U.S. History
Mr. Boothby
11/1/2016
Target
Chapter 14: Forging the National Economy PT I
Immigration/Growth/Gilded Age/ Nativists/
RACISM
Reaction (1 full page minimum): GET READY!
Watch the video first: What is the CAUSE of CONFLICT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5DwnNPHVAU
In 1 PAGE MINIMUM:
You arrive on the scene 1 hour before the fighting at the 5
points in NEW YORK…
One of the most bloody non-military turf wars in US
History!
How would you stop the violence?
How do you change History?
Would you?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO???
Silently Read Pages 287-297
***KEYS***America bounded into the 19th century in a burst of movement, creating an
economy that was remarkably dynamic, market driven, continentally scaled, and internationally
consequential. The rise of Andrew Jackson exemplified the westward march of the American
people. By 1840, the "demographic center" of the American population map had crossed the
Alleghenies. Frontier life was extremely crude for both men and women. Ralph Waldo Emerson's
popular lecture-essay "Self Reliance" stuck a responsive chord.
(#1-3 SHOULD BE APPROX. 1 FULL PAGE MINIMUM!)
1) How was Westward movement changing and “exhausting the land” according
to the textbook?
2) What was happening involving the “peopling” of the US leading into the
1840’s (***Video FINAL 20 MIN will show this***)?
3) How did the Irish Potato Blight/famine affect the United States, which was
some 3,000 miles away?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4) Why did Americans (nativists) come to hate the new immigrants?
What was Tammany Hall and how did this lead into corruption?
PEOPLING!
KNOW THESE AND WATCH A SCENE FROM “GANGS FROM NY”
5) What were some of the key events of the battles between the nativists
and the new-immigrants? Why did these events take place?
Were they avoidable?
EVERYTHING IS DUE TOMORROW!
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TONIGHT CORN. NOTES AND PAGES 298-318 PTII CH 14!!
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1)How was Westward movement changing and “exhausting the land”
according to the textbook?
The westward movement also molded the physical environment. For
example, pioneers often exhausted the land in the tobacco regions and then
pushed on, leaving barren fields. By the 1820s American fur-trappers were
setting up traps all over the Rocky Mountains. The ecological imperialism
was named after the almost extinction of beavers, bison, and sea otters in the
West. Americans, however, did admire the beauty of their country and the
nature even inspired paintings and literature.
2)What was happening involving the “peopling” of the US leading into the
1840’s?
What were some of the issues with this type of growth?
As Americans moved west, they also multiplied at an amazing rate. The
population was still doubling every 25 years. The growing population came
with unwanted by-products such as slums, impure water, foul sewage, rats,
and improper garbage disposal. Cities did their best to find solutions to these
problems. By the 1840s the population was also growing rapidly because of
the increasing amount of immigrants.
3)How did the Irish Potato Blight/famine effect the United States, which was
some 3,000 miles away? The potato famine of the 1840s in Ireland brought
even more Irish to America. Too poor to move out west, they settled in large
cities such as New York.
4)Why did Americans (nativists) come to hate the new immigrants? What
was Tammany Hall and how did this lead into corruption?
The Americans came to hate the Irish and were forced to fend for
themselves. Politics attracted the Irish and they soon began to gain control of
powerful city machines, most notable New York's Tammany Hall.
The Germans who came to America were mainly uprooted farmers, but some
were also liberal political refugees. Most Germans had notable amounts of
material goods and moved to the Middle West. German contributions to
American culture included the Conestoga wagon, the Kentucky rifle, and the
Christmas tree.
5)What were some of the key events of the battles between the nativists and
the new-immigrants? Why did these events take place? Were they avoidable?
"Native" Americans feared that these immigrants would outbreed, outvote,
and overwhelm them. In 1849 the Know-Nothing Party was started by the
"nativists." They wanted restrictions on immigration and naturalization and
laws that deported aliens. Mass violence by the Know-Nothings against the
Catholics were ugly and are on America's record of treatment of minorities.
In the end, immigrants would be key to helping expand America's economy.
5 POINTS MAP NEW YORK:
5 streets converged and TURF WARS WERE HORRIBLE!