Immigration
True or False: In the mid 1800s almost half of the population of Chicago was made up of immigrants.
What jobs did the Chinese primarily do in San Francisco?
Railroad construction, mining, and agriculture.
Did the Great Fire affect Chicago's Railroads?
No, the fire did not affect railroad transportation.
Who was one of the greatest Progressive Movement reformers in New York City? Hint: He’s a photographer
EXTRA POINT: If give more reformers names
Jacob Riis
Theodore Roosevelt +5,000
Al Smith +100
Jane Addams +100
Frances Parkins +100
What year did the Great Fire happen in Chicago?
1871
Who was the dominant ethnicity in New York City?
Irish
What were two of the main industries in Chicago?
Agriculture, meat processing, and factories (especially for farming).
In which city did they use ____ to aid in creating their railroads, steamships, mills, bridges, housebuilding, and rails for streetcars and cable cars.
San Francisco; Iron
What did Tammy Hall become a term of?
They became a term used to describe a highly organized and often corrupt political group that controlled local government.
Extra: The organization provided social services and resources to immigrant communities in exchange for political support, their reason is power, spoil system, and economic interests.
What happened to the Chinese after an earthquake in which city in 1906?
Displaced from San Francisco's Chinatown; San Francisco.
Name at least four ethnic neighborhoods in Chicago.
Bronzeville, Pilsen, Little Italy, Chinatown, Little Russia, Swede Town
What advancement/invention led to Chicago's boom?
Railroads
In San Francisco, name five industries in its economy.
Lumber and wood-working (lumber yards, planing mills, furniture), metal-working and machining (iron foundries, smelters, brass casting, metal plating, machine making), food processing (sugar milling, canning, coffee milling, biscuits and flour, alcoholic beverages), and animal processing (butchering, tanning, tallow, soap, glue and candles).
In 1877, which city challenged the maximum rates that private companies could charge for the storage and transport of agricultural products by saying the law violated the 14th Amendment, and what was the case called? (14th Amendment: A State shall not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.)
Chicago; Munn V. Illinois.
In San Francisco, name the top three immigrant groups in order from biggest to smallest.
Ireland: 29.5%; China: 20.3%; Germany: 19.1%.
In which city did the U.S. government make the first and only federal law that suspended immigration of a specific nationality in 1882, and what was it called?
In San Francisco; the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
How did economic inequality manifest in New York City during the Gilded Age?
Although industrialization gave the city prosperity, the benefits were not evenly distributed. The wealthy elite, often referred to as the "robber barons," accumulated vast fortunes, leading to a significant wealth gap.
Or overload of workers, access to education, race/ethnicity.
How did the growth of the railroad industry impact New York City during the Gilded Age?
The expansion of the railroad industry allowed the movement of goods and people, contributing to the economic growth of New York City.
In 1886, which city challenged its discriminatory enforcement of laundry licensing laws and what was the case called? The city required laundries to be operated in a wooden building with a permit. At the time, 95% of the laundries were owned in a wooden building, and ⅔’s of those laundries were owned by Chinese people.
San Francisco; Yick Wo V. Hopkins
How did the rise of tenement housing impact social conditions in New York City during the Gilded Age?
The rise of tenement housing caused overcrowding, lack proper sanitation, increase in mortality rate, and ongoing illness through diseases. However community bonds were formed for tenement residents helping the creation of Chinatowns and Little Italys.
In which city, what station started to process Chinese immigrants in 1910, who were restricted by the Chinese Exclusion Law?
San Francisco; Angel Island Immigration Station.
What role did the financial sector play in shaping the economy of New York City during the Gilded Age?
New York City's rise as a financial powerhouse during the Gilded Age with their increase in population, trading systems, and industrialization. Wall Street became the star of American finance, with the establishment of major banks (J.P. Morgan & Co., Banker Trust, Citibank, Chase National Bank, Corn exchange Bank).
What was the major industry for New York City and role did the industry play in the development of New York City in the late 19th century?
The Garment industry became a major contributor to New York economic growth, by creating jobs, factories from small production to immense amounts, culture mix production through various immigrant workers, shaping New York in fashion trends and it became known for its innovation.
In 1877, a series of violent rail strikes across America. The strikes were caused by wage cuts, even when railway work was already poorly paid and dangerous. In which city did the Marxist Workingwoman's Union provide more structure and organization to the strikes than anywhere else, and then suppressed by police, and what the series of violent strikes in America called?
Chicago; Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
How did the influx of immigrants impact the social of New York City during the Gilded Age?
The increase of immigrants during the Gilded Age has a major social impact on New York City. Waves of immigrants, primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe, arrived seeking economic opportunities. This demographic shift led to cultural diversity, discrimination, and labor movements.