Immigration, TR, and the Progressive Movement
Immigration
Old Immigrants Between Came from –Northern Europe –Western Europe included Germans, Scandinavians, Irish often became farmers
New Immigrants Between Came from: –Southern Europe –Eastern Europe –Japan and China included Poland, Italy, Russia found jobs in cities; factories created ethnic neighborhoods
Ports of Entry 1. Ellis Island The Golden Door New York Harbor long inspection in order to enter U.S. about 2% were sent back as many as 11,000 people entered in 1 day many experienced culture shock
Ports of Entry 2. Angel Island San Francisco Bay more harsh than Ellis Island long detention process until govt allowed them in
Melting Pot? Better comparison?
Urbanization
1. Positives Skyscrapers were built –Why?
Mass Transit –Cable cars, trolleys, subways
Jobs
2. Negatives Crime –Alcohol contributed to this
Pollution –Disease spread through drinking water Over crowding –Dumbbell tenements
Political machines –Took advantage of citizens –Lots of corruption
Urban Reform 1.Helping the poor - YMCA, Salvation Army, settlement houses established - Jane Addams (Hull House) 2.Attacking Political Machines - Thomas Nast (political cartoons)
Political Machines 3-tiered system: A. Party Boss - controlled politicians and governed the machine B. District Captains - mobilized local support C. Party Loyalists - supported the machine w/ votes in return for services
Fads, Trends, and Developments
1. City Planning
2. Airplanes Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk, NC
3. Electrified Transportation Subways, elevated trains, streetcars
4. Photography Kodak camera
5. Education illiteracy rate cut high schools grew racial divide Tuskegee Institute formed Booker T. Washingon
6. Leisure activities biking amusement parks
Coca-Cola and Hershey
Boxing and baseball
Vaudeville Ragtime music Scott Joplin
movies The Great Train Robbery department stores Marshall Fields advertising mail order catalogs
Fads, Trends, and Developments
Discrimination
1. Segregation
Voting Restrictions Literacy tests and poll taxes in the South Grandfather Clause
Jim Crow laws Separate public facilities for whites and blacks
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case that legalized segregation
2. Nativism Anti-immigrant Jobs were being taken?
Progressivism 4 goals of Progressivism: Protecting social welfare Promoting moral reform Creating economic reform Improving efficiency
Key Figures of the Reform Movement worksheet
Square Deal worksheet
Election of 1912 Wilson Taft Roosevelt