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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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When and where did the Brooklyn Bridge open?

A

1883 in New York

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2
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Who founded Chicago’s Hull House?

A

Jane Addams

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3
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Name a woman’s college

A

Bryn Mawr

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4
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What provided medical care?

A

Settlement houses

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5
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What gave federal land for education and provided funds for land-grant colleges?

A

The Morrill Act

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6
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Who was a poet?

A

Emma Lazarus

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7
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What were urban apartment slums?

A

Tenements

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8
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Who was a regionalist writer?

A

Mark Twain

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9
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What were tenements?

A

Urban apartment slums where many immigrants lived

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10
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What is an African American college?

A

Howard University

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11
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What required that immigrants be able to read and write in some language?

A

The Immigration Act of 1917

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12
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What does it mean to leave a person’s homeland?

A

To emigrate

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13
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List two things that caused people to emigrate

A

Economic troubles and persecution

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14
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What were the site of middle class housing called?

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Suburbs

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15
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Who was an impressionist painter?

A

Mary Cassatt

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16
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What was the first law passed to limit immigration?

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The Chinese Exclusion Act

17
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How long did it take immigrants to cross the Atlantic Ocean?

A

12 days

18
Q

Who was the founder of the Tuskegee Institute?

A

Booker T. Washington

19
Q

What is an example of a sweatshop?

A

A clothing factory

20
Q

It took several week for immigrants to cross what ocean to the United States?

A

The Pacific Ocean

21
Q

Who invented moving pictures?

A

Thomas Edison

22
Q

What were the beginning of today’s multi-million dollar film industry?

A

Nickelodeons

23
Q

What was a magazine published in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s that is still published today?

A

The Atlantic Monthly

24
Q

Booker T. Washington founded what?

A

Tuskegee Institute

25
Q

What were the lower decks of a ship?

A

Steerage

26
Q

Who was the American artist who painted stormy sea scenes?

A

Winslow Homer

27
Q

What did Jane Addams found?

A

Chicago’s Hull House

28
Q

What is Howard University?

A

An African American college

29
Q

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

A

It was the first law passed to limit immigration

30
Q

What did Thomas Edison invent?

A

Moving pictures

31
Q

What opened in -883 in New York?

A

The Brooklyn Bridge

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