1. Ch. 7
Immigration and Urbanization
1870-1920

2. Ch. 7.1 Key Questions
Why did immigrants come to the US?
Where did immigrants come from?
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the
trip over and once they got here(Ellis/Angel
Island)?
Why did some people want to put restriction on
immigration? What were those restrictions?

3. October 6

4. Why did/do immigrants come to the US?
• Push-Pull Factors
– Famine
– Land shortages
– Religious or political persecution
– War
– In debt or in trouble
– More opportunities-$$-The American Dream
• Farming(Homestead Act), mining, working on the
railroad, cattle ranching, factory work
– Reunite with family
– “Streets paved with gold”

6. Illegal Immigration
•What is immigration?
•What is illegal immigration?
•Why do people want to come to the US either
legally or illegally?
•Why do US citizens get upset about illegal
immigration?
•Why is it easy for politicians to ignore the
problem of illegal immigration?
•What is birthright citizenship?
•What are “anchor babies”?-Not a positive term
but the one that is used a lot

7. Legal Immigration Statistics
• 2013 - 990,553 people are granted lawful
permanent residence in the United States
• “Green cards"
• The top countries of origin are:
• -- Mexico (14%)
• -- China (7.2%)
• -- India (6.9%)
• -- Philippines (5.5%)
• -- Dominican Republic (4.2%)

8. • 2013 - A total of 779,929 people become
naturalized U.S. citizens
• The top countries of birth are:
• -- Mexico (12.7%)
• -- India (6.4%)
• -- Philippines (5.6%)
• -- Dominican Republic (5.1%)
• -- China (3.9%)
• Residents becoming naturalized citizens in
2013 had spent a median of seven years in
“green card” status.
• US Naturalization Practice Test

9. Illegal Immigration Statistics
• 2012 - The Department of Homeland Security
estimates that there are 11.4 million
unauthorized immigrants living in the United
States
• The top countries of origin are:
• -- Mexico (59%)
• -- El Salvador (6%)
• -- Guatemala (5%)
• -- Honduras (3%)
• -- Philippines (3%)

10. • 2012 - The top U.S. states where unauthorized
immigrants settle are:
• -- California (25%)
• -- Texas (16%)
• -- Florida (6%)
• -- New York (5%)
• -- Illinois (5%)
• Unauthorized immigrants to the United States
tend to be young (61% between ages 25-44)
and male (53%)

11. • 2013 - 662,483 unauthorized immigrants are
apprehended
• More than 64% are from Mexico
• 2013 - 438,421 unauthorized immigrants are
removed from the United States
• -- Repatriated to Mexico (72%)
• -- Repatriated to Guatemala (11%)
• -- Repatriated to Honduras (8%)
• -- Repatriated to El Salvador (5%)

12. • Define nativism
• Define WASP

15. • Between 1870 and 1920, 20 million
Europeans came to US
• Discuss “old immigrants” vs “new
immigrants”

18. Steps to America
• Step One-Leaving Home
• Step Two-On Board the Ship
• Step Three-Inspection
• Step Four-Beyond Ellis or Angel
Island
• Source

20. Step One-Leaving Home
• It was common for one person from a family to
come to America first
• They would save to eventually bring others
• From 1900 to 1910, almost 95% of the
immigrants arriving at Ellis Island were joining
either family or friends
• In 1901, between 40 and 65% came either on
prepaid tickets or with money sent to them from
the United States

24. Step Two-On Board the Ship
• A ticket to America cost $30
• Three types of accommodations-first class,
second class and steerage
• Only steerage passengers were processed at
Ellis Island
• First and second class passengers were
quickly “inspected” on board the ship
• Larger ships could hold from 1,500 to 2,000
immigrants, netting a profit of $45,000 to
$60,000 for a single, one-way trip

25. Steerage

26. • For many immigrants, the experience
of steerage was a nightmare
• At one time, the average passenger
mortality rate was 10 percent per
voyage
• Conditions were extremely
overcrowded, dark, unsanitary and
foul-smelling

27. • In spite of the miserable conditions,
the immigrants had faith in the future
• Crossing the Atlantic could take
anywhere from a week to more than a
month, depending on the ship and
weather
• They would play cards, sing, dance
and talk

29. • In1911, the United States Immigration
Commission said:
• “The open deck space reserved for steerage
passengers is usually very limited, and situated
in the worst part of the ship, subject to the most
violent motion, to the dirt from the stacks and
the odors from the hold and galleys... the only
provisions for eating are frequently shelves or
benches along the sides or in the passages of
sleeping compartments. Dining rooms are rare
and, if found, are often shared with berths
installed along the walls. Toilets and
washrooms are completely inadequate;
saltwater only is available.

