immigrants
Urban life
Politics
Segregation
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100
Medical examinations faced immigrants as they entered
What is Ellis Island
100
Idea that religious faith should be expressed through good works
What is social gospel
100
The platform which called for an income tax, bank regulation, government ownership of the railroads, and free silver
What is populist party
100
Strict rules of behavior that governed teh interactions of white and black americans
What is racial etiquette
100
Founder of "Hull House"
What is Jane adams
200
Group of individuals from eastern and southern europe who came to this country during the late 1800s
What is New immigrants
200
Most working class americans living in the city lived in horrible run down apartment buildings
What is tenements
200
political machines exchanged economic favors for what purpose
What is votes
200
laws that descriminate against african americans
What is Jim crow
200
the murder of an individual usually by hanging
What is lynching
300
City organizations that helped with jobs, healthcare, or education
What is benevolent societies
300
Jobs in accounting, clerical and managerial work, make up this group of city dwellers
What is middle class
300
law that requires promotions to be based on merit and not political connections
What is Pendleton civil service act
300
System where the workers are tied to their jobs until they can pay
What is debt peonage
300
In 1877 the Supreme Court declared that state legislatures did have the right to regulate businesses that involved the public intrest
What is Munn V. Illinois
400
1882 law passed by congress to be immigrant for 10 years
What is Chinese Exclusion Act
400
place where urban women taught immigrants skills to help themselves out of poverty
What is Settlement house
400
law that made railroad rates fair for all customers
What is ICC
400
The practice of segregation was upheld by the Supreme Court in this 1896 case
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
400
Group of Republicans who favor the spoil system
What is stalwarts
500
the cheapest way to travel to american in crowded and unsanitary conditions
What is steerage
500
Because of the wealthy, the time period from 1870s-1890s is known as,
What is The Gilded age
500
The scandal that rocked the Grant administration when it was found out that 23million went into the pockets of the Vice President, and Congress
What is Credit mobilier
500
Founded the Tuskegee Institute to each practical skills
What is Booker T. Washington
500
The most notorious political machine-used his position to rake in riches for himself and his friends
What is Tammy Hall-William Tweed
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