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Chapter 21

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Where were European immigrants processed before entering the United States? Ellis Island
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act? This banned Chinese immigration for ten years
Definition of assimilation When people gave up parts of their culture to blend in culture of the US
How did Sears and MOntgomery Wards change the way products were sold? They compiled all of their merchandise into a large book.
examples of mass culture Spectator sports, vodeville, nickalodian, and ragtime
Blend of African-American and European musical forms developed into? Ragtime
Popular style of live entertainment similar to "Saturday Night Live"? Vaudeville
Problems for people in tenements overcrowding, poor sanitation ect.
Jane Addams' achievements The first famous person who established first settlement house
Role of political machines The group that helped immigrants find jobs ect. in exchange for goats
Jim Crow laws The things in South ment to enforce segregation
Booker T washington's philposophy The guy who founded the Teski University
Experiences of Asian immigrants entering the United States Unsanitary enviornments
Examples of discrimination against Asians in the West Chinese laboerers recieved lower wages that whites for the same work and faced violence.
How did tenements contribute to urbanization? (blank)
How did Pulitzer and Hearst change newspapters? (blank)
Who did manufactureres and advertisers target? women
How did southern states prevent African-Americans from voting? Literacy test, poll tax, grandfather clauses
Effect of Plessy v Ferguson Said that seperate but equal was ok but was never equal
Why was the NAACP founded? to end segregation and advancement for Black (to provide rights)
What allowed the construction of skyscrapers? The advancement of steel and elevators and overcrowding
Significance of advertising, mail order catalogs, spectator sports?
Where was segregation most strictly enforced? (blank)
Main purpose of settlement house (blank)
How did government help immigrants assimilate? By offering classes in citizenship and English
How were political machines and settlement houses similar? (blank)
Reasons for discriminating against the "new" immigrants The Americans were afraid they would take all of the available jobs.
Differences between the "new" and "old" immigrants The "new" immigrants were mostly southern and eastern Europeans, whereas "old" immigrants mostly came from northern and western
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