3. Contents Chapter Focus Section 1 The New Immigrants Section 2 Moving to the City Section 3 A Changing Culture Chapter Assessment Click on a hyperlink to go to the corresponding content area. Press the ESC (escape) key at any time to exit the presentation.
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7. Section 1-1a Terms to Learn emigrate, ethnic group, steerage, sweatshop, assimilate Read to Discover… • what opportunities and difficulties immigrants found in the United States. The New Immigrants Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Additional lecture notes appear on the following slides. • how the arrival of new immigrants in the 1880s changed American society.
8. Section 1-1b Section Theme Culture and Traditions In the mid-1800s the pattern of immigration changed from “old” to “new” immigrant groups. The “old” blended readily into American society, but the “new” held on to cultural differences. Section Objective Evaluate the impact of the “old” and the “new” immigrants on American Society . Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Additional lecture notes appear on the following slides. The New Immigrants
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32. Section 1-Review 1 What opportunities and difficulties did immigrants find in the United States? The immigrants found job opportunities but faced prejudice and discrimination. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer.
33. Section 1-Review 2 Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. How did the arrival of new immigrants in the 1880s change American society? Many of the newcomers were Catholics or Jews, and few spoke English. They formed communities within cities that were based on nationalities.
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35. Section 2-1a Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Additional lecture notes appear on the following slides. Terms to Learn tenement, slum, suburb, The Gilded Age, settlement house Read to Discover… • how American cities grew and changed. Moving to the City • what life was like in the cities. • what problems cities faced and how people tried to solve them.
36. Section 2-1b Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Additional lecture notes appear on the following slides. Section Theme Science and Technology After the Civil War, the United States changed from a rural to an urban nation. Developments in science and technology helped push Americans off the farms and pull them to the cities. Section Objective Analyze the positive and negative effects of city life. Moving to the City
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58. Section 2-Review 1 How did American cities grow and change? American cities grew as immigrants and rural Americans moved into them in search of work. As space became tight, skyscrapers came to dominate the skyline. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer.
59. Section 2-Review 2 What was life like in the cities? If a person lived in the tenements, life was crowded and dirty. Middle- and upper-class families lived comfortably, often with servants. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer.
60. Section 2-Review 3 What problems did cities face, and how did people try to solve them? Cities faced overcrowding, poor sanitation, and homelessness. While not solved, these problems were alleviated somewhat through legislation and private groups. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer.
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62. Section 3-1a Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Additional lecture notes appear on the following slides. Terms to Learn land-grant college, yellow journalism, realism, regionalism, ragtime, vaudeville Read to Discover… • how education became more widely available to Americans. A Changing Culture • what new trends shaped American literature. • how Americans spent their hours of leisure time.
63. Section 3-1b Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. Additional lecture notes appear on the following slides. Section Theme Continuity and Change By the turn of the century, a unique American culture had developed, affecting all aspects of American life. Section Objective Describe the changes in American culture at the beginning of the twentieth century. A Changing Culture
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89. Section 3-Review 1 How did education become more widely available to Americans? Almost all states required at least some primary and secondary education. Higher education boomed as many land-grant colleges opened. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer.
90. Section 3-Review 2 What new trends shaped American literature? Many American authors began to use realism and regionalism. Advances such as daily newspapers, magazines, public libraries, and paperbacks also shaped American literature. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer.
91. Section 3-Review 2 How did Americans spend their hours of leisure time? Spectator sports, vaudevilles, and movies became widely popular. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer.
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93. Chapter Assessment (1) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. Immigrants came to America to leave behind economic troubles, escape persecution, and find new opportunities. Why did so many people want to leave their homelands and immigrate to the United States in the late 1880s and early 1900s?
94. Chapter Assessment (2) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. Unsanitary conditions created breeding grounds for disease. How did overcrowding in the cities affect public health?
95. Chapter Assessment (3) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. Journalists exposed problems; religious groups provided basic services; settlement houses provided medical services, arts, education, protection, child care; the YMCA and YWCA provided places for children to meet and play. Describe some of the ways in which reformers tried to help the urban poor.
96. Chapter Assessment (4) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. The Morrill Act gave states large amounts of federal land to be sold to raise money for education. What was the purpose of the Morrill Act?
97. Chapter Assessment (5) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. Jazz and ragtime both emerged during this period. What new forms of music emerged during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
98. Chapter Assessment (6) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. Immigrants often maintained their native language, formed ethnic communities, published their own newspapers, and founded churches, stores, theaters, and social organizations. How did immigrants try to preserve their cultural heritage?
