1. Tuesday February 7th, 2017 Learning Target;
I can make a cause and effect chart for the events of the early 1900’s
Agenda
News(check worksheet)
Read Paragraph
Notes
Things to Remember;
Syllabus Signed was due Friday (6th hour)
Worksheet-vocab side due today, whole thing tomorrow

2. Trade Pass paragraphs to the left Read the paragraph grade it 1-5
5 use all words correctly, connecting them together
1 did not use most words, or the paragraph makes no sense

3. And So……. White Americans wanted American Indians to assimilate
They changed the
appearance of many
American Indians
The Dawes Act
divided reservation
land and sold off
excess to whites
They sent children to boarding schools
far away from their homes
And So…….
White Americans wanted
American Indians
to assimilate

4. And So…. With land ‘cleared’ cowboys
and ranchers are able to move cattle to feed growing northern cities
And So….
Chicago becomes
the hub for the
cattle industry

5. And So…. Iron is available to America Economic boom in northern MN
In 1887 a massive iron
deposit 100 miles long
& 3 miles wide
was discovered
Mesabi Range,
Minnesota 
Iron is available
to America
Economic boom
in northern MN

6. By 1880 the U.S. produced 90% of the world’s steel
The Bessemer Process efficiently creates steel
And So…….
New construction develops & cities expand (upward)
By 1880 the U.S. produced 90% of the world’s steel
Home
Insurance
Building
Chicago
The railroad industry booms
Brooklyn Bridge

7. Thomas Edison perfected the incandescent light bulb
and later invented an entire system for producing
and distributing electrical power (aided by George Westinghouse)
And So…….
Multiple appliances and technologies are now mechanized
– run by machines rather by manual power
And So….
Workers are required not for specialized skill but boring repetitive tasks at machines
And So….
Employees are not valued workers
but rather expendable parts
“workers become the
interchangeable part”

8. Electricity means that factories no longer need to be
next to water for source of power
And
So...
Many factories move to the South
-cheap labor
-helps with rebuilding
Electricity means that factories are no longer
limited by daylight hours
And
So…
Factories can stay open longer
-worker hours increase

9. And So……. Factory jobs were demanding, low-paying, boring,
repetitious, and often dangerous
6-7 days a week
$.27 a day for 14 hours for children
$498 average yearly pay for men
And So…….
Workers began to unionize
Knights of Labor
-both skilled & unskilled laborers
American Federation of Labor
-mostly skilled laborers
-led by Samuel Gompers

10. They used new (sketchy?)
And
SO….
The capital needed for large
factories was massive
Business owners had to maximize profits to be successful
And
So…
They had to produce more & pay workers less
They sought investors & new markets
They used new (sketchy?)
business practices
-trusts
-holding companies
-monopolies
-horizontal integration
-vertical integration

11. And So… Thousands of unskilled workers are needed
to work in factories across the United States
And
So…
Millions of immigrants enter the U.S.
through Ellis Island in NY harbor searching
for streets filled with gold

12. Millions of Immigrants come to America looking for work
Disease
Tenements
AND SO…..
Crime
Filth
Overcrowding

14. New Inventions and Innovations
Massive
Industrialization
3rd Wave of
Immigration
Poor
Working
Conditions
Increase
In Urban
Population
Socialist
Party
Forms
1901
Unions
Gain
Numbers
and Power
Overcrowding,
Crime
Rates
Increase
Rise of
Political
Machines

15. The Jungle Expose` of the meatpacking industry in Chicago
Sinclair spent 7 weeks living in “Packingtown”
-meticulously researched!
Considered progressive journalism but not great literature
Deals with issues of big business, immigration, political
corruption, and impacts of capitalism
Jurgis & Ona Rudkus from Lithuania

16. Immigrants Arrive in America
2 ports of entry into the U.S.
Ellis Island- New York City
Angel Island- San Francisco Bay
To enter the ports immigrants had to be healthy and show they had money, a skill, or a sponsor to provide for them.
They had to go through a series of health tests and evaluations and could possibly be sent back to their homeland if they did not meet proper guidelines..

17. Ellis Island was built in 1892 as the 1st “Immigration Center”
Later, closed in the 1940s
Today it is a museum.
The goal was to “screen” immigrants coming from Europe.
Immigrants took physical examinations and were held at Ellis Island before they were released to the US mainland.

18. Ellis Island Most European immigrants came through here. (NYC)
1st and 2nd class passengers were inspected on the ship then released.
3rd class had to go in to be inspected.
A series of medical and legal inspections would take place before you were allowed to take a ferry in to the city.
Ellis Island was the more welcoming of the two ports.

23. Angel Island
Most Chinese and Asian immigrants came through here (San Francisco Bay)
Opened in 1910.
Made it very hard for Chinese immigrants to come into the U.S.
Most had to prove they were American citizens to be let in.
Immigrants were sometimes left here for days or weeks in poor conditions.

26. Immigrants Assimilate Into Society
Assimilate = to fit in.
Most immigrants stayed in cities and lived in ethnic neighborhoods called ghettos.
These neighborhoods would share the same language, religion, and culture.
By 1890 many cities had a huge immigrant population. 4/5 people in NYC were immigrants.

27. Assimilation
Americanization = helping newcomers learn American ways. (Language, customs, dress, and diet)
In many cities Americanization institutions arose to help immigrants fit in.
America became known as the “Melting Pot”.
Immigrants usually stuck with their native cultures but children of immigrants were more likely to adopt American ways.

28. Immigrants Face Hostility
Nativism = belief that native born white Americans were superior to immigrants.
Competition for jobs and homes often fueled resentment and religious and cultural differences caused tensions as well.
Chinese Exclusion Act = 1882 Prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited civil rights of immigrants in America, and forbade naturalization of Chinese residents.
A later ruling said the Chinese who were already in America were considered U.S. citizens.

29. Chinese Exclusion Act
Resentment and discrimination against the Chinese.
First law to restrict immigration.
Taking away jobs from Nativists

30. Congress also passed another act that prohibited the entry of anyone who was a criminal, immoral, or someone who handicapped.
These were the beginnings of immigration restriction in America.
A quota act is later going to be placed on how many immigrants can come to the U.S. from a given country.

31. Immigrants Change America
Immigrants changed America in many ways.
Fueled industrial growth
Acquired citizenship
Elected politicians
Made their traditions a part of American culture.
Mexican Americans developed ranching techniques.
Chinese, Irish, and Mexican workers built railroads.
Immigrants worked in coal mines, steel and textile mills, and factories.
Women immigrants worked in factories, seamstresses, laundresses, made piecework, and worked as servants.
Immigrants helped the U.S. become a world power.

32. WWI Vocabulary DUE THURSDAY 2/16
Armistice p.593 Neutrality p.583 Propaganda p.596 Espionage (Dictionary) Epidemic 1980 p.601 Reparations p.606
War (Dictionary)
Nationalism p.579
Militarism p.579
Allies p.579
Alliance (Dictionary)
Imperialism p.579
WWI Vocabulary DUE THURSDAY 2/16