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e ndhearchitectshevisionheofheidealheurbanheenvironment
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- Confusionheofhelanguages
- Representedheindustrialization,heimmigration,heandheurbanizationheashewaysheofhechangingheUShesociety
AheNationheofheImmigrants
- UShepophetripledhefromhe23.2hemilheinhe1850hetohe17.2hemilheinhe1900
- 16.2hemilheimmigrants,headditionalhe8.8hemilheinhe1901-1910
- GrowthheofheImmigration
- Increasedhepusheshe(peoplehefleeing)heandhepullshe(attractionsheofhenewhecountry)
- Pusheshe(negative)
- Povertyheofhefarmershebyhepoliticalheturmoilheandhemachinesheforhefarmwork
- Overcrowdingheandhejoblessnesshefromhepopulationheboom
- Religioushepersecutionhe(Jews)
- Pullshe(positive)
- Country’sherepheforhepoliticalheandhereligioushefreedom
- EconomicheopportunitieshebyhesettlingheWest
- Abundanceheofheindustrialhejobsheinhecities
- Largehesteamshipsheandheinexpensivehetravel
- “Old”heImmigrantsheandhe“New”heImmigrants
- 1880sheimmigrantshefromheNheandheWheEurope:heTheheBritishheIsles,heGermany,heandheScandinavia
- Protestants,heEnglishhespeaking,hehighhelevelheofheliteracy,heoccupationalheskillshemadeheitheeasyhetoheblen
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- NewheImmigrants
- 1890sheandhetoheWW1heInhe1914,heoriginsheofheimmigrantshechange
- SheandheEheEurope
- Greeks,heCroats,heSlovaks,hePoles,heandheRussians
- Poorheandheilliterate,heleftheautocratichecountries,henonhedemocratichetraditions
- RomanheCatholic,heGreekheOrthodox,heRussianheOrthodox,heJewish
- CrowdedheintohepoorheethnicheneighborhoodsheinheNY,heChicago,heandheotherhemajorhecities
- 25%hewerehebirdsheofhepassage-
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e ouldhereturnhetohenativehe
landsheoncehesavinghefairhesumheofhemoney
- Scapegoats
- RestrictingheImmigration
- Inhe1870s,heFrederic-
AugusteheBartholdihebeganheworkheonhestatueheofheliberty,hefewhelegalhre estrictionsheon
heimmigrationhetoheUS
- 1886,heyearhewehegothestatue,heCongresshepassedhelawsherestrictingheimmigration
- ChineseheExclusionheActheofhe1882,hebanheallhenewheimmigrantshefromheChina
- 1882herestrictionheonheundesirablehepeople,hepaupers,hecriminals,heconvicts,hemen
tallyhiencompetent
- ContractheLaborheLawheofhe1885herestricthetemporaryheworkershetoheprotectheAmheworkers
- AheliteracyhetestheforheimmigrantshevetoeshebyhePresheClevelandhebuthepassesheinhe1917
