HIST 2112 Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Introduction II Industrialism III American Business Before 1870 IV A case study Andrew Carnegie A Born in Scotland B Future C A Fortuitous combination of Developments a Technological developments b The rise of railroads c New resources from the west d Immigration and cheap labor e Corporate business techniques D Important Corporate business techniques E Other Helpful Developments V The Gilded Age A Robber Barons B Carnegie s Social Conscience VI Lingering Question Outline of Current Lecture I The Great American Melting Pot II Four immigration waves A British and Africans B Northwestern European and Irish C Southeastern European Irish Chinese D Latin Americans and Asians III Why immigrate to American And Where IV City Life A Cultural support B Employment C Prejudice from native born Americans V Living Conditions A Bad Stuf B Good Stuf a Machine politics VI Fears of immigrants among native born Americans A Catholic Jewish Faith B Threat to natives jobs C Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 D Radicalism and Marxist socialist politics VII Immigrants and Urban Reform A Jacob Riis and How the Other Half Lives Current Lecture Immigration and the Huddling Masses READ pg 517 to 525 Doc 16 8 vs 16 5 I II III Is America a Melting Pot 28 Million people come to US Easy Complete Four Immigration waves A 1600 1820 British and African American Slaves Africans are forced to come as slaves B 1820 1856 Northwestern Europeans and Irish C 1880 1920 Southeastern Europeans Irish and Chinese The biggest wave Come Mostly from Eastern Southeastern Europe ITALY FORMER SOVIET UNION GREECE ETC Most diferent Religion and Origin a Heavily Catholic Russian Greek Orthodox and Jewish Creates anxiety D 1980 Present Latin Americans and Asians Why immigrate to American And Where A Driven Out Chased out by government Anti Semitism in Europe Religious persecution Disease and Famine B Pull factors Some come as families to live a happy life Many are single men 15 40yrs old they don t intend to stay forever just came to make easy money 1 3 of all immigrants mostly Italians went home C Where to go IV Most immigrants from Europe go to North East Most immigrants from Chinese Oregon and CA African Americans Chicago City Life 700 increase of people between 1850 1900 D Cultural support most people look for people just like they are I e Chinatown churches etc E Employment immigration cheap employees F Prejudice from native born Americans see most immigrants as threat and people who are going to steal their jobs V Living Conditions C Bad Stuf 1890ish 1910ish Dirty Smelly Crouded 18 4 people per 4 rooms Falling Apart Tenements cheap apartments run by slum lords Violent IRISH GANGS THUGS Pay 5 cents a night to stay at a flop house if you are homeless D Good Stuf Churches Support systems close community FUN Scenery can spend 5 cents to ride the train to Coney Island a Machine politics organized group of guys who found ways to profit from politics You vote for me I ll help you I m one of you VI Fears of immigrants among native born Americans A Catholic Jewish Faith Puritans are anti Catholic Catholics are not Christians Pope angling to take over America Read Pg 585 B Threat to natives jobs lowering wages people will take my job and work for little C Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Chinese no longer legally allowed to come to US D Radicalism and Marxist socialist politics Socialism Capitalism Revolution WE DON T WANT THAT VII Immigrants and Urban Reform A Jacob Riis and How the Other Half Lives Not everyone is an immigrant hater Some people are actually concerned about the plight of immigrants and care about them Do something to them like native Americans to make them into REAL AMERICANS