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U.S. Ch 6
Urban America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. steerage | The cheapest accommodations on a steamship |
| 2. nativism | An extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people |
| 3. immigrant | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. |
| 4. ethnic | relating to a population subgroup (within a larger or dominant national or cultural group) with a common national or cultural tradition. |
| 5. Ellis Island | island in the harbor of New York used to process immigrants coming from Europe after 1892 |
| 6. Jacob Riis | Danish born journalist who showed America the life of the poor in his book "How The Other Half Lives" |
| 7. Angel Island | opened in January 1910 in California to process Asian immigrants |
| 8. Chinese Exclusion Act | passed by Congress in 1882 barring Chinese immigration for 10 years and preventing the Chinese in the United States from becoming citizens |
| 9. skyscraper | Tall steel frame buildings |
| 10. tenement | Apartment buildings |
| 11. political machine | An informal political group designed to gain and keep power, came about partly because cities had grown much faster than their governments |
| 12. party boss | People who ran political machines |
| 13. graft | Getting money through dishonest or questionable means |
| INCENTIVE | a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something. |
| TRIGGER | An event or circumstance that is the cause of a particular action, process, or situation |
| 14. George Plunkitt | one of New York's most powerful city bosses defended what he called "honest graft" |
| 15. William "Boss" Tweed | leader of Tammany Hall during the 1860s and 1870s; his corruption landed him in jail in 1874 |
| 16. individualism | The idea that Americans no matter how humble their Origins could rise in society and go as far as their talent and commitment would take them |
| 17. Social Darwinism | Philosophy Loosely derived from Darwin's theories it's strongly reinforced the idea of individualism |
| 18. Philanthropy | the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. |
| 19. settlement house | an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community |
| 20. Americanization | At Public Schools, immigrant children were taught English and learned about American history and culture |
| EVOLUTION | 1. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. |
| PUBLISH | Prepare an issue for public sale |
| 21. Gilded Age | this age appeared to sparkle but critics pointed to corruption, poverty, crime, and great disparities in wealth between rich and the poor |
| 22. Gospel of Wealth | advocated by Andrew Carnegie this called for a gentler version of Social Darwinism, calling on wealthy Americans to engage in philanthropy and use their fortunes to create the conditions that would help people help themselves |
| 23. Mark Twain | Samuel L. Clemens wrote under the pen name, Mark Twain, and went on to author several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Fin |
| 24. Social Gospel | This movement worked to better conditions in cities according to the biblical ideas of Charity and justice |
| 25. Jane Addams | Open the famous Hull House in Chicago in 1889 |
| 26. populism | A movement to increase Farmers political power and to work for legislation in their interest |
| 27. greenbacks | Paper currency that could not be exchanged for gold or silver coins |
| 28. inflation | A decline in the value of money |
| 29. deflation | An increase in the value of money and a decrease in prices |
| 30. cooperatives | Marketing organizations that try to increase prices and lower cost for their members |
| 31. graduated income tax | Taxing higher earnings more heavily |
| BOND | an agreement with legal force, in particular |
| CURRENCY | a system of money in general use in a particular country |
| STRATEGY | plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim. |
| 32. Farmers Alliance | In 1890 the alliance had between 1.5 and 3 million members with strong support in the South and on the Great Plains particularly and Kansas-Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota |
| 33. Peoples Party | Also known as populist they nominated candidates to run for Congress in the state legislature |
| 34. William Jennings Bryan | Nominated by the Democrats in the election of 1896 he was a strong supporter of silver |
| 35. William McKinley | Governor of Ohio chosen to run on the Republican ticket in the election of 1896 he ran what was called a front-porch campaign |
| 36. poll tax | First required in the state of Mississippi in 1890 this $2 fee limited the voting ability of African-Americans |
| 37. segregation | Separation of races |
| 38. Jim Crow Laws | mandated the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks |
| 39. lynching | Hangings without proper Court proceedings |
| 40. DISCRIMINATION | the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex |
| 41. Ida B. Wells | Fiery young African-American woman from Tennessee who launched a Fearless Crusade against lynching in 1892 |
| 42. Booker T. Washington | He proposed African Americans concentrate on achieving economic goals rather than political ones; in 1895 he gave a speech known as the Atlanta Compromise which argued African Americans postpone the fight for civil rights and concentrate on preparing themselves educationally and vocationally |
| 43. W. E. B. Du Bois | The leader of a new generation of African American activist, his 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk explained why he saw no advantage and giving up civil rights even temporarily |
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