Immigrants had always come to America for economic opportunity and
religious freedom
Most immigrants traveled to the United States
in steerages
Most new immigrants lived in cities because they
were close to jobs and factorys
The need for trained workers created demand for
education
How did John Wanamaker attract customers to his department
large newspaper advertisements and money back promises
Why would a foreigner be impressed by the skyscrapers?
they had never seen buildings so big
Living conditions in tenements often meant
aging and over populated
What invention made skyscrapers practical
elevators
rual-to-urban migrants wanted to obtain
jobs
Which of these immigrants was least likely to encounter prejudice
Irish and German Catholics
Travel accommodations for most immigrants to the United States
were steerage lower decks of ships
Urban leaders counted on schools to
help immigrants learn to read and speak english
Which group made up the majority of immigrants to America before 1870
northern and western Europeans
What provided Americanization programs for new immigrants
volunteer organizations know as settlement houses
The first reliable streetcars were powered by
overhead electrical cables
Most midwestern cities were established near
major cities
Zoning laws were designed primarily to
certain areas for particulate functions; work,home,play
Even though unlit city streets were dangerous
people still had to go to work
Consumption patterns were most influenced by
widespread advertising
After the civil war the cost of living decreased because
people were not buying house
The middle class lifestyle of the gilded age featured
shopping sports, popular magazines and newspapers
The Chautauqua Circuit had its roots in
New York at Chautauqua Lake
Skyscrapers
ten story tall buildings
Gilded Ages
New lifestyle, middle class americans
Urbanization
numbers of cities and people increased hugely
William Randolph Hearst
Morning Journal
Elisha Otis
developed an Elevator
Ellis Island
Where most the immigrants came to the US
Mass culture
where everything was the same from house to house
Mass transit
public systems that carried large numbers of people
Horati� Alger
moral issues
Melting-pot
white people of all nations blending together
The Chinese Exclusion Act
act that prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers