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chapter 7
us honors history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ellis Island | an immigration inspection check point. This made sure immigrants would benfit americans. Major european checkpoint. |
| Angel Island | Asian immigrant inspection checkpoint. Very harsh people did the questioning. chinese people did not feel welcome and felt like the place was a prison. |
| Chinese Exculsion Act | Banned all chinese immigration for ten years.This limited the # of chinese immigration in the U.S |
| Gentleman's Agreement | limited the number of Japenese immigration to the U.S. |
| Culture Shock | The confusion and anixety that result from living in an unfamilar place. This caused immigrants to find it harder to adapt. |
| Old Immigrants | the old immigrants would go thru tests at a check point. they would suffer a hard trip over to america. they found it hard to fit in and were forced my americans to adopt their traditions. |
| New immigrants | Today immigrants travel comfortably on an airplane. They do not have to adopt american traditions.you do not have to take an exam when you enter. you can become a permanet citizen. |
| Americanization movement | program of education for immigrants to learn about the ways of america. Americans Felt threatned and turned to hostile the measures. |
| nativism | Fear of foriegn born. violent actions toward immigrants. |
| Dumbell Tenement | Long six story building built to help solve ventalation problems in urban homes. these didnt work and became a very bad place to live. |
| Row Homes | Single family dwellings that shared side walls W/ other similar houses. Built to solve urban housing problems. |
| Political Machines | Organized group that controlled the activities of a political party and offered services in return. many political bosses fell to greed and corruption. |
| William Marcy Tweed | earliest and most powerfull boss. soon was sentenced to jail on many counts of fraud. |
| Tammany Hall | powerfull democratic machine that was filled w fraud. |
| Role of the Political bosses | controlled municipal jobs. served like a mayor. solve problems but became very powerful and greedy. |
| Thomas Nast | political cartoonist who helped catch tweed |
| social gospel movement | preached salvation thru service to the poor. inspired some to erect churches and some employers to be nicer to their employees |
| Jane Adams | heled found the hull house. she also prevented certain children from becoming criminals |
| Vaudville | performances including dancing song slapstick comedy and chorus lines |
| urban problems | housing sanitation transportation fire crime water |
| strike | work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond to demands led to violence and they sometimes got what they wanted |
| closed shop | a company that hires only union members |
| Open shop | a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union |
| Arbritation | a person who helps solve a disput between workers and the management |
| melting pot theory | everyone is going to assimilate and form one american identity |
| salad bowl theory | every one mixes together to form one american identity but practices their own cultures at home |
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