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1880 immigrants old

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north n west EU, brit, germany, scandinavia

protestants, irish/german catholics, english speaker/ literate/ skilled

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new immigrants 1890s

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south and east EU, ppor/illiterate peasants, not used to democracy, non protestant. in poor ethnic neighborhood in big US cities

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birds of passage

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younf men for unskilled fatory/mining/constructions. would return back once has enough money

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1870-80

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legal resriction on immigrants

  • chinese exclusion act of 1882 (ban all new immigrant from china) from wetern states
  • stop immigration of paupers, criminals and mentally ill
  • contract labor laws 1882 restricted temporarty workers to protect US worker
  • literacy test 1917
  • 1892 medical examination and payment of tax by immigrant
  • statue of libery 1886 barthodi french
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support for restriction of immigrants

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  • labor union
  • nativist society: American Protective Association (prejudice against catholic
  • social darwinist

foreigner scapegoats for depression

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AA

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moved from farm to n n w cities

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streetcar cities

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ppl lived far away from jos, horse drawn cars and cable. steel suspension bridges helped new york brooklyn bridge. different class/race lived in diff areas

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skyscrapers

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Will Jenny built home insurance compnay building chicago 10, steel skeleton, made possible by innovations

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poor

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affluent out of resid near business district n poor lived their. landlords: small windowless room to fill it up with more ppl. bad condition: NYC law required window-dumbbell tenements, ventilation shafts. spread diseases, filth, overcrowding. immig groups created disntinct bad neighborhood with its own thing: ghettos

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residential suburbs

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wealthy, facotrs prompting them to move

  • low cost land
  • inexpensive tranportation
  • low cost contriction
  • prejudice
  • individ n privay
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city beautiful 1890

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movement to make US cities better

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political machine

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group of politian controlling polit parties in cities. boss: gave jobs to loyal supporters. coordinate issues. greedy n generous, help poor

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reform 80-90

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urban problems.
book of social critizism: george n bellamy, bad side affect of laissezfair, ineuality of wealth by indus
young mid-class live in immigrant nieghborh to learn about prob called settlement houses. Hull House-Addams. tuaght eniglish and helped out. created foundation for social worker and are prochildlaborlaws, women rights, housing reform
Theodore Roosevelt tried to clean up NYPD
most reform did not work

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laissezfair

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gov absense

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social gospel 80-90

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movement, social justice for poor urban. apply christian principle to social prob. Rauschenbusch minister, protestant

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religion

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adapt to city life
catholic grew bc immicgrants.
eddy: good health result of correct thinking about fathermothergod, chruch of crist, scientist

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urban life

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isolation from extended family, divorce rate increased, fmaily sized!

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18
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women vote

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wyomig first state 1869
middle class
stanton and anthony founded national american women suffrage association. but still no vote

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temperance

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drinking cause poverty. woman christian temperance union 1874 for total abstinence Willard WCTU. Antisaloon League 1893 got 21 states to close bars

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elementary school

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read,write,math and traditional values-McGruffrey readers. laws require student to school increase #studentsn increase literacy rates 90, kindergarten started. increase support for tax supported high schols n has vocational n citizenship ship edu for urban

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higher edu

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colleges^ bc

land grants college established=Morrill act 1862,1890
uni founded by philanthropist
founding new uni for women

22
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change in uni curric

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!#required courses n has electives. John Hopkins=1t to specialize in advance studies -reseachnfreeinquiry=scholars smart as EU, social ife in uni added

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social sciences

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apply sci method n theory evolution to human affair changed study of human society=social science emerge. Ely attach laissez-faire econ thoughts as outdated n studied economic institution, DuBois use stat to study crime urban-1st AA to get a phD harvard-equality.
sci affected doctors,edu,social worker, lawyers n^ liberal reforms

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Books

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before: romantic novels depicted ideal heroes

after: realismrough
harte: mining camp of west
Twain: 1st realist author huckleberry finn greed vioence n racism in society

younger generation 90:
natiralism emotion experience
crane: brutal urban envir bad for YA, civil war fear.
London: conflict btw nature n civilixation
Dreiser: poor workering girl, moral sensibilities

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paint

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some: realism (new) , some: popular romantic subjects

homer: seascape/watercol-naturescene matteroffact way
eakins: realism surgical scenes everyday lives of working class, photography-study anatomy
Ashcan school: socal realist painted scene of everyday poor urban

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Architecture

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Richardson 70, based on romanesque style medieval arches

sullivan: reject historical style, instead tall steel framed office 80-90

Wright: organic style-harminy w/ natural surrounding, horizontal lines prairie-style

burnham: revived classical greek/rome n historical style

Frederick Law Olmsted: urbanist plan city parks/boulevard (NYC) estab basis for urban landscaping

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Music

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^musicalperformances. smaller town=outdoor bandstand Sousa

AA New orleans-jass and blues (pain of black experiences

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newspaper

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mass ciruclation
pulitzer: 1st newspaper to exceed 1mill has crimesndisastern corruption.
hearst: publisher scandal sensationalism80
Laies home journal n magazines cheap cuz tech new

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^ leisure time activities bc

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! hours ppl work
improv transport
advertisment
! restrictive traditonal/religious values.
most popular: drinking n talking at saloon,
theater,circus, parks

professional spectator sport emerged
boxing, baseball-urban, jimcorw=black cant play in big league
football=college
basketball invented 1900. no women involved except amature/recreational clubs disciminate against jews, cath, AA

30
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limited/do little gov

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similar to laissezfair econ n social darwinism. courts narrowly interpret gov power over business n congress can only pass few regulatory laws

31
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caimpiagn

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no taking strong position on issues, demo has less votes, controlled house=divided gov, both parties with equal powr/stalemate, more citizen participation. politic no active legislative

32
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republicans

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norht: bloody shirt,
reformers AA businessmen n middle class anglo Protestant support temperance. probussiness high protective tariffs
33
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democrat

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confederacy support. north: political machines n immigrant. catholic, lutherian, jews, states rigts n limit powers of gov (like jeffersonian)

34
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Party patronage

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Conkling: dictate who in repub get job (Stalwarts)
against: Blain (Halfbreeds)

Mugwumps: repub no patronage

35
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P. Hayes

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1876

end reconstruction get troops out, attempt for honest gov, temperance, vetoed chinese immgration restriction

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P. Garfield

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1888-

repub, interested in patronage not reform, halfbreed in office, stalwart killed him

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P. Arthur

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support bill reofrm expand # of gov emplyee hired on qualifications not connections. a repub, develope navy

38
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legislature

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long undistinguished career, weak congress

39
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election 1884

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Repub: blaine but mugwumps suspicious of him n switched to democratic Clevelant (honest/good/affair)catholic supported him (Rum, Romanism, Rebellion

40
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Cleveland 1st term

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challenge ^protective tariff
limited gov
commerce act 1887; regulate business
Dawes Act: benefit AI n got land 
Civil service system
41
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civil service reform

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congress remove certain gov jobs from patronage

pendleton act 1881: set up civil service commision, applicants for fed job examinations

42
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easy money

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paper money, silver coins, gold causes depression, nfarmer n poor

43
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hard money

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bankers, backed by gold.

Specie Resumption Act: got rid of greenbacks.

crime of 1873: stop coining silver

BlandAllison Act: limited silver coinage