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Chapter 4-5 Bird
Bird Chapter 4-5 Progressives and immigration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Political Machine | powerful groups related to a political party. |
| William Boss Tweed | NYC, head of the Tweed--asks immigrants for votes--public money in taxes |
| Spoils System | elected leaders can fill public jobs with their supporters |
| Merit System | get public jobs based on qualification |
| Pendleton Act | civil service exam |
| Thomas Nast | Political cartoonist, he makes tweed look bad |
| Kickbacks | court house-350,000-upwards of 50 million (overcharge the people and share the $) |
| Muckrakers | Authors who try to bring light onto bad parts of societyso we can fix them |
| Initiative | to put an idea up to vote on |
| referendum | to make an idea a law |
| Recall | remove a politition from office |
| 16th ammendment | progressive income tax wealthier would pay more taxes to fix the country. |
| 17th ammendment | Direct Election of senators |
| Elizibeth Cady Stanton | Seneca Falls, Convention. Declaration of sentimets, "All men and woman are created equal." |
| Suffragete | Person fighting for woman to have the right to vote. |
| Alice Paul | Kings horse, organizes a march on washington D.C (turnns violent) |
| Silent Sentinels | stand infront of the white house (wilson) |
| 19th ammendment | womans sufferage, right to vote, starts 1920 |
| 18th ammendment | Alchohol is illeagle to sell and make |
| 21st ammendment | remove ammendment 18. |
| trust buster | TR breaks 40+ monopolies |
| conservation | nature, National Forest Service |
| Taft | 16th ammendment, income tax |
| Wilson, FTC (Federal Trade Comission) | "We are going to watch buisnesses" |
| Prohibition | To stop something from happening |
| old immigrants | english, german, irish |
| new immigrants | greek, polish, itallians, russians, |
| push factor | a reaon to leave a country |
| pull factor | a reason to go to a country |
| steerage | cheapest part of the boat, immigrants rode on the bottom of the boat to come to the U.S |
| Ellis Island | A customs island immigrants go to |
| Angel island | looked for disease, medical/mental exam , legal inspection |
| Statue of Liberty | France--Eiffel la gift for showing that revolutions work |
| Emma Lazarus | -Poem, "New Colossus"-- welcomes immigrants, |
| Assimilate | to fully blend in with another group |
| Jane Addams-- settlement homes | help immigrants, teach english, paperwork, get around city |
| Mosiacs | ethnic groups staying together |
| nativist | group that is worried about immigrants coming to the U. S |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | disliked Irish (catholics) American Protective Association |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Prohibit chinese from entering the U.S for 10 years. |
| Burlingham Treaty | China was favorable trading status with the U.S |
| Gentlemans Agreement | (Japan) Japanese students getting bullied, T.R will protect japanese but limit new immigrants |
| Tenements | Buildings where several families rented rooms. Came to mean crowded, dirty slums. |
| Jacob Riis | "How the Other Half Lives" expose the tenements, (flash powder) |
| Upton Sinclair | "The Jungle" the meat racking plants |
| meat inspection act | food+drug administration |
| Otis | Elevator |
| Olmstead | creating nature in cities , central park |
| vaudville | Nickleodians, music/plays/puppetry/ "moving pictures"--movies |
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