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What island processed and allowed/denied immigrants entry to the U.S.?
Ellis Island
What were some groups of people opposed to immigration in the U.S. and why?
labor unions, nativists, social Darwinism
This woman founded a settlement house named the Hull House in Chicago to help immigrants during the Gilded Age
Jane Addams
Which act prihibited Chinese laborers from immigrating toy the U.S. Due to pressure from labor unions?
How did the federal government use legislature during the time to restrict immigration?
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Contract Labor Law of 1885
Name this economic idealogoy in which the government has little to influence, this idealogy is expressed in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations
Laissez faire economics
This man was known for his use of the patronage system, he ran a political machine called Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
Based on Charles Darwin’s ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest, many in the U.S. applied this to immigrants stating that they were?
Simply inferior and unfit to have wealth
Name these monopolistic businesses that emerged in the late 19th century, which were fought by the name sake Sherman Anti ——- Acts
Trusts
Most new immigrants heading towards America during the Gilded Age originated from which areas or countries?
Southern & Eastern Europe, Italians, Greeks, Croats, Slovaks, Poles and Russians
Ideas of Social Darwinism were promoted by this English philosopher who believed natural selection should be applied to the marketplace
Herbert Spencer
This Congress had a speaker named Thomas B. Reed, they approved this namesake amount of money
Billion Dollar Congress
What were some of the leading factors causing immigration to the U.S. during the Gilded Age?
political & religious persecution, poverty for farmers due to mechanization of farm work, overcrowding and joblessness
Many advocates for social Darwinism believed that helping the poor would interfere with this
Name these two opposing political movements which believed in the spoils system and merit system respectively
Stalwarts (Conklingites) and Halfbreeds