October Week 5-9

Ch. 7.1:

Why did immigrants come to the US?

Where did immigrants come from?

W A S P

What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?

Nativism- people that live in the country and don't want immigrants or new people

1. Leaving Home

2. On board the ship

Ticket cost $30
First class, second class, and steerage
Only steerage passengers were processed at Ellis Island
Larger ships could hold 1,500- 2,00 passengers
Steerage was a nightmare
1/10 people would die
Dark
Unsanitary
Four-smelling
Took about a week to a month getting to American depending on the weather and ship

3. Inspection

4. Four-Beyond Ellis or Angel Island

Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?

Chinese Exclusion Act- 1882, didn't let them immigrate to the United States
Gentleman's Agreement- 1907, US would not restrict Japanese to immigrant but Japan wouldn't send people over to the United States
There was tension between the United States and Japan because the city of San Francisco started segregation with Japanese having to go to different schools couldn't go to school with white kids

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Ch. 7.2

Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?

What problems did cities face due to the rapid increase in population?

What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?

Restriction on wood frames
Lower income dwellings on city outskirts
The Tenement House Act of 1867, define a tenement for the first time an set of construction
Toilets were required for every twenty people
Put sprinklers in large buildings like we have today for fires
Tenement House Law 1901, outlaws the construction of new tenements on 25 foot lots and mandated improved sanitary conditions, fire escapes, and access to light
Current tenements were updated and more then 200,000 new apartments were built over the next 15 years
Spread the houses apart
Transportation,
- Subway system
- Bikes
- Horses
- Cars
- Airplanes
In 1900 chlorine was added to the water to eliminate disease
Federal regulation in 1914 continued to strengthen over decades
Garbage disposal and landfills
George A. Waring Jr. New York City-1895 organized recycling, street sweeping, garbage collection
Crime
- 1838 Boston established first American Police force
- Chicago- 1851
- By 1880 all major U.S. cities had several police forces in place
- 1911- Fingerprinting were used as a way of identification
Teddy Roosevelt was the chief of police 1895 of NYPD
1853, Cincinnati became first full time paid fire fighters in the U.S.

Ch. 7.3

Gilded- to be covered with gold 1870's-1900

What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?

Political organization controlled by a single "boss", controlled votes and had administrative control of a city, county, or state.

Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.

What caused all this corruption in government?

What laws came about to reform government?

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