Chapter 22 Immigration The following were considered

Chapter 22 Immigration

The following were considered Old Immigrants n n n Scots Germans Scandinavians Irish English

The following were considered the New Immigrants n n n Slovaks Italians Russians Croats Hungarians

n n n Czechs Poles Greeks Serbs Turks

Take a look at the chart on page 530 study it for a minute n Do you have any questions? ? ?

Ellis Island n Where is it located?

n. New York City

What Ocean did immigrants have to travel to get there? n. Atlantic

What land mark is there? n. Statue of Liberty

What did most immigrants travel on to get there? n Steamships

What decade had the most immigrants? n 1880’s

Jobs

Where did the immigrants settle? n Where they could find work n In cities

What jobs did they have? Miners n Mill workers n Factory workers n

Who helped them get jobs? n Padrons

What did they get in return? n Large part of peoples’ wages

Jewish People

Why did the Jewish people flee from their home land? The Russian Empire denied them equal rights n Czar adapted anti- Jewish policies and encouraged pogroms n

Irving Berlin

What was his real name? n Israel Baline

What year was he drafted? n 1918

What war was he in? n WWI

How old did he live to be? n 100

What was his most famous song? n White Christmas

What legendary singer sang this song? n Bing Crosby

Sweatshops

Tell me about the tragedy in 1911. Triangle Shirtwaist Company burned n 146 employees died n Mostly women n

What followed this tragedy? n Investigation looking at 80 buildings

Tenement Living n n n Tenements- apartment buildings that were overcrowded and unhealthy Slums-neighborhoods in cities that were unsafe Piecework-work paid by the number of objects made

Growth of Cities n Out and Up n n Out houses, raw sewage in rivers, garbage piled up, factory smoke, horse manure Suburbs People moved there to get away n Inventions n

n Parks n Bring nature to the city n n Central Park- 5 million trees Running Cities n Political machines Political Boss=Mayor n Wards Boss- found jobs, food n

Jane Addams n Settlement Houses n Hull House- Chicago n n Social Worker Social Gospel n Christians helping the poor

The Press n Circulation n # of readers a newspaper has

Joseph Pulitzer n Hungarian n Purchased the World It connected city people n Reader donated $100, 000 for the base of the Statue of Liberty n n Newspaper was in simple language

Department Stores n What can you tell me about them? n For all classes of people

Sports

What Sports are popular? n Baseballn n n First team- Cincinnati Redstockings Cricket Rugby

Vaudevilles

What are some things you may see at vaudeville? n Dancing n Animal Acts n Sketches

n Juggling n Gymnastics n Singing songs n Comic routines

Movies

Nickelodeons n Short films with simple songs