Urbanization and Immigration
the growth of cities
urbanization
American pioneers of aviation; piloted the first successful gas powered airplane flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright
The Wright Brothers
a tax on imports
tariff
multi-family urban dwelling
tenement
free government delivery of mail and packages to homes in rural areas
Rural Free Delivery (RFD)
an island in the San Francisco Bay that was an entry point for many Asian immigrants
Angel Island
American scientist who used his research to improve agriculture to feed a large population
George Washington Carver
the non-military branches of government administration
civil service
community center that addressed problems in slum neighborhoods
settlement houses
this activity gave women more independence
bicycling
favoring the interests of native born people over foreign born people
nativism
American landscape architect; designed Central Park
Frederick Law Olmstead
an officeholder's power to appoint people, usually those who have helped him or her get elected, to positions in government
patronage
program to assimilate people of wide-ranging cultures into American culture
Americanization movement
Mark Twain
a negative condition, event, or hardship at a person's current location that pressures, compels, or forces them to emigrate or leave
push factor
invented flexible film and marketed the Kodak Camera
George Eastman
a group that controls a political party and offers services and businesses in exchange for political and financial support
political machine
the ability of families to move into a higher social class
social mobility
journalist and publisher of the New York Morning Journal and the San Francisco Examiner; famous for including exaggerated stories in his papers
William Randolph Hearst
a 1907-1908 agreement between the US and Japanese governments to limit immigration to the United States
Gentlemen's Agreement
journalist and publisher of the New York World; pioneered the Sunday edition, comics, sports, and women's news to sell papers
Joseph Pulitzer
law that established a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to government jobs by means of the merit system
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Jacob Riis' book that exposed the living conditions of the poor
How the Other Half Lives
a school of philosophical thought developed in the US that aimed to reconcile the tensions between science, morality, and religion
pragmatism