IMMIGRATION Old Immigration till 1890 Western Northern Europe

IMMIGRATION -Old Immigration till 1890 Western & Northern Europe -New Immigration, 18901900’s Eastern & Southern Europe Asian Immigration. Coast West Hispanic Immigration – 7% of Mexico’s population came over to the US

NEW LIFE -difficult journey, cheapest accommodations (Steerage) -Ellis Island, NY Liberty Statue of immigrant processingto pass an inspection -Angel Island, SF inspection to pass) Had (a lot harder -Culture Shock : Overwhelmed living in a different culture ethnic communities - Life rafts for immigrants *Same lifestyle ‘little Italy” *Food sparked Nativism

NEW LIFE -Melting Pot : Idea of how immigrants should come into AM. Giving up their ethnic identities & blending into Am. Culture -Nativism : Disliked immigrants Chinese Exclusion Act 1882: Closed the door to Chinese Immigration for 10 yrs. Banned all Chinese. . extended till 1943

NEW LIFE -difficult journey -Ellis Island, NY immigrant processing -Angel Island, SF -Culture Shock ethnic communities -Melting Pot -Nativism Chinese Exclusion Act

URBAN GROWTH= the growth of cities -urbanization 1/12 in 1840 --1/3 by 1900 10 million to 54 million -immigrant settlement: slums, cheapest & most convenient place to live -decline of farmers new technology, fewer workers -closing of the frontier -industrialization: found work in the factories -cultural opportunities in

URBAN PROBLEMS As Urban Population Skyrocketed City Gov’ts faced Problems on how to provide residents w/ needed services & safe living conditions. -poor housing: Due to transportation problems, rent cramped houses row houses, -Sharing the same walls w/other familes DUMBELLtenements: Multifamily urban dwellingsovercrowded and unsanitary -transportation: first street cars & electric subways -rising crime rates: Pickpockets & Thieves flourished- law enforcement too small to impacts

URBAN PROBLEMS -few city services water: only the wealthy had indoor plumbing Street faucets= not safe drinking H 20 sanitation: no Trash coll. Manure & trash pileups fire: huge Hazard -Chicago 1871 - San Francisco Quake of 1906 -pollution and disease: Cholera & Typhoid Fever

RAISING AWARENESS -Social Gospel Movement Christian theme of helping the less fortunate: Receive Salvation by helping the poor Salvation Army -Jacob Riis “How the Other Half Lives” Photographer & author of Slums -

RAISING AWARENESS --Jane Addams Most influential of the Movement - *University Trained people would “Settle” in the slums to help immigrants out Hull House, Chicago Settlement Houses

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