Chapter 13 Section 1,2,& 3

Question 1

the cheapest accomodations on a steamship

Answer 1

steerage

Question 2

an anti-immigrant oragnization

Answer 2

American Protective Assocation

Question 3

caused an increase in Chinese immigration

Answer 3

Taiping Rebellion

Question 4

location of a barracks in California to accommmodate Asian immigrants

Answer 4

Angel Island

Question 5

an extreme dislike for foreighners by native-born people

Answer 5

Nativism

Question 6

Nativism in the late 1800s was focused on Asians Jews, and ________________

Answer 6

Eastern Europeans

Question 7

By the 1890s, immigrants made up a significant percentage of some of the country’s largest ________________

Answer 7

cities

Question 8

Where did many Chinese immigrants settle?

Answer 8

Western Cities

Question 9

What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens?

Answer 9

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 10

The processing center for the vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast was at ______________

Answer 10

Ellis Island

Question 11

In the late 1980’s what percentage of immigrants in the US came from eastern and southern Europe?

Answer 11

over %50

Question 12

Why did immigrants move to the US?

Answer 12

1. to escape poverty and the restrictions of social class 2. avoid forced military service High food prices,religious persecution, live under democratic government

Question 13

The voyage to the US was very difficult and many immigrants booked passage in ___________

Answer 13

steerage

Question 14

At the end of the 14 day journey, immigrants disembarked at _____________

Answer 14

Ellis Island

Question 15

Immigrants made up large percentage of the population of major cities including…

Answer 15

New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit

Question 16

Who observed the large number of different ethnic groups in NYC?

Answer 16

Jacob Riis

Question 17

What caused the Chinese to migrate to the US

Answer 17

The Taiping Rebellion

Question 18

Why did the Japanese migrate to the US

Answer 18

Economic problems in Japan

Question 19

California opened a barracks for Asian immigrants that was called what>

Answer 19

Angel Island

Question 20

Why did Nativism oppose immigration?

Answer 20

The feared the influx of Catholics would swamp the “protestant” US. Labor Unions argued that immigrants would undermine American workers because they would work for lower wages, and except jobs as strikebreakers

Question 21

What was a well known anti-immigration organization?

Answer 21

American Protective Association

Question 22

Who organized the workingman’s party?

Answer 22

Denis Kearney

Question 23

In 1882 Congress passed what act that put restrctions on immigrations?

Answer 23

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 24

What city did the board of education order all Asian children to attend segregated schools?

Answer 24

San Fransisco

Question 25

Theodore Roosevelt proposed a deal known as.....

Answer 25

the Gentleman's Agreement

Question 26

Why were rural Americans moving to cities in the early 1900s?

Answer 26

they lacked money for farms, and education for higher paying jobs

Question 27

What new type of building became more common in the early 1900s?

Answer 27

Skyscrapers

Question 28

Louis Sullivan is famous for creating what new structure?

Answer 28

Skyscrapers

Question 29

In 1887, who developed the nation's first electric trolley car?

Answer 29

Frank J. Sprague

Question 30

Name on of the two cities that built the nation's first subway system?

Answer 30

Boston and New York

Question 31

A low income apartment building found in an inner city neighborhood was known as a what?

Answer 31

Tenements

Question 32

Name Danish immigrant who wrote the book How the Other Half LIves

Answer 32

Jacob Riis

Question 33

Name the powerful New York City party boss who defended "Honest Graft"

Answer 33

George Plunkitt

Question 34

Name the New York City democratic political party machine?>

Answer 34

Tammany Hall

Question 35

Were most political machines and bosses fair and honest?

Answer 35

NO

Question 36

an informal political group designed to gain and keep power

Answer 36

Political Machine

Question 37

INvented the electric trolley car

Answer 37

Frank J. Sprague

Question 38

documented slum life in the book How the Other Half Lives

Answer 38

Jacob Riis

Question 39

a railroad car pulled by horses

Answer 39

horsecar

Question 40

tall steel frame building

Answer 40

skyscrapers

Question 41

What was the famous New York Democratic political machine called?

Answer 41

Tammany Hall

Question 42

No one contributed more to the design of skyscrapers than Chicago's ________

Answer 42

Louis Sullivan

Question 43

America's industrialization made some people wealthy and created a growing _________

Answer 43

middle class

Question 44

In response to urban congestion, Boston and New York built the first....

Answer 44

subway systems

Question 45

Who rose to become on of New York's most powerful party bosses

Answer 45

George Plunkitt

Question 46

Who wrote the novel, The Guilded Age?

Answer 46

Mark Twain and Charles Warner

Question 47

One of the strongest beliefs during the guilded age was that of...

Answer 47

Individualism

Question 48

Who wrote more than 100 stories of rags to riches?

Answer 48

Horatio Alger

Question 49

Another powerful idea during the guilded era was....

Answer 49

Social Darwinism

Question 50

Who developed Social Darwinism?

Answer 50

Herbert Spencer

Question 51

Who created a gentler version of Social Darwinism, and called it the Gospel of Wealth

Answer 51

Andrew Carnegie

Question 52

The Gospel of Wealth philosophy said wealthy americans should engage in....

Answer 52

philanphropy

Question 53

A new movement in art and literature was called....

Answer 53

Realism

Question 54

Who was Americas best known painter of realism?

Answer 54

Thomas Edkins

Question 55

Who were two famous writers from the realism era

Answer 55

William Dean Howells, and Mark Twain

Question 56

What things became popular?

Answer 56

Saloons, amusement parks, watching professional sports, playing tennis, golf and croquet, vaudeville and ragtime

Question 57

Rutherford B. Hayes tried to end what when he entered office?

Answer 57

Patronage

Question 58

What were people who supported Patronage called?

Answer 58

stulwarts

Question 59

What were people who opposed patronage called?

Answer 59

halfbreeds

Question 60

When james. A. Garfield became president and was assassinated, the public opinion turned against the spoils system and congress passed the...

Answer 60

Pendelton Act

Question 61

In the 1884 election who was the Democratic nominee?

Answer 61

Grover Cleveland

Question 62

IN the 1884 election who was the Republican nominee?

Answer 62

James Blain

Question 63

were americans concerned with corporations?

Answer 63

Yes

Question 64

In 1887, Cleveland signed the what that created the ICC and set railway restrictions?

Answer 64

INterstate Commerce Act

Question 65

Grover Cleveland wanted to lower what?

Answer 65

tariffs

Question 66

What lowered federal income revenue causing a budget deficit?

Answer 66

McKinley Tariff

Question 67

Congress passed what in 1890, but had little impact?

Answer 67

Sherman Anti-trust Act

Question 68

Who published Progress and Poverty, a book that challenged Social Darwinism?

Answer 68

Henry George

Question 69

Who published Dynamic Sociology?

Answer 69

Lester Frank Ward

Question 70

Ward's ideas became known as what?

Answer 70

Reform Darwinism

Question 71

Who published Looking Backwards?

Answer 71

Edward Bellamy

Question 72

Criticism of industrial society also appeared in the new style of writing known as...

Answer 72

Naturalism

Question 73

Name famous naturalis writers

Answer 73

Stephan Crane, Jack London

Question 74

Who opened a famous settlement house in Chicago?

Answer 74

jane Addams

Question 75

What were children in schools essentially taugh?

Answer 75

Americanization (learning English + customs)