Growth of CitiesGrowth of Cities

Urbanization - The movement of people from country to the city concentrated in the Northeastern Part of US

Urbanization - The movement of people from country to the city concentrated in the Northeastern Part of US

Urban HousingUrban Housing

• Row House (own)• Apartment House (Rent)• Tenement House (Lowest class)

Describe each of these in your notes

• Row House (own)• Apartment House (Rent)• Tenement House (Lowest class)

Describe each of these in your notes

Problems with CitiesProblems with Cities

• What are some of the problems we face in cities today?

• Write on Board

• What are some of the problems we face in cities today?

• Write on Board

Problems with CitiesProblems with Cities

• Transportation• Sanitation• Law and Order• Firefighting - Great fires in all cities• Segregation and ghettos

• Transportation• Sanitation• Law and Order• Firefighting - Great fires in all cities• Segregation and ghettos

ImmigrationImmigration

• What is your background?• Do you have immigration

background?

• What is your background?• Do you have immigration

background?

Difficulties for immigrantsDifficulties for immigrants

• Language• Religion• Race• Jobs• Housing• Melting Pot v. Mixed Salad

• Language• Religion• Race• Jobs• Housing• Melting Pot v. Mixed Salad

The JourneyThe Journey

• Most immigrant traveled in Steerage at water level

• Think of Titanic Example• Passing through Ellis Island

(process)• 10,000 a day at the peek year

• Most immigrant traveled in Steerage at water level

• Think of Titanic Example• Passing through Ellis Island

(process)• 10,000 a day at the peek year

Culture and Language Culture and Language

• Ethnic Islands form in cities where immigrants band together to create their own culture.

• Religion, Language, and cultural practices were practiced and cities were divided into small countries

• Children were eager (same today)

• Ethnic Islands form in cities where immigrants band together to create their own culture.

• Religion, Language, and cultural practices were practiced and cities were divided into small countries

• Children were eager (same today)

Restrictions Restrictions

• Nativism is Born• Literacy tests• Anti-Asian Acts• Chinese Exclusion Acts (1882)• Yellow Peril• Alien Land Law

• Nativism is Born• Literacy tests• Anti-Asian Acts• Chinese Exclusion Acts (1882)• Yellow Peril• Alien Land Law

Imperialism Imperialism

• Imperialism expands from the need to take land and power across the globe - Can be done by force or other means

• The United states struggled with Imperialism and it goals but the rich elite saw the advantages of expanding US power across the globe

• Imperialism expands from the need to take land and power across the globe - Can be done by force or other means

• The United states struggled with Imperialism and it goals but the rich elite saw the advantages of expanding US power across the globe

Captain A.T. HahanCaptain A.T. Hahan

• The countries with the biggest Navies would inherit the earth.

• Americans must now begin to look outward.

• Nicaragua Canal, Cuba, Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, Samoa, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Phillipines

• The countries with the biggest Navies would inherit the earth.

• Americans must now begin to look outward.

• Nicaragua Canal, Cuba, Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, Samoa, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Phillipines

Big Business - the marketBig Business - the market

• Did the big business leaders of America urge President McKinley to go to war and take territory?

• The populist movement did push for expansion into new markets and unions were mixed.

• As we will find out - nothing stimulates an economy like a war. How?

• Did the big business leaders of America urge President McKinley to go to war and take territory?

• The populist movement did push for expansion into new markets and unions were mixed.

• As we will find out - nothing stimulates an economy like a war. How?

Washington PostWashington Post

• A new conciousness seems to have come a upon us - the conciousness of strength-and with it a new appetite, the yearning to show our strength… Ambition, interest, land hunger, pride and mere joy of fighting, whatever it may be, we are animated by a new sensation. We are face to face with a strange destiny. The taste of empire is in our mouth of the people even the taste of blood in the jungle.

• A new conciousness seems to have come a upon us - the conciousness of strength-and with it a new appetite, the yearning to show our strength… Ambition, interest, land hunger, pride and mere joy of fighting, whatever it may be, we are animated by a new sensation. We are face to face with a strange destiny. The taste of empire is in our mouth of the people even the taste of blood in the jungle.

