many immigrants to the United States. Many
immigrants never intended to stay in America forever; a large number returned home with
money. Those immigrants who stayed in the United States struggled to preserve their
traditional culture.
Antiforeignism, or nativism, arose in the 1880s. Nativists worried that the original AngloSaxon population would soon be outnumbered and outvoted, and they blamed immigrants
for societal problems.
An antiforeigner organization was the American Protective Association (APA). It was
created in 1887 and it urged to vote against Roman Catholic candidates for office.
4. What did the federal government do to help the new-new immigrants and
how did reformers like Jane Addams step up?
The federal government did little to help immigrants assimilate into American society.
Community "bosses" took care of immigrants by providing jobs, housing, schools, parks,
and hospitals. In return, immigrants voted for these bosses.
Americans gradually became aware of the troubles of cities. Walter Rauschenbusch and
Washington Gladden were Protestant clergymen who sought to apply the lessons of
Christianity to the slums and factories.
Settlement House: a house located in a poor, urban area where middle-class people would
live and take care of the local community by providing services like healthcare and daycare;
became centers of women's activism and of social reform.
Jane Addams established Hull House, the most prominent American settlement house.
Addams condemned war and poverty. Hull House offered instruction in English,
counselling to help immigrants deal with American big-city life, childcare services for
working mothers, and cultural activities for neighborhood residents.
Addams, Wald, and Kelley paved the way for future women to enter the profession of social
work.
In 1882, Congress barred the Chinese from immigrating to the United States (Chinese
Exclusion Act).
Discuss from the reading and your notes how Churches confront the Urban
Challenge and helped out!
Protestant churches suffered from people moving to the cities.
Dwight Lyman Moody, a Protestant evangelist, preached about kindness and forgiveness.
He contributed to adapting the old-time religion to the facts of city life. The Moody Bible
Institute was founded in Chicago in 1889 to carry out his work.
Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths were gaining enormous strength from the New
Immigration.
By 1890, there were over 150 religious denominations in the United States.
The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy, who preached
that the true practice of Christianity heals sickness.