Rhees US History



NAME: PER: CRASH COURSE US HISTORY Episode #25: Growth, Cities, and ImmigrationLength: 12:44”NOTES:We are heading to the cities. Population was growing everywhere after 1850 following a major economic downturn in the 1890’s. The people out west would partake in agricultures golden age. 1 million land claims were filed under the Homestead Act in the 1890’s. The population of Texas and Oklahoma increased by 2 million people between 1900-1910.Nebraska and Kansas and Dakotas got 800,000 people. One of the central reasons people moved out west was a demand for Agricultural products due to the GROWTH of CITIES. 1880 20% of the population lived in cities. 12 cities with population with population over 100k people. 18 cities in 1900 with the percentage of urban dwellers raise 38% and by 1920 68% lived in cities and 26 cities had a population of over 100k. Worlds largest industrial power went from rural to urban. It was a really big deal it made cities possible and their products. We were getting electric lights and moving picture cameras. There are a lot more photographs as well. The city leading the way was NY after Manhattan was consolidated.The population was over 2 million of the 23 sq miles at the turn of the century. 2nd largest city was Chicago. They reversed the flow of the Chicago river as the cubs won 2 worlds series. Much of the growth was because of immigration. New wave of Scandinavian, Europeans, Irish men and women. The potato famine was awful and they lead the immigration. The Germans were second. The Irish were farmers in Ireland and in America they stayed in cities like NY or Boston. Most of them were low skilled low wage workers. Irish immigrant women worked too. Some in factories or servants. Many women like factory labor as there was freedom. Most German speakers were famers in the home country and farmers in the US. Artisans came as well as they tended to stay in cities and make a go at entrepreneurship. The better it goes for us, the higher the volume the immigration. Many moved to NY and growing cities of the Midwest. The most famous immigrants became brewers. They were richer but drunker is what they meant. By the 1890’s over half of the 3. Million immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe. They came from the Austrian and Hungarian empires. They were looking for work and were also escaping religious and political persecution. By the 1890’s they had to face scientific theories because there was different theories based on races and predisposed to criminality. The immigration restriction league was founded in 1894 and lobbied for national immigration rules. One law was passed in 1897 and Grover vetoed it. Congress and the president agreed on one group to discriminate against was the Chinese. They had been coming to the US since the 1850’s as they worked in the mines and on the RR. They looked different and spoke a different language. The Chinese Exclusion act of 1882 105k Chinese lived here. Most of them lived in cities on the west coast. SF refused to educate Asians and even then the city set up segregated schools. The immigrants fought back through the courts. The courts ruled that American born children were citizens under the 14th amendment. Asians faced discrimination in the form of riots and congressionally approved restrictions that were upheld by the supreme court. This large scale immigration was part of a global phenomena In WWI 13 million immigrants came to the US. 1840-1914 40 million came to the US. 20 million emigrated to other parts of the western hemisphere and Canada, Caribbean and Argentina. Lots and lots of immigration. Most immigrants were coming for opportunity. Industrialization meant that there were jobs in America. There were so many jobs that they would advertise opportunities. The passage was cheap and it was fast. It took only 8-12 days on the steam powered ships. The lower east side was the location of all the Germans, and Jews . Tenements- buildings designed to be apartments. They were so gross the cities passed laws regarding light and sanitation. Many women did work outside of their jobs. Conditions in the cities were pretty bad. Elevated RR helped and subways. Pick pockets took advantage of the confusion.Improved transportation meant people did not have to live and work in the same place. JP Morgan made a lavish palace for himself. The most notable of the gilded age cities that the rich and poor lived close to one another. The rich and poor were visible to both sides. One way to alleviate the concern of others is to create suburbs. Progressive movement – urbanization mechanization and capitalism and distribution. Modern America is taking shape. QUIZ QUESTIONS1. Prove how the Homestead Act lead to an increased population? 2. What was the central reason why there was a need for Agricultural products? 3. Describe with evidence how people moved to cities and how they grew? 4. Why did we grow and who were the 2 biggest groups that came to America? 5. Why did they pass the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and how did it impact the Chines? 6. Why were these immigrants coming to America? 7. What is one thing that the Progressive movement will create in the US during the 20th century? DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1. Would you have left Europe and come to America during this time? What would have prevented you from traveling to the US? 2. The better it goes for us, the higher the volume the immigration. What does this mean? 3. How did the rich and poor being visible to both sides impact the growth of cities. ................
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