HISTORY 2 - CHAPTER 17 60 SECOND CRAM

CHAPTER 17 BIG PICTURE

INDUSTRIALIZATION + MIGRATION + IMMIGRATION → URBAN GROWTH → URBAN PROBLEMS → REFORM / NATIVISM → MODERN SOCIETY

URBAN GROWTH

RURAL AMERICANS + AFRICAN AMERICANS LEAVING JIM CROW SOUTH + MASS IMMIGRATION

IMMIGRANTS

ETHNIC ENCLAVES → SHARED CULTURE + PROTECTION FROM HOSTILITY / DISCRIMINATION

TENEMENTS

CROWDED + DARK + POORLY VENTILATED → DISEASE + CONTAMINATED WATER + POVERTY

POLITICAL MACHINES

SERVICES + VOTERS + CORRUPTION → MOBILIZED WORKING CLASS / IMMIGRANT VOTERS → INTIMIDATION + ELECTION FRAUD → OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH DEMOCRATS

NATIVISM

ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT. 1890 → FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OVERSIGHT. 1892 → ELLIS ISLAND OPENS

REFORM

PARKS + PUBLIC EDUCATION. SCHOOLS → ENGLISH + DEMOCRACY + LAW

POVERTY

OLD VIEW → PERSONAL FAILURE. NEW VIEW → CONDITIONS CAN BE BEYOND INDIVIDUAL CONTROL

RIIS

JACOB RIIS → HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES → EXPOSED SLUM CONDITIONS

SETTLEMENT HOUSES

JANE ADDAMS + ELLEN STARR → HULL HOUSE → CHICAGO, 1889 SOCIAL + EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

CITY BEAUTIFUL

URBAN PROBLEMS → CITY DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE

URBAN LANDSCAPE

MASS TRANSIT → CITY EXPANSION. CBD → BUSINESS CENTER. ELEVATOR → TALLER BUILDINGS. SUBURBS → CLEANLINESS + SERENITY + DISTANCE FROM URBAN PROBLEMS

MIDDLE CLASS

HIGHER INCOME + FEWER CHILDREN → MORE CONSUMER SPENDING

NEW WOMAN

EDUCATION + POLITICAL ACTIVITY + DELAYED MARRIAGE + FEWER CHILDREN

LEISURE

WORK TIME VS. LEISURE TIME. BASEBALL → NATIONAL PASTIME. VAUDEVILLE → WORKING-CLASS VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT

MASTER CHAIN

INDUSTRIALIZATION → URBAN GROWTH → IMMIGRATION / MIGRATION → TENEMENTS & PROBLEMS → MACHINES / NATIVISM → REFORM → MODERN URBAN LIFE