Cuba and the Spanish American WarCuba and the Spanish American War• Cuban Rebels began their war for

independence in 1868• Spain agreed to improve

conditions and end slavery there but discontent continued

• Cuban Rebels continued to fight in uprisings through the late 1890’s

• Cuban Rebels began their war for independence in 1868

• Spain agreed to improve conditions and end slavery there but discontent continued

• Cuban Rebels continued to fight in uprisings through the late 1890’s

The USS MaineThe USS Maine

• In February 1898, The battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor and sank killing 268 men

• There was no evidence ever produced but public opinion changed about the war

• April 11, McKinley asks congress for war against Spain

• In February 1898, The battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor and sank killing 268 men

• There was no evidence ever produced but public opinion changed about the war

• April 11, McKinley asks congress for war against Spain

The War (1898)The War (1898)

• 274,000 people served• 5,462 died• Only 379 were battle casualties• This was an overwhelming victory

and the US shows their Naval Power

• Teddy Roosevelt (Rough Riders)

• 274,000 people served• 5,462 died• Only 379 were battle casualties• This was an overwhelming victory

and the US shows their Naval Power

• Teddy Roosevelt (Rough Riders)

Cuban IndependenceCuban Independence

• Cuba marches for a constitution• The Platt Amendment• The US can hold naval bases, Profit

economically, and intervene if necessary

• Hawaii - Dole Controlled• Wake Island and the Phillipines

• Cuba marches for a constitution• The Platt Amendment• The US can hold naval bases, Profit

economically, and intervene if necessary

• Hawaii - Dole Controlled• Wake Island and the Phillipines

The TreatyThe Treaty

• The United States pays Spain $20 Million for Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, Wake Island, And the Phillipines

• The US also takes control of Dole pineapple territory - Hawaii

• The United States pays Spain $20 Million for Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, Wake Island, And the Phillipines

• The US also takes control of Dole pineapple territory - Hawaii

Armour and CompanyArmour and Company

• Chicago company sold 500,000 pounds of “embalmed beef”.

• Had been sent to Europe a year before and returned

• 751 cases of rotten meat. Thousands of soldiers got sick and a majority of the deaths in the war were caused by this, malaria, or yellow fever.

• Chicago company sold 500,000 pounds of “embalmed beef”.

• Had been sent to Europe a year before and returned

• 751 cases of rotten meat. Thousands of soldiers got sick and a majority of the deaths in the war were caused by this, malaria, or yellow fever.

McKinley has a DecisionMcKinley has a Decision

• 1) we cannot give back to spain• 2) we cannot give to commercial rivals• 3) we cannot leave them to themselves• 4) nothing left to do but take them all

and educate them, Christianize them. And then he went to sleep soundly

• 1) we cannot give back to spain• 2) we cannot give to commercial rivals• 3) we cannot leave them to themselves• 4) nothing left to do but take them all

and educate them, Christianize them. And then he went to sleep soundly

The PhillippinesThe Phillippines

• The Filipinos did not get the same message from god

• Emilio Aguinaldo led a revolution against US control

• It took the United states 3 years to put down the rebellion using 70 thousand troops.

• The Filipinos did not get the same message from god

• Emilio Aguinaldo led a revolution against US control

• It took the United states 3 years to put down the rebellion using 70 thousand troops.

Death TollsDeath Tolls

• Battle casualties were high for the Filipinos from battle and disease.

• The 20th Kansas division swept through a town and left not one living native

• “Our fighting blood was up and we wanted to kill “niggers”. This shooting human beings sure beats shooting rabbits back home.

• The battle wasn’t even close

• Battle casualties were high for the Filipinos from battle and disease.

• The 20th Kansas division swept through a town and left not one living native

• “Our fighting blood was up and we wanted to kill “niggers”. This shooting human beings sure beats shooting rabbits back home.

• The battle wasn’t even close

David FaganDavid Fagan

• I was struck by a question a little Filipino boy asked me, “why doest the American Negro come… to fight us where we are much a friend to him and have not done anything to him. He is the same as me and me all the same as you. Why don’t you fight those people in America who burn Negroes, that make a beast of you.”

• I was struck by a question a little Filipino boy asked me, “why doest the American Negro come… to fight us where we are much a friend to him and have not done anything to him. He is the same as me and me all the same as you. Why don’t you fight those people in America who burn Negroes, that make a beast of you.”

Imperialism Imperialism

• Does this relate to today?• Explain

• Does this relate to today?• Explain