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STEERAGE Lowest class on ship… bad conditions… immigrants bought passway… no rooms
Ellis Island (1892) NY… European immigrants processed here… 98% accepted
Angel Island CA… Pacific ocean immigrants processed here (asians)
Deer Island Boston… immigrants processed here
Americanization Programs: help newcomers learn American culture… diet, dress, language, etc.
Mass Transit Public transit by electricity… holds many people… trolleys, subways, buses, etc.
Elisha Otis Developed safety elevator (1880’s)… Does not fall if rope breaks.
Skyscrapers 10+ story buildings... Multi-purpose
Suburb Outside of cities... Some live here while working in cities... Easy access to cities
Tenement Small, crowded, cheap homes... Multiple families... Small rooms... Rundown, poorly lit
Frederick law Olmsted Designed many cities, suburbs, & parks... " father of landscape"
Zoning zones Areas with local laws controlling development
Melting pot Name used to call America because of many blended cultures & ethnicities
Chinese exclusion act 1. Prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers 2.limited their rights (even when already here) 3. prohibited chinese citizens’ naturalization
nativism idea that american-born whites are superior
mark twain coined “gilded age”… novelist
horatio alger RAGS TO RICHES… wrote about moral issues… hard work pays off
Gilded age 1870’s-1900… rapid consumerism growth… beautiful on the outside ugly on the inside… immense wealth
William Randolph Hearst Newspaper: Morning Journal Competitor of Pulitzer… tactics: inform people, wide readership, spark contriversy
Coney Island Tourist spot: world’s first roller coaster
Chautauqua Circuit Religious sunday school - summer camp - touring the US…. methodists… singing travel-show series
Mass culture Everyone aspires to have the same culture: clothing… food… items… values… lifestyle… trends
Vaudeville A medley of musical drama… songs… off-color comedy
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show NE 4th of July party - prizes… games… toured Europe & US
R.H. Macy Made Macy’s NY: America’s largest single store… invented department store concept: mail order catalog… logos, brand names, trademarks
John Wanamaker Philadelphia, department store… money back guarantee… big ads… bulk postage to lower shipping costs
Conspicuous consumption people wanted to buy the many new products on the market… public display of wealth through luxury goods = high social statues
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