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History 11-08-12
Us history test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were two differences between old and new immigrants? | Old-Protestant, and were from Europe. New-were catholic/varied and from SE Europe and Asia. |
| What was something big with Montgomery ward and Sears? | Mail Order Form |
| Two problems immigrants faced in cities | Over crowded in tenements and were very poor. |
| How did Businesses make an average american lives better? | Amusement parks and sports, movies, snacks |
| Spoil System | People that aren't qualified got a job because they knew someone versus someone that was qualified. |
| What is the Gentleman's agreement? | Restriction on emigration (leaving) worked out between Us and another government. |
| What is Ellis Island? | East Coast passage way into the Us. |
| What is the Chinese exclusion act? | Restriction on Chinese immigrants |
| What is a settlement house? | Community centers that provide assistance to urban poor. |
| What is Americanization movement? | Designed to assimilate diverse people into dominate places. |
| What is Angel Island? | Immigrants arriving in the west before entering the US. |
| What is a melting pot? | Mix of diverse cultures where people abandon their native language cultures for the American way. |
| What is Nativism. | rise of anti-immigration groups and demanded for immigration restrictions |
| Who is George Eastman? | He invented the Kodak company. |
| Who is Rutherford B. Hayes? | President who congress didn't agree with his reforms, but he did clean up custom houses. |
| Who is W.E.B. DuBois? | First african american to get his Ph. D from Harvard. |
| Who is Mark Twain? | Famous American novelist. |
| Who is Ida B Wells? | African American journalist that began crusading for justice after lynching of three friends. |
| Who is Booker T. Washington? | Founded a african american College. |
| Who is Daniel Burham? | Architect that created a plan for Chicago's elegant lakes and parks? |
| Who is Orville and Wilber Wright? | Made airmail possible |
| Who is Fredrick Law Olmsted? | Landscape architect spearheaded the movement for Urban parks. |
| What is Pless v Furgusan? | Segregation didn't violate the 14th amendment. |
| What is Debt Ponage? | Involuntary labor African Americans and Mexicans living in West and Southwest were often into this situation. |
| What is the Pendolton act? | Independent civil service made government appointment based on the merit system. |
| What is graft? | Illeagle use for political gain. |
| What is Political machine? | Organized groups controlled activities of a political party in a city. |
| What is Central Park? | Natural setting in NYC. |
| What is the Brooklyn Bridge. | 8th wonder of the world. Connected Manhattan and Brooklyn together it took 14 years to build. |
| What is growth in cities? | Urbanization. |
| What is Urbanization? | Houses for immigrants in cities. |
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