7-1 Anti-Asian Sentiment. Chinese weren't able to come here unless a teacher or student, and Chinese were massacred in '85. Gentlemen's Agreement limited number of Japs that were unskilled workers going over to the States.
5-3 Rise and fall of populism. Populist party platform organized in st. louis. Panic in '93, economy collapsed, depression in Europe, gold loss, rising unemployment. Cross of Gold speech by william jenning bryan, issue was whether or not to endorse the free coinage of silver at a ratio of silver to gold. Immigrants took jobs and kept wages low.
7-2 Urban Opportunities Tater famine, job shortages, freedom, escape discrimination, all reasons why immigrants flooded into the America. Frances Kellor wanted to make cities better. Wanted to make immigrants more like Americans. They took steamships to get here. A fungus was on them taters so they had to leave their country and come to America.
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