Immigration and Progressive EraStudy Guide

What were the reasons for the increase in immigration?

• Hope for a better opportunities.

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• Desire for religious freedom.

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• Escape from oppressive governments.

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• Desire for adventure.

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What were the negative effects of the increase in immigration?

• Rapid industrialization and urbanization led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and tenements.

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• Cities faced the challenges of ghettos and political corruption (political machines).

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• Immigrants faced discrimination, especially the Chinese and Irish immigrants.

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What efforts were made to solve immigration problems?

• Settlement houses, such as Hull House founded by Jane Addams.

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• Political machines that gained power by attending to the needs of new immigrants who needed jobs and housing.

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What were the negative effects of industrialization that often affected immigrants?

Child Labor

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Low Wages, Long Hours

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Unsafe Working Conditions

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Triangle Factory Fire

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How did the workers respond to these negative effects?

• Formation of unions, for example the American Federation of Labor.

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• Strikes, for example the Homestead Strike and its aftermath.

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How did the Progressive Movement and its reforms change the United States?

• Improved safety conditions

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Reduced work hours

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Placed restrictions on child labor.

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How did the Progressive Movement Affect Women?

• It increased educational opportunities for women.

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It attained women’s suffrage with the passage of the 19th Amendment.

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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked for women’s suffrage.

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How did the Progressive Movement impact the Temperance Movement?

• The Temperance Movement was composed of groups that opposed the making and consuming of alcohol.

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It supported the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages.

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