A Changing Nation

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A Changing Nation
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White Board Discussion

• How are the growth of cities and the growth of
  American Business linked?

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Immigration

• Old Immigration
• 1860-1900 14 million immigrants
• 1860-1880 most immigrants come from western and
  northern Europe (England, Ireland, Germany, and
  Scandinavia) and were mostly Protestant
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Map 8 Europe in 1871This map shows Europe right
after German Unification in 1871.
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Immigration Center Ellis Island
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• This photo depicts a family around the turn of
  the century while waiting at Ellis Island, the
  primary gate of immigration at that time. Ellis
  Island regulations required immigrants to check
  in their parcels and belongings, but some clung
  to their possessions as they waited in their best
  clothes to undergo medical exams and immigration
  control.

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Immigration

• New Immigration
• 1880-1900 most immigrants come from southern and
  eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, Hungary, Greece,
  and Russia)
• These new immigrants
• had little or no education
• had no special skills
• knew no English
• were not often Protestant, but were Catholic,
  Eastern Orthodox, Jewish

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Map 9 Europe in 1917This map shows Europe
during the year of the Russian Revolution.
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William Boss Tweed
Tammany Hall on East 14th Street, NYC, between
Third Avenue and Irving Place
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Urbanization

• Scale and Pace of Urbanization
• Better farming technology fewer farm workers
• 1860-1910 urban population 6 mil to 44 mil
• Politics
• Political machines ran city governments
• They stayed in power by providing social help for
  their constituents in exchange for votes
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Industrialization

• New manufacturing techniques
• Division of labor (a.k.a. Specialization)-A
  specific job was done by a specific person
• Mass production-
  Specialization
  allows large scale
  production of
  cheap goods
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Industrialization

• Modern corporations
• Sale of stocks allowed founders to get large
  amounts of money

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Industrialization

• Business Practices
• Monopolies
• A company which had total control of a product,
  service, or trade in an area
• Run competitors out of business
• Once competitors eliminated, monopoly raises
  prices
• Trusts
• A gang of companies who act as a monopoly

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Reflective Questions

• How will Americans respond to New Immigration?
• Why would immigrants support political machines?
• What effect will monopolies have on ordinary
  citizens?