2. Immigration and Industrialization

3. Smart Start: Group Response 1. Why do people choose to come to America? (4) 2. What are some reasons as to why people emigrate(leave) a country and then immigrate (enter) into another? (4) 3. What are some struggles people face once they enter “the land of the free”? (4)

4. “You have to live in someone else’s homeland” As you listen to Ms. Wachowski/Ms. Krueger read the poem, close your eyes and imagine what you would feel like in a different environment. Imagine what your ancestors felt as they entered the America, the land of opportunity, etc.

5. Political Cartoons “Statue of liberty” and “New Arrivals” How does your group interpret the cartoons? Write response on white board Class discussion

6. “Statue of Liberty”

8. Citizenship: WHY? Video Clip Take quiz on immigration today. Take quiz on immigration today Are you able to pass the citizenship test? Test

9. “New” Immigrants 1870-1920 20 million new immigrants Eastern Europe – Religion and land China – jobs, opportunities, war Japan – jobs/Westernize Caribbean – jobs/conflict Mexican – escape and farming

10. Page 588-589 “New Americans” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTHd C7k4uY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTHd C7k4uY&feature=related

11. Journey to the land of plenty Read journey to America What was it like? How would you have handled the journey to America? What was the first thing immigrants saw upon their enter to America on the Eastern Coast? Was it a warm welcoming?

12. Trip here Steam Ship Ellis Island – Europeans Angel Island – Asians Settled in Ethnic communities Felt like home Same Language

13. On-Line Activity http://www.history.com/content/ellis-island

14. So, now you have been allowed access to the land of plenty, now what?

15. Anti – Immigrant feelings take place Fight for same jobs Immigrants worked for lower wages 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act – ban immigration of ONLY Chinese Nativism Movement=Only those born here are true American and everyone else should blend in (assimilate)

16. Two View Points Page 586 How do the view of yesterday compare to that of those today? Why do you think people feel this way? What struggles does America still face in dealing with herself?

17. What is meant by Urbanization? Read growth of cities with table groups Stop at Cities in Crisis Be ready to report back to the class on findings

18. Urbanization Growth of cities Most immigrants settled in cities Jobs Cheaper to live Cities became overcrowded Immigrants African Americans Women

19. So what was life like?

20. Life in the City Tenement Dumb bell Apartment Row Houses Water Fire Sanitation Social Reform

21. Social reform to help the poor Clinics YMCA Assistance from settlement houses (medical care, playgrounds, nurseries, libraries, classes in English, art, crafts, etc) Jane Addams – forms the Hull House in Chicago to help immigrants – she is a social reformer

22. Middle Class Suburbs Luxury: hot water, running water, indoor toilets, electricity, etc. Leisure time: listen to music, art, literature, sports, etc.

23. Upper Class Gilded Age (Covered in thin layer of gold) Gilded Age Enormous mansions Huge estates Parties and dinners (Vanderbilt: cost of 1 party in 1883= $75,000. Today’s cost= 1.3 mil.) 1-2% pop. But control almost everything (governt, politics, economy, etc)

24. Let’s make it better Spoils System/Patronage – giving of jobs to friends not based on ability Civil Service – government jobs – in this time period were given based on patronage – start to see a need for reform and base these jobs on merit/ability

25. Cities are changing Building up (skyscrapers) Bridges (Brooklyn and Eads ) Street cars, Trolleys, and cable cars Subways Use of asphalt to pave streets Education, culture, and recreation

26. America’s changing Education: by 1914 most states required some schooling for children (80% ages 5- 17 in elem. And secondary schools) “National Progress” = education Public education emerges (girls attended more than boys) “Progressive Education” = hands-on approach (character, citizenship, application to real life)

27. America’s changing con’t Colleges and Universities= pop up Women began to attend colleges (Vassar, Smith, Wellesley, etc Minorities (African Americans) attend college Booker T Washington(Tuskegee Institute) George Washington Carver(invented shaving cream, plastics, synthetic rubber, paper, items dealing with the peanut, etc)

28. What was life like? Page 599

29. Reading, Literature, Art, and Music impact Libraries Daily newspapers Magazines Painting=realism= Describe the lives of real people, places, events, etc Music=Jazz, ragtime, etc Literature (Realism and Regionalism) (Mark Twain, Jack London, etc)

30. Think Pair Share America has often been referred to as a big melting pot Define melting pot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32l3sTF RFX8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32l3sTF RFX8&feature=related

31. Perspective is changing: Recently, America has modified the melting pot idea and has began talking about being a salad bowl Define Salad Bowl What do you think America is?

32. Think Pair Share "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest- tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.“ What does this mean? Where is it written? Does it still apply today?

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