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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