Section 5-1: the New Immigrant (Pp. 128-133)

AS2 Name:______

Chapter 5: Immigration & Urbanization, 1865-1914

Section 5-1: The New Immigrant (pp. 128-133)

Define key terms & concepts.

“new” immigration / Americanization (assimilation)
steerage / “melting pot”
Ellis Island / nativism
Angel Island / Chinese Exclusion Act

Identify main ideas: Record the main ideas of each section in the outline below.

I.  New Immigrants Come to America

A.  Many were from southern & eastern Europe

II.  Immigrants Decide to Leave Home

Focus/review questions:

·  How did new immigrants differ from old immigrants?

·  In what ways did immigrants affect the American economy and culture?
AS2 Name:______

Chapter 5-2: Cities Expand & Change (pp. 136-143)

Define key terms & people.

urbanization / suburb
Elisha Otis / Frederick Law Olmsted
mass transit / tenement/dumbbell tenement

Identify causes and effects of rapid city growth: As you read, complete the table.

CAUSES OF RAPID URBANIZATION
▼ / ▼ / ▼ / ▼
▼ / ▼ / ▼ / ▼
EFFECTS OF RAPID CITY GROWTH
▼ / ▼ / ▼ / ▼
technological advances / many problems
▼ / ▼
·  / ·  / ·  / · 

Focus/review questions:

·  Why did cities expand in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

·  What new developments helped cities grow?

·  How did living conditions in cities change?

·  What were the results of city growth?
AS2 Name:______

Chapter 5-3: Social & Cultural Trends (pp. 144-149)

Define key terms & people.

Mark Twain / Joseph Pulitzer
Gilded Age / William Randolph Hearst
conspicuous consumerism / Horatio Alger
mass culture / vaudeville / yellow journalism

Main ideas: Record the main ideas of this section below.

CONSUMERISM / MASS CULTURE / ENTERTAINMENT
▼ / ▼ / ▼
·  / ·  /

Focus/review Questions:

•  What luxuries did cities offer to middle class & how did a mass culture develop in the US?