Finished blog discussions quickly because we had to move on to other presentationsBrittany: John D. RockefellerClicked for brittany to present...Ch. 7.1 part 2:-Europe Immigrants: Austria and Hungary in 1914-West Indies and Mexico: 1880-1920-Germans and Irish: 1820-1870-Reasons for immigrating-Austria: Religious Persecution, Rise of population, and to escape Austria authorities-Jews: Russia ati-Semitism policy and the pogrom's desire to give children better education and a happy life-Reasons for West Indies and Mexico: Find work (jobs were scarce), Industrial boom, and flee political turmoil-German reasons: modernization and population growth (economic hardships)-Irish reasons: potato famine, hardships at home, and civil unrest-In 1870, immigrants traveled by steamboat. stayed in the ship's cargo hold, and it took a week to cross the Atlantic Ocean-Lived in extremely bad conditions-Ellis Island: Located in the New York harbor, nation's busiest immigration port, and the Statue of Liberty was there to welcome all incoming immigrants-Large language problem, 20% were held a day before inspected, and 2% were denied access-Must pass a physical exam, couldn't have committed a felony, must show that they are in work-Problems: finding a job, finding a place to live, getting along in daily life-Nativism: Favored born americans over immigrants, and gave way to anti-immigration groups-Gentleman's Agreement: Informal agreement between USA and the Empire of Japan that the US would stop restrictions and segregation of Japanese immigrants if there would be no more Japanese immigrants coming overCh. 7.2 part 1:-Immigrants came to the city because it was cheaper, mor convenient, and provided better opportunities-McCormick reaper and steel plow made it so they wouldn't need as many farmers-The Americanization Movement: wide ranging cultures to one dominant culture; volunteers and schools wanted to teach the immigrants skills such as history and government-Immigrants settled in the city: by 1910, immigrant families made up more than half of the population-Jane Addams: very concerned about the poor environment, won Nobel Peace PrizeCh. 7.2 part 2:-Problems: Transportation, crime, sanitation, water, fire, and housing-Transporation: Created mass transit, electric subways in 1987-Water: didn't have safe drinking water, so big cities built public waterways, invented filteration in 1870-Housing: tenements-multifamily urban dwelling, 1879-New York City passed a law that apartments had o have ventilation and plumbing
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