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Worksheet time: 22mins
who's Jacob Riis
that one guy who exposed the government and he wrote a book about it and it was called "Government Is Lies"
the guy who exposed tenement conditions and wrote a book about it and it was called "How The Other Half Lives"
the tour guide on your bus
the color comic guy
what's a tenement
very spacious building like luxury or something
poorly built, overcrowded building
a regular hotel
a name for the first hotel
who is Joseph Pulitizer?
the tenement exposer
he's your dad
your new mailman
the color comic guy
settlement houses are basically
neighborhood centers that offer education recreation and social activities
house but in a settlement
luxury house
they don't offer anything
mass transit: it's basically _____
transportation
airplane flying
working to do stuff
fast travel i suppose with a teleporter (doesn't exist)
Chinese Exclusion Act: you probably know this
banned Chinese from immigrating to America for 10 years
banned Chinese from immigrating to America for 5 years
banned Chinese from America, so they were forced out for 10 years
banned Chinese from America, so they were forced out for 5 years
Florence Kelly: she's a ___ and she helped with what?
She's a girl and she helped enforce the law
She's a girl and she wrote about the problems at sweatshops, which resulted in a law change
She's a girl and she wrote about the good things at sweatshops, and why they were good.
She's a girl and she went to enforce bad laws.
He's a boy deep inside and he wants to enforce bad laws
benevolent societies are doing what
they're being a society
they're acting like a community
they are thinking WHY DO I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OLD MEN EVERY DAY
they are helping the immigrants with sickness, unemployment, or death.
Hull House - pick an answer
hull house was most popular in the late 1880s and so on + they were a settlement house
hull house was the first settlement house + they were a benevolent society
hull house was built in 2010 + they were a benevolent society
hull house was most popular in the late 1980s and so on + they were a settlement house
ellis island
least busiest immigration center
busiest immigration center
opened in 1892
opened in 1774
located at NY Harbor
where was the majority of the new immigrants from
southern europe
eastern europe
northern europe
west europe
Some immigrant communities formed these to aid organizations that offered immigrants help in cases of sickness, unemployment, and death?
It's a benevolent society.
It's a settlement house.
It's a tenement.
Elevated trains are a type of what transportation?
Mass transit
ground transportation
air transportation
Mass culture
true or false?
immigration during 1880s: it was from southern and eastern europe.
true
false
true or false?
new immigrants were often forced to take low paying industrial jobs because they came from rural areas and lacked the skills needed to obtain higher paying jobs
true
false
who were nativists
greek mythology obsessed people
native born americans
nativists
just mythology obsessed people and theyre an american
Employers welcomed immigrants because
they wanted them in their army
they wanted them to work for low pay
they knew they could work for low pay willingly
they wanted to send them to brazil once they had enough money so that they can join brazil's army
labor unions opposed immigration because
they fear they job gonna get take
they fear that native-born americans would get dogpiled on
they believed that immigrants would take away native-born american jobs
they were scared of immigrants because they might have knife
New technology in the steel industry during the late 1800s allowed increased activity in what industry
the food industry
the steel industry
the wood industry
building industry
what did steel industry change
the buildings by allowing them to go high, and they hold stronger than ever
the buildings by allowing them to stay the same height, and for them to be stronger and to hold
what contributed to the formation of mass culture in late 1800s
boom in publishing
books
department store changes
new accessories
world fairs
mass transit affected what
american cities by having them need to build more transportation
american suburbs by having them need to build more transportation
lawrence veiler warning the nation with what in this quote: "A child living its early years in dark rooms, without sunlight or fresh air, does not grow up to be a normal healthy person... It is not of such material that strong nations are made."
That they need to fix tenements
That the tenements have bad conditions and people shouldn't live in them
That tenements don't need to be fixed and people should live in them peacefully
That sunlight is important
Pittsburgh had pollution why did it
steel mills
factories
food industry
lots of acid everywhere
who led the fight against child labor
lawrence veiler
florence kelley
jacob riis
joseph pulitizer
Huh. This sounds like good opportunity.
So hear this: imagine that it's 1901.
A new law has just passed. It's called the 1901 New York State Tenement House Act.
What did it do?
Require new buildings to have running water
Require new buildings to have good ventilation
Require old buildings to have dirty water
Require old buildings to be destroyed
How do you describe a settlement house?
I think of it as a place that offers education and other services for poor people I suppose
I think of it as a place that offers things you need, but not food, nor drink
I think of it as the worst place to live near
I think of it as a dirty, ugly, smelly place. that offers nothing that you need
Poorly built overcrowded apartment buildings often occupied by immigrants were called?
Tenements
Settlement Houses
Benevolent societies
What problem caused by rapid urbanization in America led to the development of settlement houses?
There was little government aid available
There was a lot of government aid available but the people who developed settlement houses didn't know that the aid was available
The place wasn't crowded and everyone was doing fine
People were poor, and there was also overcrowding here
to move up or down
fluctuate
basically
salaries
inventory
determine
the amount of money workers earn for doing a job
fluctuate
basically
salaries
inventory
determine
the amount of goods or products that are available
inventory
salaries
fluctuate
available
ready for use or purchase
available
formula
manufactured
factors
to decide upon
manufacture
factor
determine
available
a formula for doing something
determine
fluctuate
manufactured
factor
in the main or most important ways
fluctuate
salaries
basically
determine
made by machines, often made in large numbers
manufactured
basically
formula
things that contribute to a result
factor
manufacture
available
salaries
to expand, enlarge, or refine
develop
yeast
manufacture
fluctuate
Chinese immigrants:
Oh come on! I can only enter the US if my father is a US citizen?
Ugh, i'm poor
I bet I could build a jet with the 1,750,490 US dollars I have
My family has 1 US citizen in it. Hope it works out.
