IMMIGRANTS AND URBAN CHALLENGES - PowerPoint Presentation

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IMMIGRANTS AND URBAN CHALLENGESSlide2

I. IMMIGRANTS AND URBAN CHALLENGES

Mid-1800’s

L

arge

numbers of immigrants crossed the Atlantic ocean

T

o

begin new lives in America.

Between 1840 – 1860 in the U. S.

More

than 4 million immigrants

settled

F

leeing due to economic or political troubles

From Ireland or Germany

More

than 3

million Slide3

II. Fleeing the Irish Potato Famine

Mid

1940’s

,

Potato Blight is a

disease that caused potatoes to rot left many families little food.

Died

of starvation or

disease

More than 1 million Irish

3

million fled to the United States

Most were very

poorSlide4

II.

More on Fleeing

the Irish Potato Famine

Immigrants

settled in

Massachusetts

, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania

Types of Jobs

Most worked at unskilled jobs or built canals and railroads; women worked as domestic servants for the wealthy

Religion

Most

were CatholicSlide5

III. A Failed German Revolution

In

1848

Germans

has staged a revolution

Why? Harsh Rule

Revolution

failed,

Many

of the educated and middle class fled to the United

States

To

avoid persecution caused by their political activities.

Others came for Economic

reasons

Were

working class

Germans.Slide6

III.

More on a

Failed German Revolution

German Immigration groups

were

Catholic

, Jews and Protestants.

Settled in

Rural

areas and established farms in Midwestern states

Others employed as

:

Tailors

, seamstresses, bricklayers, servants, clerks, cabinet makers and food merchantsSlide7

IV. Anti-Immigration Movements

Industrialization in the North

Waves

of immigration from Europe

Changed American

Labor force.

Immigrants were

Attracted

to the industrial jobs in the cities.

Because they were unskilled or desperate

They

would work for less money.

Native

born Americans feared

loosing

their jobs to low paid immigrants

Many

Americans felt

threatened

Due to the cultures

and religions of new immigrantsSlide8

Opposing Immigration

Those

Americans

who opposed were

called

nativists

In

the 1840’s & 1850’s

Nativists

became politically active

Formed

the KNOW-NOTHING PARTY

Know-Nothing Party supported

measures

To make it

difficult for foreigners to become citizens

Hold

public officeSlide9

More on Opposing Immigration

The KNOW-NOTHING PARTY

Wanted to keep Catholics and immigrants out of public office,

requiring living in the U. S. for 21 years to gain citizenship

Looked

for ways to stop immigration

Such

as building walls or posting guards at ports and entrance points

Waves

of migration and industrialization led to

Rapid

growth of citiesSlide10

V. Rapid Growth of Cities

The

Industrial Revolution

led

to the creation of many new jobs in cities.

The

Transportation Revolution

Connected

cities and

M

ade

it easier for people to move to

themSlide11

V. Rapid Growth of Cities

During

the mid-1800’s most city growth

Northern

and Middle Atlantic states

City

Growth led

to:

Business

owners, industry owners and skilled workers

The

growth of skilled workers and business created

“

Social and economic level between the wealthy and the poor” known as the Middle ClassSlide12

VI. URBAN PROBLEMS

Rapid

growth in cities created

problems

Public

and private transportation was limited people had to live near their workplaces

Housing

was expensive

Led

to the development of

tenements

Poorly

designed apartment buildings that housed large numbers of people

Tenements were often dirty, overcrowded and

unsafeSlide13

VI. URBAN PROBLEMS

Most

cities had not yet

developed

clean water systems

,

public health

regulations

sewer

systems

garbage collection.

(

In 132 and 1849 New York City suffered cholera epidemics that killed thousands)

No

permanent police force

in

cities

Cities

became centers of criminal activity