more presentations today. should maybe possibly idk wrap up soon.
again, assigned blog is personal family history.
7-1 notes. continuation.
anglo-sxons and their superiority issues. wasp. white anglo saxon...people? idk. missed the last word.
so...chinese exclusion act. chinese could come over unless they were teachers or students.riots resulted- 28 chinese miners were killed in the rock springs massacre. lots of anti-asian stuff.
japan agreed to limit immigration of unskilled workers to the us in exchange for the repeal of the San Fransisco segregation order.
good job cassie. yay.
back in time now to 5-3. haha. the rise and fall of populism.
populist party was organized in st louis to represent the common folk. nominated james k weaver to be president.
Panic of 1893. economy colloapse in philledelphia. stock prices reached an all-time low. america lost lots of gold....basically a depression (panic= depression) lots of unemployment.
cross of gold- a famous speech by william bryan at a democratic convention. whether to endorse the free coinage of silver at a ratio of silver to gold. was the topic. farmers wanted inflation to increase- having money backed by gold, so that they could print more paper money.
Who wer the populists and what did they call for? (prichard didnt answer this at all, so bruns will)
the populists were farmers and workers (known as the peoples' party) a political party formed to assist the common people against the rich white, powerful people. 5 things: 1...farmers wanted more money in circulation. caused the value of money to go down and prices to go up. >cross of gold speech. bi-metalic standard.< 2...Graduated income tax- the more you make, the more taxes you pay. 3...Federal loan program- helped farmers keep their farms. 4 ..8 hour work day and 5...restrictions on immigration.
back to 7-2 notes urbanization. questions are,:why did cites grow so quickly? what problem did they face because of rapid population growth? what did people do to help these situations?
recap; immigrated because of job shortages, to be free, to escape discrimination, and the potato famine.
americanization movement. people from wide-ranging cultures could come to america. Frances Kellor- another rags-t-riches story- pushed for these opportunities.
urbanization- people moving in to cities. lots of people came over in this period of time. they settled in groups, starting towns, that others moved in to. numbers rose, etc.
why move to cities? to get away from the depression. better trqansportation, cost and convieniency. more jobs available. industrial revolution. basically to get or save money.
transportation. migrating was difficult in the early 1800s. late 1800s had better technology (like steamships) so more people could come faster.
industrialization: manyh fdactories and industries were opening, so the immigrants filled the demand for employees. americans werent happy they were taking all the jobs, wanted them to have to work more and get paid less. ethier way, the pay was better for the immigrants then it had been where they came from.
potato famine: immigrants from ireland came to escape starvation and depression. they depended on potatos too greatly in their economy and food supply. potatoes were infected with an unedible fungus....etc.
so: urbanizatyion happened because lots of people were immigrating, and farmers were moving to cites for work too.
programs in schools taught citizenship, american language and history, how to cook, etc. immigrants werent happy about all this because they wanted to keep their own customs... african americans moved from place to place because of violent racism.
out of time-ish now.
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