Immigration
Poverty, war, and famine are all examples of these.
Push factors
These groups were formed in order to get workers rights like better pay and better working conditions.
Unions
This woman started Hull House, a settlement home that gave poor mothers day care and immigrants English classes.
Jane Addams
Pull factor
An example of this type of source is diary, letter, or speech.
Primary source
America had an open immigration policy for this reason.
Businesses needed cheap labor.
This gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This president was known as a "trustbuster" for his work breaking up monopolies.
Theodore Roosevelt
This theory of immigration states that immigrants should adopt American ways.
Melting Pot Theory
Compulsory education laws were passed during the Progressive Era to put an end to this.
This theory of immigration says that immigrants should be allowed to keep their old culture while living in America.
Mixing Bowl Theory
This group was formed by W.E.B. Dubois to work on gaining full equality for African-Americans.
NAACP
This muckraker exposed the corruption of Boss Tweed with political cartoons.
Thomas Nast
This was the processing station for immigrants on the East Coast.
Ellis Island
This term refers to events that were happening at a certain time.
Historical context
These laws put a limit on the amount of immigrants that could come from each country.
Quota Acts
These types of elections allow party members to choose who they want to run for their party.
Direct primaries
This muckraker exposed the conditions of tenements by taking photographs.
Jacob Riis
This workplace accident in 1911 killed 146 people, leading to improved standards in factories and fire safety.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
These are people that fight for the right to vote.
Suffragist
An immigrant that wants to enter this country legally (and work and go to school in the U.S. temporally) must have this type of document.
Visa
These types of elections allow voters to vote directly on a bill that might become a law.
Referendums
This muckraker exposed the business practices of Standard Oil in her book A History of Standard Oil.
Ida Tarbell
Recalls and the Seventeenth Amendment are two examples of these.
Voting reforms that gave people a greater voice
This refers to the location of a country, state, or region.
Geographical context