University:
Bradley University
Course:
PLS 422 | Urban Politics
Academic year:

2021
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192

Pages:

12
Author:

Remington Spence

Politics, Immigration, and Urban Life Chapter 15 Politics in the Gilded Age Chapter 15 Section 1 • After Reconstruction – some people were wealthy but most lived in poverty – Gilded Age • Politicians had a laissez-faire policy toward business • Gilded Age also marked with scandal – Credit Mobilier Scandal and the Spoils System • Political Parties start to oppose on views • Rutherford Hayes attacked the spoils system in 1876 – did not run for a second term • James Garfield won the 1880 election – he was assassinated in 1881 by Charles Guiteau • Chester Arthur – Pendleton Civil Service Act • Dems take control in 1884 – G. Cleveland • In 1888 – Cleveland loses to Benjamin Harrison – main issue – the tariff • Harrison’s policies damage the economy and Grover Cleveland wins again in 1892 • Cleveland was a failure as a president and did not get the party nomination in 1896 • McKinley wins in ’96 and ’00 – assassinated by Leon Csolgosz in 1901 People on the Move Chapter 15 Section 2 • Why did people move to the U.S.? • Freedom and Opportunity • Immigrants crossed the oceans on packed ships • 70% of all immigrants entered at NYC • Immigrants from Europe received physicals to make sure they would not spread European diseases • Most immigrants settled in eastern and midwestern cities living in ghettos • Chinese Immigrants became a threat to American workers – Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 • Japanese were restricted • Immigration from Mexico – “pull” factors The Challenge of the Cities Chapter 15 Section 3 • Cities grow due to immigration as well as people from rural areas migrating to the cities • Led to the development of Suburbs • Life in the Tenements became poor slums • Results of city growth led to growing political divisions and the rise of political bosses Ideas of Reform Chapter 15 Section 4 • Help the needed • Charity Organization Movement, Social Gospel Movement, and Settlement Movement • Development of Sociology • Many Americans see immigration as a problem • Return of Nativism • Prohibition and Purity Crusaders

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