History

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Old immigration

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1840-1880, northern and Western Europe, German and Irish immigrants

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New immigration

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1860-1920, southern and Eastern Europe , Irish Italian, Poland, and Russian immigrants

Question 3

4 immigration groups

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Chinese, Mexican, Italian, and European Jews

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Mexican

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Didn’t go through Ellis and Angel Island, but instead came to America by foot They did not need money or passports

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Chinese

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they left to go to the california gold rush. They traveled through steerage, but were discriminated and kicked out of america

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Italian

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Italians- left because of the potato famon, most traveled in steerage. Arrived poor and educated

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European Jews

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left because of the horrible treatment from Russians. Most traveled in steerage. They arrived uneducated, poor, but had many skills so finding work was easy

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Nativism

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Policy of favoring native born citizens

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Assimilation

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Happened with kids at school needing to fit in

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Settlement houses

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Provided services for immigrants and others with little money

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Tenements

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Poorly built, over crowded apartment buildings

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Progressivism

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Movement of reform in US from 1890-1920

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What is a muckracker

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Journalist that dug up awful things and exposed them

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4 muckrakers

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Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis

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Upton Sinclair

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He exposed the meat packing industry and how they were selling unsanitary, rotten meat. He wrote a book called The Jungle telling all about this

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Jacob Riis

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He exposed the lives of immigrants In tenement houses

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Lincoln Steffens

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He exposed local gov. Corruption

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Populist party

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Election year-1892
Candidate-james weaver

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Populist party platform

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regulates buisnesses and monopolies

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Booker T Washington

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Born into slavery moved to W Virginia. Believed in industrial education. Wanted things to be earned, not demanded

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WEB Dubois

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Wanted immediate rights for African Americans. Founder of NAACP

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Marcus Garvey

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Born in Jamaica. Founded UNIA. Supports back to Africa movement and thinks only way AA can get rights is by moving back to Africa. Created black star line to get blacks back to Africa

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Robert la Follette

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“Fighting bob” ran for county district attorney, party leader didnt support him. Fought for many progressive reforms including worker rights, women suffrage, and monopolies breakup.

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Direct Primary

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Party members choose candidates (not political bosses) Wisconsin idea

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Referendum

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Allowed voters to overturn an existing law

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Initiative

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Citizens can propose and pass laws by popular vote

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Recall

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Allowed voters to remove an elected official from office

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Why were child labor laws passed

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It was unfair and dangerous for children of such young age to work jobs

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Mother Jones

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Completely against child labor, organizer for united mine workers, fought for better working conditions

Question 30

Carry Nation

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Married to an alcoholic who died shortly after marriage. Then married minister David nation. She was known to carry a bible and a hatchet. She prayed outside saloons, then smashed them

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Susan B Anthony

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Founded national woman suffrage association with Elizabeth Candy Stanton

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Alice Paul

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National women’s party (NWP) combination of 2 suffrage groups. Used public protest marches. 1st to march w/ pickets signs outside White House. Hunger strike.

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Jeanette Rankin

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first woman in congress

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Trustbuster

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Did not trust

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Teddy Roosevelt

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Born in NY, 1858. Had severe asthma and poor eyesight as a child. Taught himself to box, hunt, and ride horses. Elected governor of NY, then vice pres. in 1901. Then youngest pres. in history. Supported public reforms.

Question 36

Three C’s

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corporations, conservation, consumer protection

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1902 coal strike

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They wanted better pay and 8 hour work day. Lasted months. They had a meeting in the White House w/ Roosevelt and agreed on an arbitration

Question 38

16th amendment

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Federal government set an income tax

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17th amendment

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direct election of senators by popular vote

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18th amendment

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sale of alcohol illegal

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Temperance

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ban sale of alcohol

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Prohibition

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ban alcohol

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Arbitration

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Settling the dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider

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Elkins act

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Levied heavy fines on companies that engaged in illegal rebating

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Pure food and drug act

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Banned selling of harmful food, required the accurate label for medicine and food

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Hepburn act

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Strengthened the interstate commerce commission. Allowed commission to set maximum rates, inspect companies books, and many transportation firms.

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Antiquities act

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President can protect public land

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Payne- Aldrich Tariff

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split the republicans

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Sherman anti trust act

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Trying to clean up what isn’t enforced and made trusts and monopolies illegal in interstate