Exam One Essay Questions 1 How did immigration broadly and deeply shape U S society during the last decades of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century Where was immigration felt most substantially In your essay draw on at least two primary source readings to illustrate and support aspects of your argument Consider how factors such as push pull ghettos and assimilation help explain historical experiences involving immigration U S is a melting pot of cultures Ellis Island welcomes the poor tired masses Pulled to America by opportunity push out of former country by oppression new start Groups were almost always discriminated on when they came here Immigrations in cities Ghettos poor people hells kitchen how the other half lives Dumbbell tenement cramped quarters didn t need to assimilate certain immigrants settle in certain areas primary source Laid railroad track Immigrants felt most in cities Immigrant help build united states infrastructure whole country made up of immigrants helped fight for rights democracy Chinese excursion act restriction as Asian immigration Hull House opportunities for immigrants to learn work assimilate Jane Adams primary source Social Darwinism survival of the fittest in society progress Tammany Hall political machine that worked for immigrants providing jobs for homeless and social services primary source WWI immigrants assimilate to take pride in country Strive for the American dream give everyone hope to live a better life what America is founded on 2 From 1865 through World War I American national identity was reconstituted in important ways by the closing of the West labor unrest racial conflict the Spanish American War and World War I Choose three of these social upheavals and analyze how each helped redefine national identity Closing of West manifest destiny cowboys gold rush railroad connects to east native American relations Labor unrest unions Pullman strikes scientific management poor conditions knights of labor Racial conflict KKK lynching black codes birth of a nation kkk saved south Ida B Wells against lynching NAACP voting restrictions Spanish American war guerilla war fare annexation of Philippines casualties should America be imperialist Roosevelt s rough riders immensely popular war anti v imperialist World War 1 gets involved after sinking of Lusitania propaganda to rally behind US war effort unites country make world safe for democracy immigrants loyalty to US committee on public information for propaganda have immigrants assimilate DRAFT 3 Between Reconstruction and the First World War a variety of reform movements emerged in the United States including the labor movement the Populist movement and the Progressive movement Which movement one of these or another during this period do you believe was most significant and why Consider the origins of the movement the problems members hoped to address the methods they used and the progress they made toward addressing those issues REALLY HOPE WE GET THIS ONE SO EASY Labor Movement Pre civil war ways irregular work patterns that relied on numerous conditions like season sun light weather worked for self period of rest follow by bursts of activity needs to feed family Industrialization taylorism and scientific management factories opened and people worked outside the home set schedule work days machines and electricity autonomy of workers maximizing profits expanded gap between poor stripped employee of choice made them fight for right control labor unions knights of labor ARU national labor union Pullman strike child labor dehumanized workers lead to building of railroad giant corporation speed became Important consumers served expanded survival of the fittest giant corporation control of gov t by business Shapes America business is what runs America even today 4 Over the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the United States emerged as a power on the world stage Imagine you were a U S citizen living at the turn of the century Would you believe this was a positive or negative change for the United States Consider the positive and negative political social and economic consequences of America s new position and explain why your position is correct 1 Economic increase of trade a Over 80 of American exports in the late 19th century went to Europe b America s swift economic growth needed outlets for its surplus of and Canada products 2 Political a The Ideology of Expansionism i Manifest Destiny b Rise of Anti Imperialism i Andrew Carnegie Samuel Gompers Jane Addams c Social Darwinism d Creation of navy oversea bases e Spanish American war i Leads to Anti imperialist thoughts 3 Social a Consequence spread of inherent superiority of the Anglo Saxon race 5 To what extent did industrialization restructure working life family life and public life inthe late nineteenth and early twentieth century Your answer could address gender relations consumerism the nature of production class relations race relations and managerial bureaucracy 1 Working life introduction of large scale enterprise a Vertical integration b Scientific Management i As technology advanced workers increasingly lost the proud independence characteristic of 19th century craft work i Railway network provided manufacturers with easy access to c Monopolies national markets d Class relations i As mechanization advanced the demand for ordinary labor ii Heavy low paid labor became the domain of the recent iii Wherever they worked women earned less than lowest paid skyrocketed immigration male e Introduction of Reformers and Unionists i Knights of Labor ARU Pullman Strike 2 Family Life a b Parents stopped expecting their children to be working members of the In middle class societies women could not seek outside careers family The family became responsible for providing a nurturing environment in which the young personality could grow and mature 3 Public Life a Filthy city streets for the poor Shows class relations b 5 or 6 story tenements housing 20 or more families in cramped airless apartments c Creation of ghettos based on nationalities d Amusements i Vaudeville prostitution drugs baseball games ii Going out became a necessity 6 Following the Civil War Americans increasingly turned to the federal government to mediate the drastic changes wrought by emancipation industrialization urbanization and immigration Focusing on one of these issues identify the people or organizations concerned and assess
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