30. • “The ventilation is almost always inadequate,
and the air soon becomes foul. The unattended
vomit of the seasick, the odors of not too clean
bodies, the reek of food and the awful stench of
the nearby toilet rooms make the atmosphere
of the steerage such that it is a marvel that
human flesh can endure it... Most immigrants
lie in their berths for most of the voyage, in a
stupor caused by the foul air. The food often
repels them... It is almost impossible to keep
personally clean. All of these conditions are
naturally aggravated by the crowding.”

31. Step Three-Inspection
• Passengers were inspected for contagious
diseases such as cholera, plague, smallpox,
typhoid fever, yellow fever, scarlet fever,
measles and diphtheria
• If immigrants had any of the diseases they
would be deported
• Sick children age 12 or older were sent back to
Europe alone

32. • In total, about 20 percent of those arriving
at Ellis Island were detained for medical
treatment or a legal hearing
• 80% were free to go after only a few hours
• Only 2% of the immigrants seeking refuge
in America would fail to be admitted

33. Ellis Island
• What happened at Ellis Island?
• Intro Video
• Video 1 --Arrival
• Video 2 --Hurdles to Citizenship on Ellis Island
• Video 3 --Detained at Ellis Island
• Video 4 --Medical Inspections
• What state is it located in?

37. Angel Island--Video

39. Step Four-Beyond Ellis Island
• As they left Ellis Island, the next stop was the
Money Exchange
• Cashiers exchanged paper money, from
countries all over Europe, for American dollars
• Then it was off to New York City or the railroad
ticket office to go anywhere in the country that
they wanted

41. Why were immigrants disliked in
the US in the late 1800’s/early
1900’s?
• Took jobs
• Kept wages low
• Different culture
• Racism

42. Chinese Exclusion Act-1882
–Banned all Chinese immigration to
the US from 1882-1902
–Why ban Chinese immigrants?

45. Gentleman’s Agreement-1907
• Informal agreement between the United States
and Japan
• The US would not restrict Japanese
immigration and Japan would not allow further
immigration to the U.S
• The goal was to reduce tensions between the
US and Japan
• What was the tension?

49. Ch. 7.1 Key Questions
Why did immigrants come to the US?
Where did immigrants come from?
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the
trip over and once they got here(Ellis/Angel
Island)?
Why did some people want to put restriction on
immigration? What were those restrictions?

50. Chapter 7.2 Key Questions
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late
1800's and early 1900's?
What problems did cities face due to the
rapid increase in population?
What did people/organizations do to try to
help the bad situation in the cities?

51. Why Did Cities Grow So Fast?
• Immigrants
• Farmers moved to the city
• African-Americans moved to the
cities
• Cities offered more jobs and
opportunities
• Cities offered more entertainment

53. Problems in the City
• Cramped, old, dirty housing-tenements
• Lack of good transportation
• Lack of safe drinking water
• Disease was common
• Streets were filthy
• Crime
• Fires
• Poverty due to low pay at work

54. Jacob Riis
“How the Other Half Lives”
• Define tenements
• Video

63. Dumping Garbage in New York
Harbor-Late 1800’s

67. Problem:Cramped, Old, Dirty Housing-Tenements
Solutions:
-Cities put restrictions on building wood-frame
structures in the center of the city-Why?
-Cities encouraged the construction of
lower-income dwellings on the city’s outskirts-
Why?
-The Tenement House Act of 1867 defined a
tenement for the first time and set construction
regulations
-Among these were the requirement of one
toilet per 20 people

68. • Tenement House Law-1901
–Outlawed the construction of new tenements
on 25-foot lots and mandated improved
sanitary conditions, fire escapes and access
to light
–Current tenements were updated and more
than 200,000 new apartments were built over
the next 15 years
• Most tenements were destroyed in the 1920’s
and especially the 1930’s with FDR’s New Deal
• The first fully government-built public housing
project opened in New York City in 1936

69. Problem: Lack of good
transportation
• Solutions
–Electric Streetcars-late 1800’s, early
1900’s
–Automobiles
• There were 300 cars in the United States in 1895, 78,000
in 1905, 459,00 in 1910 and 1.7 million in 1914.
–Subways-New York City-1904
–Airplanes-1903-Wright Brothers

