Immigration and the Progressive Era Study Guide #4



Immigration and Progressive Era Study Guide

Increase in Immigration

| |Key Question: Why was there an increase in immigration? |

|H |Hope for better opportunities |

|E |Escape from oppressive governments |

|A |Adventure |

|R |Religious freedom |

Negatives

|Key Question? What were the negative effects of the increase in immigration? |

|Rapid industrialization and urbanization led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods |

|and tenements |

|Cities faced the challenges of ghettos and political corruption in political machines|

|Immigrants faced discrimination, especially Chinese and Irish immigrants |

Solving Immigrants Problems

|Key Question: What efforts were made to solve immigration problems? |

|Jane Addams created a settlement house called Hull House. It provided housing, job training, English lessons, etc, for immigrants.|

|Political machines gained power by attending to the needs of immigrants who needed jobs and housing. In exchange for assistance, |

|the political machines expected that the new citizens would be loyal voters, keeping the political machines’ candidates in office |

|so that bosses could continue to grow richer and maintain their power. |

|A movement was started that worked to bring about changes (reforms) in the political, corporate, and social laws: Progressive |

|Movement |

More Negatives

|Key Question: What were the negative effects of industrialization that often affected |

|immigrants? |

|Child labor |

|Low wages, long hours |

|Unsafe working conditions |

What Did Workers Do?

|Key Questions: How did workers respond to the negative effects to |Describe |

|industrialization? | |

|Workers formed unions |Unions are organizations that to try to improve working conditions and|

| |pay. One example is the American Federation of Labor. |

|Workers went on strike |Strikes were rarely successful at improving working conditions or pay |

| |for workers. One example is the Homestead Strike at Andrew Carnegie’s|

| |steel plant which resulted in several union workers and guards being |

| |killed, and the union was broken for more than 40 years. In its |

| |aftermath, union membership decreased. |

Change for the Better

|Key Question: How did the Progressive Movement and its reforms |

|change the nation? |

|Improved safety conditions |

|Reduced work hours |

|Placed restrictions on child labor |

Change for Women

|Key Question: How did the Progressive Movement affect women? |

|It increased educational opportunities for women in both high school attendance and in higher education. |

|It attained women’s suffrage (the right to vote) with the passage of the 19th Amendment. |

Key People

|Key Question: Who were key people in the Women’s Movement? |

|Elizabeth Cady Stanton |

|Susan B. Anthony |

Temperance Movement

|Key Question: How did the Progressive Movement impact the Temperance Movement? |

|The Temperance Movement was comprised of groups that opposed the making and consuming of alcohol |

|It supported the 18th Amendment which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages |

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