The Gilded Age Industrialization and The Progressive Era 18771912 Today Lecture Immigration and Industrialization Group presentations We are a nation of immigrants Immigration and Industrialization ID: 312631
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This Week:
The Gilded Age, Industrialization, and The Progressive Era
1877-1912Slide3
Today
Lecture: Immigration and Industrialization
Group presentations: We are a nation of immigrantsSlide4
Immigration and Industrialization Slide5
The New Industrial Era 1877-1882
The ‘Gilded Age’: Expansion, immigration, urbanization, and industrialization.
The United States became the world’s leading industrial and agricultural producer.
Massive economic growth in the North and west.
Wages for skilled labor was higher in the US than in Europe.
What happened? (1 minute
quickwrite) Slide6
“Give us
Between 1865-1890 10 million northwestern Europeans immigrated to the U.S.
Between 1880-1920 20 million central, southern, and eastern Europeans immigrated to the U.S.Slide7Slide8
Rough Process
Most immigrants passed through the great Eastern Seaports of Boston, New York, or Philadelphia
Ellis Island: Nations’ busiest immigration hub from 1892-1954
For third class citizens it could take weeks and even months to pass through.
Could sometimes process 5,000 people a day
29 questionsSlide9
Assimilation
On your own: What does it mean to be an
A
merican? (2 minute
quickwrite
)
In cities, the new immigrants often congregated in ethnic enclaves.Pushback: ‘Nativism’ Arose KKK, Immigration Reformation League, Immigration quotaReligious persecution: Jews and CatholicsSlide10
Ethnic EnclavesSlide11
Immigration out West
San Francisco
Mostly Chinese labor: Fulfilled what economic needs?
Ethnic
tensions: Dennis Kearney and the Workingman’s Party
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Japanese immigration Slide12
We are a nation of immigrants:
Notable Immigrant Activity
IN YOUR TABLE GROUPS:
Select
a person from the list
of notable immigrants
. Each person on this list was foreign born and immigrated to America.Take 15 minutes to Prepare a three minute presentation on the history and significance of this person. USE THE INTER-WEBSSlide13
(6 Pts) You will be scored on
Participation (1
pt
)
Quality (2 pts)
Content (2 pts) Entertainment (1 pt) Slide14
Questions to Consider
Where was the person born?
What was the person's family like?
Why did the person decide to leave the country?
What were the person's hopes and dreams about America?
What did the person do when arriving in America?
What kind of education did the person have?What obstacles did the person have to overcome?What talents did the person have?What did the person do to become a success?What did the person accomplish?What did the person contribute to America?Slide15
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