Advanced American History
One of the significant changes to American society in the Gilded Age period was the massive urbanization that resulted from a large influx of immigrants combined with the move to an industrial economy. This created substantial urban challenges, from how to provide services to citizens to finding ways to overcome political corruption.
Immigration accelerated during this era. After the frontier was declared closed in 1890, 15 million new immigrants flooded through the doors of Ellis Island, many to urban centers in an industrializing America. Bringing new languages, customs and religions, they enriched American society, but they were also the target of some uglier elements of America, from nativism to outright racist ideologies, like eugenics.
Assignment: Read 212-219 -- Progressivism
American Studies
Assignment: Read pages 128-133. Complete outline handout on key elements driving massive immigration in the late 19th/early 20th centuries.
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