Monday-
- went over how to improve presentations
Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the U.S?
- Push/Pull Factors
Where did immigrants come from?
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?
- Leaving Home- get to the boat, pay for the boat, leave your family. One person from a family, They would save up to eventually bring up the rest of the family. 1900-1910 95% join back with family. In 1901 between 40 and 65% came with prepaid tickets.
- Board the Ship- 30$ for a ticket, Three types of accommodations, First/Second class and steerage. Only steerage were inspected on Ellis island. First and Second were inspected on the ship. Steerage- Conditions were dark, unsanitary, and foul smelling. The mortality rate was 10 percent per voyage.
- Inspection- Inspected for Disease, If they had any of these diseases they would be deported. Sick children age 12 or older you would be sent back by yourself. About 20 percent of people were detained. And about 80% were free to go only after a few hours.
- Beyond Ellis or Angel Island- Inspection, Exchanged Paper money from all over the world for american money, Then it was off to New York City or the railroad ticket office to go anywhere in the country that they wanted.
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?
- Chinese Exclusion Act(1882)- Banned all the Chinese immigrants from the US from 1882-1902
- They were taking all the jobs and making labor unions jobs pointless.
- Gentleman's Agreement- Japan would not allow further immigration to the US. The goal was to reduce tension between the US and Japan. Informal agreement between the US and Japan.
Ch. 7.2
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
- Immigration
- Farmers moved to the city
- African-Americans moved to the cities
- Cities offered more jobs/opportunities
- Cities offered more entertainment
What problems did cities face due to the rapid increase in population?
- Poverty
- Cramped,old,dirty housing-tenements
- Lack of good transportation
- Lack of safe drinking water
- Disease was common
- Streets were filthy
- Crime
- Fires
What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?
- Jacob Ris took pictures and tried to wake people up about the big problem that people faced.
- Cities put restrictions on building wood frame structures
- improved sanitary conditions
- fire escapes and access to light
- current tenements were updated and more than 200,000 new apartments were built over the next 15 years
Ch. 7.3
What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?
Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.
What caused all this corruption in government?
What laws came about to reform government?
Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?
Tuesday- Continued Notes
Green Card is what you are given to be a legal US citizen
Most Illegal Immigrants come from Mexico
11-12 million illegal immigrants in the US each year
Go to California and Texas because closest and more jobs
W-White
A-Anglo
S-Saxon
P-Protestant
Nativism Only liked W.A.S.P. not anybidy else that is different from that
Wednesday- Talked about project and continued notes'
Thursday- Continued Notes
Friday-
Problem lack of safe drinking water
- In late 1800's scientists have proven that a lot of the disease was being spread through the water
- Chlorine was added to the water to help eliminate disease
- Federal regulation of drinking water quality began in 1914 which continued to strengthen over the decades.
Problem: Disease was common and streets were filthy
- Already mentioned horses being replaced eliminating the manure problem
- Chlorine to the water
- Introduction of indoor plumbing
George A. Waring-
- Organized modern recycling
- Street Sweeping
- Garbage Collection
Problem: Crime
- Organized Police Force
- Police became full time employees of the city not volunteers
- 1911- Fingerprints are first accepted by U.S. courts as a reliable means of identification
Problem Fires
- Better building codes
- Full time paid firefighters
- In 1853 Cincinnati became the first full time paid firefighters in the US
Problem Poverty
- Labor Unions
- Minimum wage laws
- Shorter Hours
- Child labor laws
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