1865-1890 Social Flashcards
how many immigrants arrived between 1860-90, and where did they come from mainly (top 4 countries)?
10m
Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland
where did swedes/Germans settle, and where did the Irish settle?
g/s=rural
i=urban (e.g. Boston, NY)
what was probably the key pulling factor?
industrialisation/urbanisation=work
who were recruited as cheap labour for the railroads?
Chinese
what was the term given to the influx of immigrants to the usa?
melting pot
what was nativism?
belief from those whose parents were born in US to protect from ‘alien’ ways
what 2 things created tensions between ‘new’ and ‘old’ immigrants?
jobs
housing
what was the term for the rising fear of the chinese?
yellow peril
when was the chinese exclusion act passed and what did it do?
1882
prevented Chinese getting american citizenship
why did white workers/TUs hate the chinese?
cheap/good work ethic
give 3 example of social divisions?
- farmers/workers (Granger Movement etc)
- temperance
- female suffrage
summarise the north/east at this time?
- industrialisation/urbanisation huge
- booming cities e.g. NY, Chicago
- population boom (x2 in NY between 1860-90)
- influence of railroads huge
summarise the south at this time?
- AAs vs Whites
- alienated 11 former confederate states
- rural
summarise the west at this time?
- ‘wild west’
- broken treaties with Native tribes=conflict
- boom towns
- myth of rugged individualism
when did the Granger Movement start and what did it do?
1867
helped farmers with land and loans
