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progressive era
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ellis island | main port of european immigrants from the east coast |
| angel island | main port of asian immigrants from west coast |
| nativism | hatred towards immigrants |
| chinese exclusion laws | outlaws chinese immigrants for 10 years |
| alien land law | prohibited asians from owning farmland in 1900s |
| row houses and tenements | cheap overcrowded housing for the poor |
| political machines | party or organization that holds absolute political power over an area |
| tammany hall | political organization and machine in nyc's democratic party created in 1786 |
| boss tweed | leader of tammany hall and was involved in political corruption and graft |
| thomas nast | political cartoonist |
| granger cases | series of supreme court cases that state that states can only regulate trade intrastate |
| plessy vs ferguson | 1896 supreme court case that segregation is legal as separate facilities are separate but equal |
| progressive movement | movement around the century to improve american life it included women's suffrage, child labor, unionization, and prohibition |
| muckrakers | progressive authors who expose social problems |
| jacob riis | author of how the other half lives which exposes living conditions in lower manhattan |
| upton sinclair | author of the jungle which exposes the meat industry |
| mother jones | advocate for children and factory |
| hull house | settlement house created by jane addams in chicago |
| susan b anthony | leader of the women’s suffrage movement from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. |
| ida b wells | spoke out about racism in the women's movement |
| square deal | tr's plan to improve america it consisted of four parts regulate railroads, settle strikes, conservation, and break trusts |
| 16th amendment | federal income tax the more you make the more they take |
| 17th | direct elections of senators by the people |
| 18th | prohibition of alc |
| 19th | women are allowed to vote |