1. Unit 2: Cornell D
“How did Progressive’s reform SOCIAL problems caused be Industrialization and Urbanization?”

2. Social Problems Overcrowded cities Nativism Unhealthy Cities
Unsafe Cities Racism
Urban poverty
Video: “The Story of Us”—video 7, 31:33-34:10—sewer, trash and sanitiations

3. Overcrowded and Unhealthy, Unsafe Cities
Social Reformers:
Lincoln Steffens, “muckraker”
Jacob Riis, “MUCKRAKER”

7. Overcrowded and Unhealthy, Unsafe Cities
Solution:
Commissions – 5-8 experts who head city
DEPARTMENTS become more efficient and competent .
POLICE, FIREMAN
HOUSING, BUILDING
SCHOOLS
Video: “The Story of Us”—video 7, 23:51-28:10—crime and mug shots

8. Overcrowded and Unhealthy, Unsafe Cities
Solution:
TENEMENT House Act, 1901 – requires that a
BATHROOM be built-in to every apartment in New York city
Video: “The Story of Us”—video 7, 28:15-31:38—jacob riss and living conditions

9. Overcrowded and Unhealthy, Unsafe Cities
Successful ?
Y/N ?
“YES”
By cities use commissions rather than incompetent POLITICANS
Other states pass laws to protect TENENTS rights

10. Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism
Solution to NATIVISM:
Progressives said immigrants would be “AMERICANIZED”=
Put in the great “MELTING POT”=
Immigrants will give up their CULTURE, LANGUAGE, etc. and become “AMERICAN”

11. Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism
Successful reform ?
Y/N ?
“Yes & No”
Many new immigrants want to “Americanize”
But others reject idea that they give up their culture, language, etc.

12. Americanization?
Melting pot?
Salad Bowl

13. Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism
Social Reformers:
Jane Addams,
Social Worker
Walter Rauschenbusch,
Social Gospel Movement

14. Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism
Solution:
SETTLEMENT HOUSES
= community CENTERS
to help new immigrants and the urban poor –

15. Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism
Settlement Houses provide the needy with
EDUCATION
(like ENGLISH classes and HEALTH classes)
and
SOCIAL services
(DAY CARE and COUNSELING)

16. Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism
Settlement House Example:
HULL HOUSE, Chicago
Founded by Jane Addams, 1889
Interactive Notes Q&A’s
Pg. 266
1. Who started the first Settlement House for Blacks ? Called what ? How many Settlement Houses were in USA by 1910 ?

17. Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism
SOCIAL GOSPEL Movement – led by
Rauschenbusch
Interactive Notes Q&A’s
pg. 307
Which other religious organization aimed to help the needy? How ?– describe
Social Gospel Movement strongly opposed Social Darwinism –
believed that society should help the needy (W.W.J.D.)

18. Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism
Successful?
Y/N?
Yes and No
By 1910 there were about 400 SETTLEMENT HOMES.
Many reformers based their activism on their RELIGIOUS beliefs

19. Contemporary Nativism