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| COMPARE AMERICA'S TYPICAL IMMIGRANT BEFORE 1880 TO THE TYPICAL IMMIGRANT AFTER 1880 |
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| before 1880 the majority of immigrants came from northern and western Europe, with Germans, Irish, English, and Scandinavians making up approximately 85 percent of the newcomers. After 1880, the pattern shifted, with more and more ships carrying passengers from southern and eastern Europe. Italians, Hungarians, eastern European Jews, Turks, Armenians, Poles, Russians, and other Slavic peoples accounted for more than 80 percent of all immigrants by 1896 |
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| NAME THE AUTHOR WHOSE NOVELS ENCOURAGES BELIEF IN A RAGS TO RICHES DREAM FOR IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA |
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| DESCRIBE THE SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CITIES IN THE GILDED AGE |
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| Race and ethnicity affected the way cities evolved. Distinct ethnic neighborhoods often formed around a synagogue or church. Blacks typically experienced the greatest residential segregation, but every large city had its ethnic enclaves |
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| DEFINE PLUTOCRACY AND SHOW HOW AMERICA BECAME A PLUTOCRACY IN THE GILDED AGE |
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plutocracy—a society ruled by the rich.
the wealthiest 1 percent of the population owned more than half the real and personal property in the country. |
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| ENUMERATE THE INCREASE OF CHILD LABOR BY 1900 |
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| 1,750,178 children ages ten to fifteen were employed, an increase of more than a million over thirty years. |
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| COMPARE THE WORKING PATTERNS/OPPORTUNITIES OF WHITE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN |
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WHITE WOMEN (3%) often took in boarders or lodgers, which meant extra housework.piecework such as making artificial flowers allowed married women to contribute to the family economy without leaving their homes
BLACK WOMEN (25%)were employed, often as domestics in the houses of white families. |
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| EXPLAIN THE RISE OF THE MANAGERIAL CLASS OF WORKERS BY 1900 |
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| As skilled workers saw their crafts replaced by mechanization, some moved into management positions. |
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| LIST THE MAJOR LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR LEADERS |
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Knights of Labor - Leonora Barry &Uriah Stephens
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
American Federation of Labor (AFL)BY Samuel Gompers |
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| DISCUSS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MAY 4 1886 EVENTS IN HAYMARKET SQUARE, CHICAGO |
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| DEFINE THE CULT OF DOMESTICITY |
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| belief that women's place was in the home, where they should create a haven for harried men working in the outside world. |
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| NAME THE PASTTIME THAT UNITED CITY DWELLERS ACCROSS CLASS LINES |
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| French flat appartments, schools, public libraries and parks |
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| DESCRIBE HOW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IMPORVE CITY LIFE |
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| The physical growth of the cities required the expansion of public services and the creation of entirely new facilities: streets, subways, elevated trains, bridges, docks, sewers, and public utilities. |
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| DEFINE POLITICAL P ARTY BOSS AND MACHINE |
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the democratic party "machine" was really no more than a political party organized at the grassroots level. Its purpose was to win elections and reward its followers, often with jobs on the city's payroll.
the boss saw to the building of the city and provided needed social services for the new residents. |
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