99. Chapter Assessment (7) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. Industrialization freed up time for farmers and their wives, made transportation to the cities easier, and created jobs in the cities. Why did so many people move from farms to cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
100. Chapter Assessment (8) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. American authors adopted realism and regionalism. What new styles of writing did American authors adopt during this period?
101. Chapter Bonus Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. What was the title of the first motion picture that told a complete story, setting a pattern of suspense and drama that future moviemakers followed? The Great Train Robbery was the first motion picture to tell a complete story, setting an example for future moviemakers.
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105. ABCNews 2 Click the Videodisc button anytime throughout this section to play the complete video if you have a videodisc player attached to your computer. Click the Forward button to view the discussion questions. Click in the above window to show a preview of the ABCNews InterActive video. Side 2 Chapter 7 Historic America Electronic Field Trips: Ellis Island
106. ABCNews 3 What happened to some who couldn’t read or were sick? They were deported, or sent back to their home country. Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the answer. Side 2 Chapter 7 Historic America Electronic Field Trips: Ellis Island
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108. Primary Sources 1 Introduction: A Nation of Cities Corresponding text appears on pages 716-717 of the textbook. With the growth of industry, the landscape of the United States changed. Railroads crisscrossed the continent. Where farms once stood, factories spewed forth black smoke. Thousands of Americans left their farms hoping to make their fortunes in the city. Millions of immigrants came hoping to share in the benefits of the new industrial age. As you read these primary source selections, think about what problems as well as what benefits resulted from the Industrial Revolution.
109. Primary Sources 2 Background Information and Reader’s Dictionary An allusion is a short reference to a person, a place, an event, or another work of literature. Writers use allusions to extend the meanings of their works. Writer Mary Antin writes about “a confounding babel of voices.” Research the term babel . What is this an allusion to? Corresponding text appears on pages 716-717 of the textbook. It is an allusion to the story of Babylon in the Book of Genesis. Reader’s Dictionary inclined : slanted or leaning poultice : dressing applied to the body repose : rest kosher : approved by Jewish law babel : a scene of noise and confusion
110. Primary Sources 3 Why did the workers in the sweatshop work quickly? Interpreting Primary Sources The faster they worked and the more items they produced, the more money they made. Corresponding text appears on pages 716-717 of the textbook.
111. Primary Sources 4 What words does Mary Antin use to describe the townspeople? Interpreting Primary Sources She uses the words eager , foolish, and friendly . Corresponding text appears on pages 716-717 of the textbook.
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114. MindJogger Disc 3 Side A Chapter 20 Use the MindJogger videoquiz as a preview, review, or both. Click the Videodisc button to play the MindJogger video if you have a videodisc player attached to your computer. If you experience difficulties, check the Troubleshooting section in the Help system.
115. Cyberlink Explore on-line information about the topics introduced in this chapter. Click on the Connect button to launch your browser and go to the Presentation Plus! Web site. At this site, you will find a complete list of Web sites correlated with the chapters in The American Journey textbook. When you finish exploring, exit the browser program to return to this presentation. If you experience difficulty connecting to the Web site, manually launch your Web browser and go to http://www.glencoe.com/ushistory/cyberlinks
116. Current Events Explore on-line news resources to find out what is currently happening in the United States and around the world. Click on the Connect button to launch your browser and go to the Glencoe Current Events Web site. At this site, you will find numerous links to different news agencies. When you finish exploring, exit the browser program to return to this presentation. If you experience difficulty connecting to the Web site, manually launch your Web browser and go to http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/currentevents
126. Extra Credit Immigration to the United States peaked in 1907. Some Americans favored immigration, and others opposed it. Scan the chapter to read about these differing viewpoints. Write and present a two-minute speech supporting your viewpoint.
127. NG Journey 1 Corresponding text appears on pages 582-583 of the textbook. Click the speaker to hear an excerpt from a recollections of Lee Chew, published in Plain Folk: The Life and Stories of Undistinguished Americans by David Katzman and William Tuttle, 1982.
128. NG Journey 2 Corresponding text appears on pages 582-583 of the textbook.
129. NG Journey 3 Corresponding text appears on pages 582-583 of the textbook.
130. NG Journey 4 Corresponding text appears on pages 582-583 of the textbook.
131. NG Journey 5 Corresponding text appears on pages 582-583 of the textbook.
132. NG Journey 6 Corresponding text appears on pages 582-583 of the textbook.
133. LPP 1 Vaudeville to Virtual Reality From the 1880s to the 1930s, vaudeville was the most popular form of entertainment. In the 1980s, a new form of entertainment emerged–virtual reality. The term virtual reality (VR) was introduced into the English language in 1985. VR is a realistic simulation of an environment through high-speed, three-dimensional computer graphics. VR provides a three-dimensional effect as if the viewer is truly experiencing the action.
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