72. 1900 Bradley Gasoline
Runabout

73. 1903 Ford Model A

75. William Harley and Arthur Davidson (1914)

76. Bus in 1925

78. US Airplane in WWI-1918

79. Problem:Lack of safe drinking water
• Solutions:
• In late 1800’s, scientists had proven that
diseases were spread through unsafe drinking
water
• In early 1900’s, chlorine was added to the
water to help eliminate disease
• Federal regulation of drinking water quality
began in 1914 which continued to strengthen
over the decades

80. Problems: Disease was common
and Streets were filthy
• Solutions:
• Horses were replaced, eliminating the manure
problem
• Added chlorine to water
• Introduction of indoor plumbing
• George A. Waring Jr.-New York City-1895
– Organized modern recycling, street sweeping and
garbage collection
– Video

81. George Waring

83. Dumping Garbage in New York
Harbor-Late 1800’s

84. Early 1900’s Garbage Collection

85. Problem: Crime
• Solutions:
• Organized Police Force
– Police became full time employees of the city-not
volunteers
– In 1838-Boston established the first American
police force
– New York City-1845
– Chicago-1851
– By the 1880s all major U.S. cities had municipal
police forces in place
• 1911 - Fingerprints are first accepted by U.S.
courts as a reliable means of identification

86. NYPD-1895-TR

87. Problem: Fires
• Solutions:
• Already mentioned better building codes
• Full time, paid firefighters
• In 1853, Cincinnati became the first full-time,
paid fire fighters in the US

88. Problem: Poverty due to low pay at
work
• Solution:
• Labor Unions
–Minimum wage laws
–Shorter hours
–Child labor laws

89. Chapter 7.2 Key Questions
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late
1800's and early 1900's?
What problems did cities face due to the
rapid increase in population?
What did people/organizations do to try to
help the bad situation in the cities?

90. Ch. 7.3 Key Questions
• What was the political machine and what did
they do for a city?
• Explain Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.
• What caused all the corruption in government?
• What laws came about to reform government?
• Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James
Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin
Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Teddy
Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson were all
presidents during the late 1800's/early 1900’s. Were
they a reform president or a status quo president?

91. The Gilded Age
• 1870’s-1900
• Gilded—To be covered with gold

92. Political Machine
• A political organization, usually controlled by a
single “boss”, that controlled votes and had
administrative control of a city, county, or state
• These organizations provided social services
and jobs to people(recent immigrants) in
exchange for votes
• Very corrupt
• Came about due to the rapid increase of
population in cities and poor government in the
1800’s
• Died out in the early 1900’s

96. • There was a lot of
corruption in gov’t
–Kickback system
–Granting favors to
big business
–Spoils
system/patronage
–Political boss
hired/fired police

97. Boss William Marcy Tweed
• Was the Boss of the
Democratic political
machine in New York
City
• The building Tweed
worked in was
Tammany Hall

98. Boss William Marcy Tweed

102. Reforming Government
• Causes for corruption
– The Spoils System/Patronage caused a lot of
the problems
– Dishonest people
– Lack of accountability

105. Reforming Government
• Pendleton Civil Service Act-1883
–Required most government jobs to
be given through a merit system
based on test scores
–1883: 14,000/117,000 gov’t jobs
required tests
–1900: 100,000/200,000 gov’t jobs
required tests

107. Good Presidents Also Brought
Change
• President Grant-President Wilson
• 1869-1921
• Reform president or status quo
president?

108. Reform Presidents
• Rutherford B. Hayes-1877-1881
• James Garfield-1881
• Chester Arthur-1881-1885
• Grover Cleveland-1885-1889, 1893-1897
• Benjamin Harrison-1889-1893
• Teddy Roosevelt-1901-1909
• Woodrow Wilson-1913-1921

109. Status Quo Presidents
• Ulysses S. Grant-1869-1877
• William McKinley-1897-1901
• William Howard Taft-1909-1913

110. Ulysses S. Grant-1869-1877
Status Quo-Republican

111. Rutherford B. Hayes-1877-81
Reform-Republican

112. James Garfield-1881
Reform-Republican

113. Garfield’s Assassination
James Garfield

114. Chester Arthur-1881-1885
Reform-Republican

115. Grover Cleveland-1885-1889, 1893-97
Reform-Democrat

116.