Ch 7, Sec 1-3 Flashcards
(30 cards)
European immigration cause
Wanted to escape religious prosecution
Job opportunities factory
Overpopulation
European immigration effect
Anti immigrant groups and laws
Lots of jobs in America better lives for immigrants
Asian immigration cause
Job opportunities mining Nativism Railroads Scarce work Gold rush
Asian immigration effect
Work was scarce, political pressure
Anti immigration groups and laws
Anti immigration groups and laws cause
Asian and European immigration
Concerned about jobs
Anti immigration groups and laws effects
Chinese exclusion act
Gentlemens agreement
Segregation
Nativism
Chinese exclusion act cause
Native born feared jobs would go to Chinese who accepted lower wages
Work scarce, political pressure
Chinese exclusion act effect
Chinese immigration was restricted
The law was not repealed until 1943
Gentlemens agreement cause
Segregated Japanese children in seperate schools
Japanese raised angry protests
Gentle mans agreement effect
Limited emigration of unskilled workers, in exchange for repeal of segregation order
Americanization movement
Assimilate people of different cultures into dominant culture
Sponsored by gov and concerned citizens
Taught immigrants
Although many immigrants didn’t want to abandon traditions
Housing solution
Row houses
Tenements
Passed law for standard plumbing and ventilation
What was wrong with tenements
Multi family dwellings were overcrowded and unsanitary
People dumped garbage in air shaft
Transportation solution
Mass transits
Street cars
Electric subways
Struggled to repair and build the transit systems
What are mass transits
Transportation systems designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes
Water and sanitation solution
Public water works to handle increasing demand
Filtration and chlorination
Scavengers were hired to clean streets, collect garbage and clean houses
Sewer lines and sanitation departments
Crime and fire solution
Salaried police force, but too small for impact on crime
First paid firedepartment
Practical automatic fire sprinkler
Replaced wood with stone and brick m
Poverty solution
Immigrants needed help, went to settlement houses for help
Settlement houses
Privately run by wealthy people, helped immigrants learn and let them stay for a few nights or until got jobs
Founded by Jane Adams
Political machine
An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city
Political machine characteristics
Offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support, helped immigrants by giving them jobs and money in exchange for votes
What did the pyramid jobs do
City boss-controlled activities of political parties throughout cities
Ward boss-worked to secure votes in precinct
Local precinct workers and captains-tried to secure voters reported to ward boss
Examples of political machine
Boss tweed, led corrupt politicians
Built county courthouse for 13 million, when it only cost 3
Thomas Nast artist ended it
Graft
The illegal use of political influence project for the city
