CHAPTER 18CHAPTER 18

Urban Growth and Farm Protest,

1887 - 1893

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The New Urban SocietyThe New Urban Society Immigrants and internal migration caused

population explosion in cities Jane Adams and Hull house

Suburbs, skyscrapers, and tenements change cities New services are needed

Immigration created new ethnic communities Ellis Island

Prejudice and intolerance of immigrants increase Political machines control local politics

Boss Tweed

Growth of Cities, 1860 and 1900

The Diminishing Rights of Minority The Diminishing Rights of Minority GroupsGroups

Indian religious movement, the “Ghost Dance” Wovaka Wounded Knee Massacre

Mexican Americans in Southwest clash with whites over land use Las Gorra Blancas

Chinese Exclusion Act illustrates prejudice in West African Americans discrimination nationwide, but

worse in South Plessy v. Ferguson

Indian Reservations, 1875 and 1900

Photo of lynching c. 1880s-90s

A Victorian SocietyA Victorian Society

Relations between sexes strictly controlled, at least in public

Strict moral code governs a patriarchal society Religion plays central role in families Sports enthrall Americans

Spectator sports include football and boxing

John L. Sullivan and Gentleman Jim Corbett Active sport of choice is bicycling

Voices of Protest and ReformVoices of Protest and Reform

Edward Bellamy and “Nationalism” Social Gospel brings religion to slum areas

To Christianize and to minister to basic needs With free time, middle class women spearhead

reform efforts Woman’s Christian Temperance Movement General Federation of Women’s Clubs National Woman Suffrage Association

Looking Outward: Foreign Policy in Looking Outward: Foreign Policy in the Early 1890sthe Early 1890s

External markets become more important with closing of frontier

Americans fear being left behind by European nations Alfred Thayer Mahan

United States works to improve relations with neighbors to South, hoping to build canal

Tensions in Hawaii grow due to American manipulation of economy Kalakua and Liliuokalani White control after February, 1893

The Angry FarmersThe Angry Farmers

Democrats play on people’s fears to win Congress

Farmers organize politically Farmers’ Alliance Colored Farmers’ National Alliance

Populist Party emerges as political arm of Alliance Populists support Free Silver Started off poorly

Presidential Election of 1892Presidential Election of 1892

Benjamin Harrison versus Grover Cleveland Homestead Strike Cleveland wins second non-consecutive term

America redefines itself in Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition

Exposition lauded American accomplishments

Frederick Jackson Turner Closing of the American frontier

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Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions

What were conditions like for the industrial worker in the cities in the late 1800s?

What problems did the cities of the late 19th century face? What solutions evolved and were created to resolve these problems?

Follow the rise of the Populist Party. What political and social value did it bring to America?

Explain how and why the United States became an overseas power in the 1890s?