Chapter 13 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Multifamily apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barley meeting minimum living standards.
Tenements.
Multi-story steel framed buildings.
Skyscrapers.
Law barring Chinese immigration into the U.S. and denying and Chinese currently living in the U.S. Citizenship.
Chinese Exclusion Act.
Immigrant processing station located in San Francisco, California. Where Asian immigrants entered the U.S.
Angel Island.
Island located in New York Harbor that acted as an immigrant processing station for people arriving from Europe.
Ellis Island.
Relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, religious, or cultural background.
Ethnic groups.
One who enters an becomes established in a country other than their original nationality.
Immigrant.
Extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people.
Nativism.
The person in control of a political machine.
Ex: “Boss” Tweed
Party Boss.
Known as the first skyscraper and was located in Chicago, Illinois.
Home insurance building.
Cramped quarters on a ship’s lower decks for passengers paying the lowest fares.
Steerage.
By the late 1890’s more that half of all immigrants entering the U.S. Where from these areas in Europe.
Southern and Eastern Europe.
Vowed not to hire or vote for Irish Catholics and eventually all Catholics.
American Protective Association.
Getting money through dishonest or questionable means.
Graft.
Corrupt party boss arrested for 120 counts of fraud and extortion.
William Boss Tweed
An informal agreement between the U.S. And Japan regarding immigration and segregation.
Gentlemen’s Agreement.
- Lived in cramped tenements.
- Whole family worked
- Long hours/low wages
- Annual income $445
Lower Class
Working Class
- Could afford homes outside city (suburbs)
- Better quality clothes
- Women rarely worked
- Could afford luxuries
Middle Class
- Could afford mansions and servants
- Men worked in businesses(white collar)
- Clothing expensive
- Could afford leisure time activities
Upper Class
High Society
An organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government.
Political Machine.
