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Cause-Effect: Urbanization

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Flood of immigrants and native-born Americans from the countrysideAmerican urban areas rapidly grow in the post-Civil War period
Deteriorating economic conditions in Eastern and Southern European rural areasPush many of the New Immigrants out of their countries
The rapid growth of urban areasInfrastructure, sewage, etc. often lag behind population growth
Disease, pollution, unsanitary conditions, fires, crime, etc.Make urban areas dangerous places to live
Improved methods of transportation such as trolleys and subwaysDevelopment of suburbs and distinct districts within the city
Dumbbell tenementsResult in increased population densities- especially in immigrant neighborhoods
The arrival of the New Immigrants of the 1880s-1920s1st time a large number of immigrants come from Eastern and Southern Europe (ex: Italians, Greeks, Poles, Russians)
Conditions in the United States do not live up to expectation or the intent was to make money for the family back homeAbout 1/3 of the New Immigrants are "birds of passage"
The poverty of many of the New ImmigrantsThe New Immigrants cluster in urban areas of the Northeast and Midwest, working in low-paying factory jobs
The Catholic and Jewish religions, poverty, lack of familiarity with democratic idealsIncrease nativism and the rise of the American Protective Association and Immigration Restriction League
Charles Darwin's theory of evolutionUndermined Protestant fundamentalism and organized religion by challenging the literal interpretation of the Bible
Social gospel ministers and settlement-house workersAssisted immigrants and other slum dwellers and increased middle-class consciences about urban problems
The passage of the Morrill Act of 1862Increased the number of state agricultural and mechanical colleges such as Texas A&M
The belief education is essential to a democracyincrease the number of states with compulsory school attendance laws and high schools
Racism and an economy based on racismEducation spending lags behind in the South
The German model of graduate educationJohns Hopkins becomes the United States' first graduate school
White workers’ resentment of Chinese labor competitionCaused anti-Chinese violence and restrictions against Chinese immigration
The stresses of urban life on the familyLower birth rate and higher divorce rate
The application of Darwin's theories to manSocial Darwinism and "survival of the fittest" is used to justify the robber barons, racism, and imperialism
Horatio Alger's stories and Russell Conwell's "Acres of Diamonds" LecturesPushed the idea that one could become wealthy if they worked hard enough
Decreased worked hours and increase of leisure timeIncrease in popularity of spectator sports such as baseball
Immigrant cultural influences on American cultural lifeVaudeville shows become very popular
Realism in American cultureRise of the Ashcan School of art, the novels of Mark Twain and Theodore Dreiser


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