Content Standard 1.2 and 1.3 Industrialization / Immigration The student will analyze the impact of immigration, the settlement of the American West and industrialization on American society. By: Becky Rampey
Immigration Industrialization = Need for Labor = Immigration
Immigrants Come from South and East Europe (new areas) Asians – arrive on the West Coast U.S. welcomes Immigrants openly for laborers… will not welcome new customs and cultures. Between 1880 – 1920 – 20 million immigrants – all fleeing poverty – many political & religious persecutions!
Immigrants bring their own Culture Foods Holidays Traditions Languages Religions Names We Want them to BE LKE US!!! OUR WAY IS BETTER!!
Nativism – Protestant Euro- American’s are RIGHT!! – Quota Laws – Limit the numbers of immigrants coming from certain areas of the world. – Chinese Exclusion Act – Barred new immigration for 10 years and kept those already here from becoming citizens. – Americanization – Try to make them like us… teach them to be better.
Native American’s Between the 1860’s and 1890’s the U.S. fought numerous wars called the Indian Wars. Native Americans continued to lose land and people throughout that time. Clash of Cultures – Same as Immigrants – Chief Joseph – “I will fight no more forever” – Red Cloud – “Cooper Union Speech”
Westward Expansion More and more people on East coast means desire to move west where there is lots of open land!! Dawes Act – Modification of the Reservation System –Move from Tribe Individual – Leaves land open for Settlers!
Captains of Industry or Robber Barrons Andrew Carnegie – Steel – Vertical Integration - “Gospel of Wealth” – Wealth is great but should give back to those less fortunate. John Rockefeller – Standard OIL – Huge Trust – controlled 90% of Oil production. Horizontal Integration Thomas Edison – The great Inventor – Light Bulb Alexander G. Bell – Telephone (changes communication forever)
Industrialization TransportationNew Inventions Production Methods Railroads (transcontinental) East West North South * Connects the country from one point to the other. Sewing Machine Telegraph Telephone Electricity Bessemer Process Oil Assembly Line
Progressivism Labor Conditions – – Child Labor – Long Hours – Poor Wages – Unsafe Conditions Political Corruption – Direct Primary – Referendum – Recall – Initiative Petition Labor Reform –’ Eugene V. Debs Pullman Strikes Haymarket Riot Muckrackers – Upton Sinclair Ida Tarbell
Sherman Anti-trust Act – Bust up big trust (monopolies) Women’s suffrage – – Susan B Anthony – Alice Paul – 19 th Amendment – 1920 Jane Adams – Hull House William Jennings Bryan – Cross of Gold