HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture 7: AM History.7
22 Oct 2017
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Oppress workers/abuse consumers: fewer people with more wealth. Positives and negatives of urbanization: urban factories=increase population in cities, positive effects: Immigration: good to have immigrants, 1st generation immigrants willing to do work others won"t. Cosmopolitan: new ideas/change, mix of cultures. Melting pot or salad bowl theory: ethnic neighborhoods. Political machines: local politicians who take advantage of immigrants who are not familiar with democracy. Why did the u. s. begin to favor the allies (move away from neutrality)/evolution of. U. s. opinion: initial stance- complete neutrality (not isolationism; so we could trade with both sides) Wilson remain neutral in thought as well as deed. : as war progresses, u. s. becomes more supportive of the allies, especially great. Pro-german feeling of german-americans: largest ethnic minority. Anti-british feeling of irish-americans: in uential politically, u. s. opinion evolved into support for allies (especially england) in wwi. Common heritage (most common group in america is english-americans) Germany perceived as belligerent: invade neutral belgium, back austria-hungary.
