Chapter 15-Urban America Flashcards
(33 cards)
Immigrants were required to undergo _____ when arriving at Ellis Island.
medical exams
The _____ prevented many Asians from becoming citizens in the late 1800s.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Most immigrants who came to American cities and worked in factories believed ____
that their lives had significantly improved from their lives in their native countries
_____ believed that individuals should be motivated to improving their selves and their own societies.
Social Darwinists
After _____ most immigrants to the US were from South and East Europe
1880s
in the 1860s, most Chinese immigrants were working for ___
western railroads
Most _____ opposed immigrants because the would work for low wages
labor unions
Before 1880s, most mass transit systems in cities were ____.
horse car systems
_____ were able to move most mass transit systems underground.
Subways
most inhabitants of streetcar suburbs were from the ____ class.
middle class
_____ was a corrupt leader of Tammany Hall Political Machine in New York City in the 1860s.
William Marcy Tweed
The Gospel of Wealth was _____’s belief that the wealth were supposed to use their fortunes for the benefit of all society.
Andrew Carnegie
In many large cities like Chicago, the _____ were the social hubs of society and politics.
Saloons
Most immigrants tended to settle in ____ within many large cities where they retained close relationships with their cultures
Ethnic Neighborhoods
_____ wanted to limit immigration to America
nativists
____ was the most famous political machine
Tammany Hall
_____ provided new city immigrants with jobs, housing, protections in exchange for political support in elections.
political machines
_____ is the belief that you can use your talents to improve yourself in society both socially and economically
individualism
____ were the organization that helped the urban poor
salvation army
many of the urban poor lived in ____
tenement houses
_____ was a promoter of public libraries
Andrew Carnegie
Frank Lloyd Wright’s job was ___
an architect
Hannah Hayye was an example of _____.
an immigrant from poland
William Sumner was a ____
professor who believed in the capitalist system
