Tenements, Streetcar Suburbs, and Political Machines
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 4 The walking city becomes dense Industrial jobs, immigration, and internal migration drove rapid urban growth after 1870. Before electric transit, most workers had to live near factories, docks, or commercial streets. Landowners built deeply on narrow lots, dividing buildings into small flats. Tenements brought families close […]
Chinese Exclusion, Nativism, and Immigration Law
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 4 Nativism turns difference into political danger Nativism favors the interests of established residents over immigrants and often defines newcomers as racially, religiously, or politically unfit. In the late nineteenth century it appeared through mob violence, employment discrimination, secret orders, school laws, administrative interrogation, and federal exclusion. […]
