Scale on Test and Grades Overall
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75 – 68 – A’s
67 – 60 – B’s
59 – 53 – C’s
52 – 45 – D’s
No F’s!
Retakes 53 and
below.
What is the difference between
these two goods?
I. The Gilded Age
• A. Definition
• 1. Phrase coined
by Mark Twain.
• 2. Critical of the
outward appearance
of prosperity when
actually more of the
population is
suffering.
Gilded is a term that refers to
giving a deceptively attractive
appearance to something.
Typically gold plated with less valuable
metal underneath.
Where is this from and does it
still hold true?
• “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus
• Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles.
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"” cries she
With silent lips. “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-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Immigration Debate
Immigration Debate
• “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus
• Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles.
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"” cries she
With silent lips. “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-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
II. Characteristics of Urban America
• A. Waves of Immigration
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1. A major shift in the
immigrant population takes
place in the late 1800’s.
• 2. Prior to 1890 most
immigrants to the U.S. are
from Northern and Western
Europe – Many had been
English speaking.
• 3. After 1890 most
immigrants to the U.S. are
from Southern and Eastern
Europe – Non English
speaking.
II. Characteristics of Urban America
• B. Why Immigrate?
• 1. Push factors
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- poverty/disease
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- war
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- religious persecution
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- political tyranny
II. Characteristics of Urban America
• B. Why Immigrate?
• 2. Pull Factors
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- Plenty of land and work
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- Higher standard of living
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- Political and religious freedom
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- Opportunity for social advancement
II. Characteristics of Urban America
• C. Immigrant Experience
• 1. The Voyage
- 2-3 weeks in steerage
in the bowels of steamships.
2. Ellis Island – East
Coast – Angel Island – West
Coast – biggest ports of
entry.
3. Immigrants would be
processed and inspected in a
day.
The long
wait…
What are some of the major
requirements and considerations that
immigrants were informed of from the
pamphlet?
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Can you read?
Are you in good physical condition?
What are bad defects?
Skin Diseases
Keep clean
The Process at Ellis Island
II. Characteristics of Urban America
• D. Culture Shock upon
arrival.
• 1. Many sought the
comfort of settling with
immigrants from their
homeland.
• 2. Ethnic Islands neighborhoods in major
cities where the different
immigrant groups lived.
II. Characteristics of Urban America
• E. Problems with
assimilation (fitting to
mainstream U.S.
culture).
• 1. The new wave of
immigrants from
eastern and southern
Europe and Asia faced
increasing prejudice.
A Cartoon from The Wasp Magazine of 1893, vol. 30, pp. 10-11 reads:
THE QUESTION Of THE HOUR: Uncle Sam:
"Gosh ! I've got this critter lassoed right enough but
how in thunder am I going to get him over thar to China.
Closing the borders to the undesirables????
II. Characteristics of Urban America
• 2. Nativism – an extreme dislike of immigrants by
native born U.S. citizens.
• 3. Much of this dislike is grounded in negative
stereotypes.
• 4. Nativists wanted to close the borders but forgot
that their families at one time had once been
immigrants themselves.
• 5. Culminates in specific quotas and unfair tests
to gain admittance to the U.S. – aimed toward
immigrants from Asia, southern and eastern
Europe.
Attitude
towards
certain
immigrant
groups.
Immigration in the late 1800’s
What do these political cartoons from
The era tell us about the attitude towards
Immigrants?
This cartoon again shows how
many view immigrants
as a drain on America.
A more accurate portrayal of
the immigrants contribution
to American society – We are a
nation of immigrants who
helped build the foundation
of what makes this country great.
Think about what has made this
country what it is before we start
talking about closing our borders
to “certain” immigrant groups.
Urbanization 1900
• Suppose a new corporation opens for business in
Grafton and was going to employ 5,000 people.
However, the corporation requires all of its
employees to live in the village of Grafton. What
would the village have to do to prepare for and
accommodate this influx of 5,000 people?
American Urbanization