1. CHAPTER 6
Urban America

2. Section 1
Immigration

3. Europeans Flood into America
1865 – 1914 – 25 million European immigrants to the U.S.
Reasons: religion, overpopulation, poverty, military service, food, families, buy land in Europe, jobs, class system
Ellis Island – processing center for immigrants in New York Harbor
Medical examiners check and mark immigrants for illness
Major U.S. cities made up of ethnic cities
What is a class system?

4. Asian Immigration and Nativism Resurgence
Chinese immigrants flee conflict and overpopulation
Japanese immigrants flee economic problems
Angel Island, San Francisco – month long wait
High immigration led to Nativism in the U.S.
Protestant vs. Catholicism
The Chinese Exclusion Act, the Oriental School, and the Gentleman’s Agreement
Do you think immigration affects the work force/ jobs available?

5. Section 2
Urbanization

6. Americans Migrate to the Cities
Early 1900s – Reasons to move to the city: factory jobs, plumbing, lights, museums, libraries, theatre
Skyscrapers – “building up, not out”
Louis Sullivan – Chicago architect, simple design and spacious windows
Innovative mass transit – horsecars (1890 – 70%), cable cars (San Fran, CA), electric trolley cars (Richmond, VA), elevated railroad (Chicago, IL), and subways (Boston, MA & New York City, NY)
How many have gone to a library or a theatre show?

7. Separation by Class
High Society – afford to build stylized homes in hearts of cities
Middle-Class Gentility – expanded, moved away from inner city, rise of Women’s Clubs
The Working Class – could not afford homes, lived as tenants in tenements
The Family Economy – Everyone worked in a working class family, women made money in domestic service, the elderly lived with their children
Is there anything wrong with the “family economy” idea?

8. Urban Problems
Pickpockets, swindlers, thieves, and murderers thrived in big cities
Alcohol and saloons (bars) contributed to crime problem
Pollution and Unsatisfactory sanitation led to Typhoid Fever and Cholera
Political machines – political city groups led by “party bosses” to get votes for questionable services
Corrupt bosses (George Plunkitt – New York City) use grafting – getting money through dishonest means, Tammany Hall – William “Boss” Tweed
Is alcohol a drug?

9. Do Now (First 5 minutes):
In your notebooks, write the Date and the Daily Objective (see the board)
In your notebooks, next to the date, answer yes or no: is it acceptable for cell phones to be in the class room at all?
Video Questions:
Why are the Dead Rabbits and the Natives fighting?
What does the Bill the Butcher say to do with the boy?
Name 2 of the many new gangs we get told about years after the fighting.
Notes Directions: You will have 10 minutes per slide. There are 3 slides, 1 per section. Find and write the definition or significant notes for each vocabulary word or important person/event that is listed for the section.

10. Sample of Note-taking (Pg 227)
William “Boss” Tweed  boss of Tammany Hall (New York City) political machine in 1860’s and 1870’s, corruptness led to prison sentence George Plunkitt  one of NYC’s most powerful party bosses, believed and defended the “honest graft”, oppotunist

11. Section 3 The Gilded Age (Pg 230-239)
Individualism - Gilded Age - Herbert Spencer
Social Darwinism - Gospel of Wealth - Realism
Philanthropy - Mark Twain - Vaudeville
Settlement House - Social Gospel - Pres. Garfield
Americanization - Jane Addams
Evolution
Publish
According to this section: Why were reformers important for The Gilded Age?

12. Section 4 Populism (Pg 242-247) Populism - Currency - Oliver H. Kelley
Greenbacks - Strategy - Charles Macune
Inflation - Farmers’ Alliance - Vaudeville
Deflation - People’s Party - Pres. Garfield
Cooperatives - William Jennings Bryan
Graduated Income Tax - William McKinley
Bond
According to this section: What was the main issue in the Election of 1896?

13. Section 5 The Rise of Segregation (Pg 248-253)
Poll Tax - Ida B. Wells - Exodusters
Segregation - Booker T. Washington
Jim Crow laws - W. E. B. Du Bois
Lynching
Discrimination
According to this section: How did African Americans work to end violence and discrimination?

14. Introduction to Gangs of New York
Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerful of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tries to establish himself in the area and also seek revenge over his father's death.

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