HIS 142 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Ford Model T, Pullman Strike, Lewis Hine
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An urban age and a consumer society: farms and cities: age of economic boom for both farms and industries b. In 1910, 21 cities had more than 100,000 people: class divisions were still present. The muckrakers: 2 million children worked for wages. Lewis hine photographed it: muckraking- use of journalistic skills to expose the underside of american life. Immigration as a global process: between 1901 and 1914, 13 million immigrants came to u. s, many reasons for massive uprooting, southern europe and parts of asia had poverty and illiteracy, taxation and declining economies, came to work. Immigrants described u. s as a free country: new immigrants clustered within their own communities i. Had their own shops, etc: worked long hours with little pay, white, native born workers dominated skilled jobs. Consumer freedom: department stores, chain businesses, etc. starting popping up in downtowns, by 1910, americans could buy just about anything. Sewing machines: amusement parks, dance halls and theatres popped up.
