nc goal #5 issues and reforms during the industrial age 1
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Issues and Reforms during the Industrial Age
Large number of immigrants
Issues• Competition for
employment• Language barrier• Religious differences
Solutions• Settlement houses
taught English and American History while also celebrating “old culture”
• Private schools develop
Education Compulsory
education, except in South
Must attend to 14 Immigrant children
learn English and American ideals
Taught Reading and Math
Also learned discipline
Issues remain in Education No compulsory in
South Discrimination
exists in public schools
Plessy v. Ferguson decision• Separate but equal
doctrine is established
Poor living conditions for Labor Issues
• Tenement apartments
• Crime, filth, and disease
Solutions• Political machines
develop• Mayors “clean up
city” for political loyalty
Local political machines Issue
Monopolies and trusts
Weak Presidency
Currency: Gold or Silver
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