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Came to find jobs

Group together with other immigrants to

cope with the isolation of being strangers

Jobs- got paid less, or could find no job

Who did you let come to Utah?

Country: Colombia

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Occupation: Musician

Marital Status: Single

Other: Pregnant

Country: China

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Occupation: Military

Marital Status: Single

Other: dishonorable discharge from the

military

Country: Germany

Age: 15

Gender: Female

Occupation: Student

Family: Father, Mother, & Sister

Other: Jewish, Parents former criminals

Country: Greece

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Occupation: Law Enforcement

Marital Status: Single

Other: Healthy

Country: Germany

Age: 56

Gender: Male

Occupation: Politician

Marital Status: Married

Other: Does not drink or smoke

Country: Japan

Age: 14

Gender: Male

Occupation: Student

Family: Single Mother

Other: 2011 Pokémon Tournament World

Champion

1910 Mexican Revolution caused thousand to

leave

Majority- worked in mines, mills, railroads, or

seasonal migrant worker

Mexican colonias (communities)

Came to work in mines

1st unmarried men, later Greek brides

were sent to Utah

Greek Orthodox Churches built in Salt

Lake

A lot stayed after working on the railroad

Others worked in mines or set up small

businesses

Mines- 800 @ Bingham, 1,000 @ Helper & Price

Most were farm laborers

› Utah celery & tomato crops, and sugar beet

industry became dependent on Japanese

52 families started community near

Gunnison, UT (central UT)

Colony failed- poor land, lack of water

Only 12 families stayed and became

chicken farmers

Discrimination in Utah

› Lower wages

› Mixed race couple could not get a marriage

license

› Could only live in certain parts of town

› Not admitted to Lagoon, most restaurants or

hotels

› Ku Klux Klan

Electric trains- main source of

transportation until cars

1896 Utah begins using electricity

› Streetlights, mines, city businesses, and then

to homes

› Rural areas had to wait a long time for

electricity

Copper, Coal, Silver, & Gold

Smelter- a place where metal is

separated from rock, usually by heat.

Daniel Jackling

› founder of Utah Copper Company (Kennecott)

› Developed the open-pit mining method

Natural Bridges National Monument (1st)

Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument

Zion National Park (1st)

To provide more water in Utah County they build a concrete tunnel over 3 miles long to connect the water from the Strawberry river to the Spanish Fork River

They had to create a dam which would cover a lot of land previously used for cattle grazing.

The land was taken from the Utes who had been renting it to ranchers for grazing…

Water shortage problems- dams built

National forests created- important watersheds

1908 Natural Bridges National Monument- 1st

national monument in Utah

1918 Zion National Park- Utah’s 1st national park

How did it start?

› Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated

Who was fighting who?

› Triple Entente = UK, France, Russia

› The Central Powers= Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Why did the United States become

involved in an European War?

› Telegram to Mexico

Trench warfare

Airplane bombers

Tanks

Submarines

Machine gun

Gas warfare

The Machine Gun

was invented by

John Browning

from Utah

Frogs

and

Slugs

Trench Foot

In 1918 a deadly flu epidemic spread throughout the world.

More soldiers died from the influenza epidemic than in the trenches. Soldiers brought it home

Utah state health officer banned all public gatherings including church services.

Schools closed for 2-3 months

Street cars limited the number of riders

Business hours were shortened and no special sales could be held (No black Friday!!!)

Funerals were limited to 30 min and then down to 15 min.

Reformers who wanted better living conditions and better life for all Americans.

They wanted the government to help: › clean up the cities (sewers, gutters, paved streets)

› regulate air pollution

› Railroad charging high prices

› Safe food was a concern… there were no regulations.

They worked for laws preventing child labor,

and minimum wages for females.

Prohibition was the biggest outcome!

Progressive were against alcohol and

thought it was evil.

They tried to outlaw alcohol. They passed

Prohibition or the outlawing of consuming,

selling, or making alcohol nationally.

Prohibition was ratified in the 18th

Amendment to the Constitution.

Russia/USSR

Iceland

Norway

Hungary

Finland

Prohibition…

What are they

pouring down

the drain?

What message are

these women

sending?

Ancient Chinese and the ancient Aztecs

tried to impose prohibition in their lands?

Hindu law in India prohibits the use of

alcohol?

Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia

and Iran have prohibition as an

important part of their law today?

Farming

Mining

Smelters produced a smoke belt that polluted the

air, damaged crops and hurt animals. Farmers took

them to court and one-Murray smelter closed.

Labor movement- union to get better wages and

safer working conditions

I.W.W. (industrial workers of the World)… very

violent groups.

Joe Hill (Swedish immigrant) helped fight . Arrested

for murder… thousands tried to prevent his death…

he was executed by firing squad.

Mining labor unions formed to get higher

wages

Strike!

› Bingham canyon miners took guns to the

side of the mountain and dug trenches, so they could fire down on guards or

strikebreakers

› Father Lambrides convinced strikers to resolve with the Governor- miner shot and a

strikebreaker was killed

The miners wanted:

› Better Wages

› 8-10 hour work day

› Workers Compensation

Remember why Utah’s women first had

the right to vote???

In 1920 Women received the right to

vote with the passing of the 19th

amendment to the United States

Constitution.

Women’s fashion

before the 1920’s

The

Flapper

Men’s Fashion

Silent Movies vs.

Talking Pictures

Charlie Chaplin = Silent

The Jazz Singer is the

first Talking Picture

Is a silent movie really silent?

What is a “Talking Picture”?

Boxer Jack Dempsey

becomes the National

Heavyweight champ

of the 1920’s

Alma Richards is

the first Utahan

to receive an

Olympic Gold

Medal! Sweden

1912