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Come in and take a look at this fairly ordinary picture New York City (1800)
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What might we infer from these three pictures about how society changed (use what you currently know about the Industrial Revolution)?
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How did societies that experienced the Industrial Revolution change?
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1. Industrialization 2. Immigration 3. Urbanization 4. Social Structure 5. New Beliefs
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Growth of industries that rely on machinery (manufacturing: furniture, clothes, steel, etc…) People work 10-14 hrs for wages England, France, Prussia, United States, and Japan emerge as Industrial countries
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Better life More freedom Entertainment Most important – Jobs/wages
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Ellis Island Inspections Angel Island Inspections
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Nativism on the rise (belief that native born people are superior to immigrants) Discrimination This is fueled by job and housing competition as well as cultural differences Most immigrants were unskilled and not educated Most worked in factories for small wages and lived near them (cheaper)
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“Well, I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, I found out 3 things: first, the streets weren't paved with gold; second, they weren't paved at all; and third, I was expected to pave them.” What is he really saying?
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Why move to the city? What does it offer? Businesses, restaurants, factories, theatres, immigration, railroads Come because it is the “place to be” – jobs/entertainment/ opportunity Steel – large buildings, skyscrapers, bridges Cheap apartments – hold lots of people Construction of roads, transportation
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Industrialization What exactly is it? Where did it take place? Immigration Why come to the cities/industrial nations? How was life for them in the cities? Urbanization What makes a place urban?
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Social Structure and Beliefs
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Plutocracy – the wealthy have power and rule society Realism – showing life as it is Monopoly – when one company has total control of a product/service Muckraker – those who expose corruption and social injustice Strike – to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands
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Social Structure – classes/groups of people defined by their job/salary/education
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Nobles, Landowners Small Middle Class Peasants/ Farmers
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Upper Class Middle Class Lower Middle Class Working Class and Farmers
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Upper Class – Big Business Owners, land owners Middle Class – professionals, educated Lawyers, teachers, doctors, factory managers, merchants Lower Middle Class –had a specific skill Factory overseer, toolmakers, printers Working Class – unskilled, worked in factories
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Eventually, many in the upper and middle classes move out of the cities and to the suburbs They can afford the transportation Trains, Electric Trolleys
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Is this change in social structure good or bad?
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Based on private ownership of businesses No GOVERNMENT involvement /restrictions Laissez-Faire – hands-off Let businesses to what they want Business/Industry will make society better Jobs – money for people
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Survival of the Fittest - let people/business who can succeed rise to the top, forget about the “failures” The Govt should not get involved (help the poor) b/c it will upset the natural selection Wealth is the measure of value
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What possible pros and cons do you see in these beliefs?
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Main issue: population growth May run out of space Transportation Water, sewers, schools
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Immigrants/ poor workers need to live near factories (cannot afford transportation) Live in tenements Cheap, multifamily housing
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Jacob Riis – journalist who exposed the slums and poverty of the cities How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890)
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