CHAPTER 7 THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY

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CHAPTER 7 THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY

• Section 1 The New Immigrants
• Section 2 The Urban World
• Section 3 Daily Life in the Cities

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Objectives
Section 1 The New Immigrants

• How did immigration change during the late 1800s?
• What challenges did immigrants face as they
  settled in the United States?
• Where did new immigrants find assistance?
• Why did nativists oppose new immigration?

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Changes in immigration
Section 1 The New Immigrants

• New immigrants came from southern and eastern
  Europe rather than northwestern Europe.
• Old immigrants were Protestant new ones were
  usually Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, or
  Jewish.
• Both new and old immigrants came in search of
  economic opportunity and religious freedom.

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Challenges faced by immigrants
Section 1 The New Immigrants

• poor accommodations on ships
• physical exams to enter United States
• questioning by inspectors
• strict immigration laws for the Chinese

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Assistance for immigrants
Section 1 The New Immigrants

• ethnic neighborhoods
• benevolent societies
• businesses
• churches, synagogues, and temples

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Reasons for nativist opposition to immigration
Section 1 The New Immigrants

• Immigrants had different religions and languages.
• Held immigrants responsible for crime, poverty,
  and violence.
• Immigrants sometimes had radical politics.
• Believed that immigrants worked cheaply, robbing
  Americans of jobs and lowering wages.