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Social Studies Quiz
Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ellis Island | The busiest place on the east coast. The first immigrant was let in from there. |
| Angel Island | Where Chinese immigrants entered. This place opened in 1910. |
| Old Immigrants | Were 1880s people from the north of Europe. These are Irish, Roman, Catholics, and more. |
| New Immigrants | Were 1880s people from the south and the east of Europe. These are Greeks, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, and more. |
| Settlement Houses | Poor areas that offered accommodations. Private organizations would usually help them. |
| Jacob Riis | Writes about the other half lives. |
| Tenements | They basically have no windows, no lights, bathrooms or no sanitation and the place was clustered. Caused diseases. |
| Mass Transit | Suburbs Developed Street car/Subway/Elevator for skyscrapers |
| Nativism | People who maintain that immigrants should not be allowed into the country. Immigrants would take jobs and destroy American culture. Hypocrites...their ancestors were also immigrants. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Banning the Chinese from immigrating to America for 10 years. This was the first time a nationality cannot enter the States. |
| Steerage | Was where most passengers were. They got cramped and hot. |
| Assimilation | Immigrants were able to blend into America's culture. Old immigrants had an easier time blending into America's culture. |
| Trachoma | A disease that affects your eyes. |
| Processing Stations | They took a long time to accept immigrants into their country because of several exams. |
| Legal Problems | If you said your name is something else that´s not on the sheet you could get in big trouble. |
| Money | A decent amount can get jobs. The rest are poor and were clustered in buildings like the others. |
| Christian Charities | Blue Coast was one of the schools that had it. |
| Percentage that did not get into Ellis Island | 2 Percent |
| Percentage that did not get into Angel Island | About 18 Percent |
| 1882 Immigration Act | Tax of 50 Cents. They blocked weird and bad people from getting in. |
| Urbanization | Making a place more urban. Ex: Industry |
| Race | New and Old immigrants did not look a like. |
| Natives were not accepting of | Religion differences. |
| Literacy Tests | Given to see if immigrants could see and write. |
| New York State Tenement House Act 1901 | Required better ventilation and running water for new buildings. |
| How did cities respond to the problems? | New sewage and water purification systems. Hiring full-time firefighters and police. |
| Henry Street Settlement (NYC) | Lillian Wald – Nurses in public schools |
| Hull House | Rundown building turned into settlement house. |
| Ethnocentric | Group of people who think their culture or religion is superior. Americans feel they are the best. |
| Ghetto | Many people living in the same area who practice the same religion, have similar socio- economic status, same culture and background. Little Italy - Italian, ChinaTown- Chinese, Lower East Side - Jewish |
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