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History Unit 5
Immigration and Urbanization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who wrote the poem, "The New Colossus" which promoted inclusion? | Emma Lazarus |
| What type of immigrants came from Western Europe, white, Protestant, and spoke English? | Old Immigrants |
| What type of immigrants came from Eastern Europe, Asia, and other countries, had different religions, and spoke different languages? | New Immigrants |
| What were people who came to the U.S. because of a temporary job nicknamed? | "Birds of Passage" |
| Why did immigrants want to come to the U.S. specifically? | Economic opportunity and freedom |
| Why did farmland lessen and industrial jobs skyrocket? | Population Growth |
| What movement influences the young who seek better lives? | Reform Movement |
| Did the Japanese or Chinese mainly work on Hawaiian Plantations? | Japanese |
| Which act creates farmland which draws Mexican farmers to the U.S.? | National Reclamation Act |
| When the immigrants arrived what did they arrive on and where did most of them stay on the ship, which is known to be cheaper? | Steamships and stayed in Steerage |
| Which immigration station in NY was known to be kinder, where you get exams by doctors, inspectors check documents, and the I'll stay to get better? | Ellis Island |
| Which Immigration Station in San Francisco was known for its harsh questioning and long detention for admission? | Angel Island |
| What was religious prejudice against Jewish people called? | Antisemitism |
| What was religious prejudice against Catholic people called? | Anti-Catholicism |
| What is purposely misleading information about someone? | Propaganda |
| Where did many immigrants go where people spoke the same language, had the same cultural values, and the same religion? | Ethnic Communities |
| What were some of the problems in specifically U.S. cities? | Housing, Sanitation, Overcrowding, Crime |
| Who wrote a poem about the struggle of living in crowded tenements and caught peoples eye? | Jason Rii's |
| Who was the most famous reformer and founded the Hull House in Chicago and involved in the settlement community? | Jane Adams |
| What was the favor of Native born Americans called? | Nativism |
| What did Nativists specifically believe about ethnic groups? | "Anglo Saxons" |
| What Bill was passed by Congress which forced people voting having to know how to write, but was later vetoed? | Literacy Bill |
| What act was passed because the fear of Chinese working for less and banned the entry of Chinese to the U.S.? | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| What agreement between Japan and the U.S. make so the U.S. would stop segregating the Japanese, but Japan will limit emigration? | The Gentlemen's Agreement |
| Why did many people including immigrants go to cities/urban areas? | Farm tech so less labor is needed |
| What drew people to Urban areas? | Jobs, Vaudeville theater, shopping, mass transit |
| What are multifamily urban dwellings that are often overcrowded and unsanitary? | Tenements |
| What happened more as cities became overcrowded? | Unclean water, struggle with transportation, crime skyrockets, and many fires |
| Which immigrants were thought to be job steeling, smokers, and difficult to assimilate? | Chinese |
| What were family swellings that were supposed to be one house and often became rundown and overcrowded? | Row Houses |
| Electric trolleys, street cars, elevated trains, etc are all what? | Mass Transit |
| What was the book that showed how the poor people of New York were living? | How the Other Half Lives |
| Who is leader of Tammany Hall and cheated NY out of millions of dollars? | William Marcy "Boss" Tweed |
| What is the illegal use of political influence or office for personal gain called? | Graft |
| Who is the famous political cartoonist who drew for Harpers Weekly and showed everyone who Boss Tweed was? | Thomas Nast |
| What political machine dominated NYC politics in the Gilded Age, and was aligned with the Democrats? | Tammany Hall |
| What was the notion that your sole could be saved if you help someone who has less than you? | Social Gospel Movement |
| Who opened the first department store and came up with "Give the lady what she wants"? | Marshall Field |
| What is the separation of people based on race? | Segregation |
| What allowed poor whites to vote vote without concern for poll tax, literacy tests, etc? | Grandfather Clauses |
| Who believed racism would end overtime and that Blacks should become self sufficient by learning skills and owning businesses? | Booker T. Washington |
| Who believed Blacks should have higher education and there rights now, and voting should be allowed by all races and wrote "Souls of Black Folk" and helped fine NAACP? | W.E.B DuBois |
| What Supreme Court case established the doctrine of "Separate, but equal"? | Plessy v. Ferguson |
| What are organized groups that control major cities political party? | Political Machines |
| What did Political Machines do to get people to vote for them? | Gave services to voters, mainly immigrants, and businesses support |
| What was gov. jobs given to those who helped candidates get elected (Old Spoils System)? | Patronage |
| Who was elected in 1876, named an independent to the cabinet, Republican, investigated corruption, etc? | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Who won the election of 1880 and later got assassinated? | James Garfield (Republican) |
| What was created for men to take a test and depending on the score it depends what rank they are? | Pendleton Civil Service Act |
| Who wants higher tariffs? | Businesses and Manufacturers |
| Who wants lower tariffs? | Democrats and Consumers |
| Who won in the 1884 and 1892 elections, was a Democrat, and lowered the McKinley Tariffs his second term? | Grover Cleveland |
| Who won in the 1888 election, was a Republican, and supported the McKinley Tariffs? | Benjamin Harrison |
| Who won in the 1892 election, was a Republican, and created the McKinley Tariffs? | William McKinley |
| What limited Black people the right to vote? | Poll taxes, literacy tests, and Grandfather Clauses |
| What are the segregation laws called? | Jim Crow Laws |
| What are informal rules for blacks and whites and established 2nd class for blacks? | Racial etiquette |
| Who was a teacher, fought for racial justice, anti-lynching crusader, civil rights activist, and woman's rights activist? | Ida B. Wells |
| What was segregation like in the North for African Americans? | Segregated neighborhoods, hired last and fired first, rejection by unions, and competition between poor whites and blacks |
| What is it when whites hang/kill blacks for breaking simple rules without trial? | Lynching |
| What was the vocational school that Booker T. Washington founded called? | Tuskegee Institution |
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