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Chapter 25America Moves to the City1865-1900From 1870-1900, the population of American cities had tripled.The Urban FrontierBy 1890, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia all had populations greater than 1 million.Louis Sullivan contributed to the development of theskyscraper. City limits were extended outward by electric trolleys. Peoplewere attracted to cities by amenities like electricity, indoor plumbing,and telephones.Trash became a large problem in cities due to throwawaybottles, boxes, bags, and cans.The New ImmigrationThe New Immigrants of the 1880s came from southernand eastern Europe. They came from countries with little history of democraticgovernment, where people had grown accustomed to harsh living conditions.Some Americans feared that the New Immigrants would not assimilate into American culture.
They began asking if the nation hadbecome a melting pot or a dumping ground.Southern Europe UprootedImmigrants left their native countries because Europe hadno room for them. Team fortress 2 download full game tpbbancorp. The population of Europe nearly doubled in the century after1800 due to abundant supplies of fish and grain from America and the widespreadcultivation of Europe.' America fever' caught on in Europe as the UnitedStates was portrayed as a land of great opportunities.Persecutions of minorities in Europe sent many immigrants to the United States. Many immigrants never intended to stay inAmerica forever; a large number returned home with money. Those immigrants whostayed in the United States struggled to preserve their traditional culture.Reactions to the New ImmigrationThe federal government did little to help immigrants assimilate into American society.Community ' bosses' took care of immigrants by providing jobs, housing, schools, parks, and hospitals. In return, immigrants voted for these bosses.Americans gradually became aware of thetroubles of cities. Walter Rauschenbusch and Washington Gladden were Protestant clergymen who sought to apply the lessons of Christianity to theslums and factories.Settlement House: a house located in a poor, urban area where middle-class people would live and take care of the local community by providing services like healthcare and daycare; became centers of women's activism and of social reform.Jane Addams established Hull House, the mostprominent American settlement house.
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Darwin Disrupts the ChurchesPublished in 1859 by Charles Darwin, Onthe Origin of the Species stated that humans had slowly evolved fromlower forms of life.The theory of evolution cast serious doubt on the idea ofreligion.