New Chapter 15 Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Mark Twain

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Coined it

“Glittering on the surface but occurped underneath

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Golden door

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The promise of a better life

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3
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Emma Lazarus

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American poet

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Ethic islands

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Communities where poor people lived

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5
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Melting point theory

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Give up cultures and blend in

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Nativism

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Was an anti-immigration movement that swept through America

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The American Party

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Political party designed to restrict and stop immigration

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NINA signs

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No Irish need apply

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9
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Chinese Exclusion act

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Stopped Chinese immigrants for 30 years

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10
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Gentlements Agreement

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Limited the number of Japanese immigrants to America

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Immigration Act of 1917

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Required them to be able to read or write before they could enter the country

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Urbanization Of America

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Movement of people from the rural / country to the urban/city

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Middle class

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Row houses

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Rich

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Huge homes

Haves extreme wealth

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15
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Sweatshops

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Factories in the clothing industry

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16
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Steerage class

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Lowest deck

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17
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Horace Mann

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Education reform

Father of modern public education

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18
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Suffragette

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Women who fought for the right to vote

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19
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Strike

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Stoppage of work (only weapon)

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20
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Unions

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Organized to protect workers right (better wages hours safer working conditions child labor laws

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Hull horse

22
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Salvation Army

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William Booth

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YMCA

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Founder George a Williams

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Settlement houses

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Communities centers that provided services to the poor

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Preached salvation through service to the poor
Social Gospel movement
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Washington Gladden
Founder of the social gospel movement
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Jacob Riis
A social reformer journalist photographer exposed to the society how the other half lived Muckraker
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Political machines
An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in the city by providing services to people and businesses in exchange for vote
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Graft
Illegal use of political influence for personal gain- money
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Most infamous political machine was
Tammany Hall
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"Tweed Ring"
By William Tweed | Boss tweed
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Robber barons
Big business
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Thomas Nast
Cartoonist | Journalist
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Railroads
Were the "linchpin" (connected America)
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Monopolies
Single seller controls all
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Cornelius Vanderbitt
Railroads
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Andrew Carnegie
Steel
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John D Rockefeller
Oil
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Jp Morgan
Banking
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Henry Ford
Automobile
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Economic growth was fueled by 3 things
Wealth from the war Modern machinery Unlimited workforce
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Dumbbell Tenements
Multi family dwellings - overcrowded
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Urban problems name 5
``` Sanitation Crime Water Housing Fire ```
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Immigration contributions | Name 2
Provided works for the industrialization of America | Creative entrepreneurial talents
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Assimilate
To fit in | Give up culture
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They were welcomed by the
Stature of Liberty
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Immigrates why did the come ??
Escape poverty
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Haves
Rich
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Have nots
Poor
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Name 4 characteristics
Greed scandal and corruption Unprecedented economic growth exploded Modern industrial economy Mass immigration