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Chapter#25
AmericaMovestotheCity,1865to1900
ChapterSynopsis:Borninthecountry,AmericamovedtothecityinthedecadesfollowingtheCivil
War.Bytheyear1900,theUnitedStates’upsurgingpopulationnearlydoubledfromitslevelofsome40
millionsoulsenumeratedinthecensusof1870.Yetintheverysameperiod,thepopulationofAmerican
citiestripled.Bytheendofthenineteenthcentury,fouroutoftenAmericanswerecitydwellers,in
strikingcontrasttotherusticpopulationofstagecoachdays.Thiscitywarddriftaffectednotonlythe
UnitedStatesbutmostoftheWesternworld.Europeanpeasants,pushedoffthelandinpartby
competitionfromcheapAmericanfoodstuffs,werepulledintocities—inbothEuropeandAmerica—by
thenewlureofindustrialjobs.ArevolutioninAmericanagriculturethusfedtheindustrialandurban
revolutionsinEurope,aswellasintheUnitedStates.
PleaseprovideTWOkeypointsthatcanbedrawnfromthechaptersynopsis.
KEYPOINT#1
KEYPOINT#2
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COMMENTS,CONCERNSor
CLARIFICATIONS
TheUrbanFrontier
Know:LouisSullivan,WalkingCities,DepartmentStores,Tenements
1.
Whatfactorsledtothegrowthofcitiesinthesecondhalfofthe
1800's?
2.TheNewImmigration
Explainthesubheading
SouthernEuropeUprooted
3.
WhydidthenewimmigrantscometoAmericainsuchlarge
numbers?
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COMMENTS,CONCERNSor
CLARIFICATIONS
ReactionstotheNewImmigration
Know:PoliticalBosses,SocialGospel,JaneAddams,HullHouse,Settlement
houses,LillianWald,FlorenceKelley
4.
Howdidpoliticalbosseshelpimmigrants?
5.NarrowingtheWelcomeMat
Explainthesubheading
ChurchesConfronttheUrbanChallenge
Know:DwightLymanMoody,CardinalGibbons,SalvationArmy,MaryBaker Eddy,YMCA
6
Whatroledidreligionplayinhelpingtheurbanpoor?
DarwinDisruptstheChurches
Know:CharlesDarwin,OriginoftheSpecies,Fundamentalists,Modernists,
ColonelRobertG.Ingersoll,
7.
WhateffectdidthetheoryofevolutionhaveonChristianchurches?
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TheLustforLearning
Know:NormalSchools,Kindergarten,Chautauqua
8.
Whatadvancestookplaceineducationintheyearsfollowingthe
CivilWar?
9.BookerT.WashingtonandEducationforBlackPeople
Explainthesubheading
TheHallowedHallsofIvy
Know:Vassar,Howard,MorrillAct,LandGrantColleges,HatchAct
10.
Whatfactorsallowedthenumberofcollegestudentsto
dramaticallyincrease?
COMMENTS,CONCERNSor
CLARIFICATIONS
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CLARIFICATIONS
TheMarchoftheMind
Know:WilliamJames
11.
Describesomeoftheintellectualachievementsofthelate1800’s.
TheAppealofthePress
Know:JosephPulitzer,WilliamRandolphHearst,YellowJournalism
12. Howdidtheabilitytoproducenewspapersinexpensivelychange
theircontent?
ApostlesofReform
Know:EdwinL.Godkin,HenryGeorge,EdwardBellamy
13.
Howdidwritersinthe1870'sand1880'strytoaddressthe
problemsoftheirtime?
PostwarWriting
Know:Dimenovels,HoratioAlger,WaltWhitman,EmilyDickinson
14.
DidthetrendsinwritingaftertheCivilWarmakeitagoodperiod
forliterature?Explain.
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COMMENTS,CONCERNSor
CLARIFICATIONS
LiteraryLandmarks
Know:KateChopin,MarkTwain,BretHarte,WilliamDeanHowells,Stephen
Crane,HenryJames,JackLondon,FrankNorris,PaulLaurence
Dunbar,CharlesW.Chestnut,TheodoreDreiser.
15.
Whatdidmanywritersinthelate1800'shaveincommon?
FamiliesandWomenintheCity
Know:CharlottePerkinsGilman,ElizabethCadyStanton,SusanB.Anthony,
CarrieChapmanCatt,NationalWomenSuffrageAssociation,IdaB.
Wells
16.
Whatchangeswereoccurringinthewomen'srightsmovement?
ProhibitionofAlcoholandSocialProgress
Know:Women'sChristianTemperanceUnion,CarrieNation,Anti-Saloon
League,18thAmendment,ClaraBarton
17. Whatsocialcauseswerewomen(andmanymen)involvedinthe
late1800's?
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CLARIFICATIONS
18.ArtisticTriumphs
Explainthesubheading
TheBusinessofAmusement
Know:Vaudeville,P.T.Barnum,BuffaloBillCody,AnnieOakley,James
Naismith
19.
Whatformsofrecreationbecamepopularfrom1870to1900?
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TheRiseoftheAmericanCity
DIRECTIONS:-PleaseidentifythefactorsthatchangedtheAmericancityinthesecondhalfof
thenineteenthcenturybypostinganswerstothequestionsbelow.
RESOURCES:TheAmericanPageantChapter#25;Reading-TheRiseoftheAmericanCity;
Reading-TheDevilintheWhiteCity;Reading-CapitalDistrict1900
#1.HowdidthegrowthofindustryandlargefactoriesshapethecharacteroftheAmerican
city?
#2.Howdidtheimprovedtransportation:railroads;streetcars(etc)impactcharacterofthe
Americancity?
#3.HowdidincreasedimmigrationshapethecharacteroftheAmericancity?
#4.Howdidarchitecturalchanges:skyscraper(etc)shapethecharacteroftheAmericancity?
#5.HowdidelectricallightsforcommercialpurposesshapethecharacteroftheAmericancity?
#6.HowdidtenementhousingshapethecharacteroftheAmericancity?
#7.HowdidpoliticalmachinesshapethecharacteroftheAmericancity?
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"TheNewColossus"(1883)
EmmaLazarus
NotlikethebrazengiantofGreekfame,
Withconqueringlimbsastridefromlandtoland;
Hereatoursea-washed,sunsetgatesshallstand
Amightywomanwithatorch,whoseflame
Istheimprisonedlightning,andhername
MotherofExiles.Fromherbeacon-hand
Glowsworld-widewelcome;hermildeyescommand
Theair-bridgedharborthattwincitiesframe.
"Keep,ancientlands,yourstoriedpomp!"criesshe
Withsilentlips."Givemeyourtired,yourpoor,
Yourhuddledmassesyearningtobreathefree,
Thewretchedrefuseofyourteemingshore.
Sendthese,thehomeless,tempest-tosttome,
Iliftmylampbesidethegoldendoor!"
1.Usingspecificfactualinformationfromyourtextreadings,classnotes,andclassdiscussions,
explainhowthehighlightedstanzawasanaccuratereflectionoftheimmigrantexperience
from1869and1881.Besuretoconsiderthepolitical,social,andeconomicfactorsduringthis
secondwaveofimmigration.
2.Usingspecificfactualinformationfromyourtextreadings,classnotes,andclassdiscussions,
explainhowthehighlightedstanzawasaninaccuratereflectionofimmigrationpolicyfrom
1882to1924.Besuretoconsiderthepolitical,social,andeconomicfactorsduringthissecond
waveofimmigration.
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