1. By: Bonny Brownridge and Erin Mauk
Urban Culture
By: Bonny Brownridge and Erin Mauk

2. New cultures in Urban neighborhoods
Little Italy:
Immigration laws
Many major cities
Sold produce(ex. Olive oil, pasta, cheese)
Chinatown:
Labor force
Ethnic group specifically denied
Famine
Gold Rush
Poverty
Rebellions
Natural Catastrophes

3. Immigration to the U.S. Asia Europe Africa Immigrated because: Poverty
Religious persecution
Limited opportunities
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton
African American
Lead the “Great Exodus”
Launched the first movements to transport African Americans back to Africa.
Born a slave
Canada
Runaway house
Buying land in Tennessee
Migration to Kansas after the Civil War, Exodusters

4. Immigrants and Assimilation
Many immigrants came to Elle Island (on the east coast) and to Angel Island (on the west coast).
They brought their culture with them, but Americans wanted to assimilate them so they fit in better and were more “American”.
There was an Americanization Movement in the beginning of the 20th century. This was meant to assimilate immigrants by making them more American and more patriotic. The YMCA offered classes so immigrants could learn how to speak English and become better prepared to get a job and fit in with society. They also taught American politics and history.
Ford Motor Company taught workers English.
Cincinnati Museum Center/Archive Photos/Getty Images

5. Immigrants and social services
National American Woman Suffrage Association (1890)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union (1874)- labor laws, prison reform
Tammany Hall political machine
Settlement houses(1884)-education and social services for the poor
Jane Addams and Hull House (1889)- European immigrants
General Federation of Women’s Clubs (1890)- civic improvements

6. Work Cited