Social 1890-1929 Flashcards
(36 cards)
Position of African American essay plan 1890-1920
P1) political, Supreme Court , Jim Crow, grandfather cause , NAACP
P2)social, lynching, impact of segregation, migration north
P3) economic, sharecroppers, Booker T Washington & tuskegee
Extent of social change 1890-1920
P1) immigration/ urbanisation
P2) Divisions increasing , including progressivism impact
P3)African American
How did American society 1890-1917 transform
Mass immigration
Urbanisation
Industrialisation
Demographic change
(Increased)
Between 1890 and 1914 how many European immigrants came to America
18.4 million
Why did immigrants come to America
Wanted a better life - provided cheap labour
What area did most immigrants go to in USA
Urban areas, pushed into society however helped shape it
How did immigrants help cultural identities
Created nicknames such as ‘little Italy’ in NY
What were the push factors for people to leave their homeland
Poverty
Hunger
persecution (Russification proves of 1881)
What were the pull factors to US
Idealised belief of the land of the free
What did migration help improve regarding movement ?
Transport
What were the percentages of people who returned home from America
1/3
What was he Italian plan regarding immigration to USA
Earn money then go home
60% of Italians who came went back
What was the plans of Jewish migrants regarding the USA
Came to settle and make families
2/3 skilled workers
How was the American society 1890-1917 regarding urbanisation
Increasing Urban sky line growing Taller buildings Construction boom Housing Elevated railways Noise Movement Crowds Advertising Mass entertainment Small cinemas
What were small cinemas otherwise known as
Nickelodeans
How was the north / east regarding urbanisation
Biggest growth Even happened in smaller towns Street lighting Trams Paths Utilities Population on rise Low death rate
In the north / east what was population in 1900 and what in 1920
1900 76 million
1920 100 million
What was a division between 1890-1920 caused by immigration
The melting pot
Positives -
people came and adopted American values
Ethnic communities stuck together
How did the melting pot effect local politics
People felt they needed protection against discrimination
Politicians offered this in return to get votes (Tammany hall)
Populists reacted against this type of corruption
How did immigrants effect trade unions
Trade unions recruits them but seen as threat of cheap labour
What was the north east regional division 1890-1920
Scale of modernisation at the largest
Booming cities
Transport networks
What was the regional differences in the south 1890-1920
Very different from the rest of the USA
Dominated by Democrats ‘king cotton’
Not many European immigrants
1910 onwards African-American started to move away
What was the regional differences in the west 1890 to 1920
Patchy development
Some cities develop rapidly
Booms and busts led to ghost towns
Western society influenced by rugged individualism
What was the social impact of progressivism 1900 onward
Was a major force in politics, society , culture and moral beliefs
Upton Sinclair liked to expose corruption ‘muck raking’ of ‘kickbacks’
