1. Late 1800s: Angel Island, urban world Scanning pp. 494-511
US History

2. Look at p. 494 and the pictures below
1) How is Angel Island (shown below) similar to and different from Ellis Island?

3. Similar : both islands, both accept immigrants, check immigrants for diseases and papers
Different: Ellis is for Europeans, Angel is for Asian immigrants; Ellis is in NYC and Angel is in San Francisco; easier for Ellis island immigrants to get in

4. 2) To what act do these cartoons refer?

5. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

6. Look at pp
3) List three significant things about cities during the late 1800s.
Skyscrapers/steel
elevators
Suburbs
mass transit such as electric trains, subways and trolley cars

7. 4) conspicuous consumption 5)professionalization 6) tenement
Define these terms from pp about upper, middle, and lower class experiences
4) conspicuous consumption
5)professionalization
6) tenement
Spending money freely to show your wealth/how cool you are (done by newly rich)
Jobs that need additional schooling/certification (women stayed home while guys were professionals)
Poorly built apartment building

8. Skim p. 503 and answer theses Q
7) What settlement house did Jane Addams establish in Chicago?
8) What kinds of people lived there?
9) What services did it offer to the community?
Hull House
Mostly young upper middle class educated women
Education—learn English, job skills; cultural events (plays, native crafts, parades, music/art classes); nursery and kindergarten; parks and playgrounds

9. Look at pp. 504-505 10) Define Social Gospel
11) What was the impact of compulsory education laws?
12) Who established a “learning by doing” program in Chicago?
Applying Christian principles to address social problems (help people through charity)
More children in school—7 million to more than 14 million in school
John Dewey

10. Scan pp. 507-511 13) What is yellow journalism?
14) What was the City Beautiful Movement?
15) List five things people could do for fun during this time period.
Newspapers/cartoons that had sensationalized reporting (exaggerated, exciting)
City planning that stressed building public parks, attractive boulevards
Basketball, baseball, football, ragtime music, Coney Island, vaudeville theater