The people who arrived from northern European countries before 1860 were referred to as
Who are Old Immigrants
100
Early developer of department stores
Who is Marshall Field
100
Because of many railroad lines connecting in this city, it became the heart of America's trade in lumber, grain, and a huge meat packing industry
What is Chicago
100
Unaccustomed to manufacturing jobs, most immigrants had to accept manual labor jobs in small shops or mills in their own neighborhoods, often called
What are sweatshops
100
These Americans feared that too many immigrants might harm American society
What were nativists
200
After 1860 the new European immigrants arrived mostly from these two areas
What is southern and eastern Europe
200
Newspaper publisher of the New York World, he was the first to add color comic strips to his paper. He has a famous world prize named after him
Who is Joseph Pulitzer
200
One of a large city's solutions to overcrowded business areas was to build up instead of out, resulting in these types of buildings
What are skyscrapers
200
These overcrowded apartment buildings offered cheap housing to immigrant families
What tenements
200
This act of Congress banned Chinese people from immigration to the US for many years
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act
300
Cheap cabins on ships were available to passengers in this area of the ship, below deck.
What is steerage
300
The New York Journal publisher, he was another powerful businessman in New York city
Who is William Randolph Hearst
300
Public transportation like subways or elevated trains designed to move many people at the same time was called this
What is mass transit
300
These aid organizations were formed in some immigrant communities to help other families in cases of sickness, unemployment or a death.
What are benevolent societies
300
These neighborhood centers like Hull house in poor areas offered education, recreation and social activities
What are settlement houses
400
The main Government run immigration centers that received passengers from Europe and Asia were these two
What are Ellis Island and Angel Island
400
He designed a huge park right in the middle of New York city were crowded residents could relax and enjoy nature
Who is Frederick Law Olmsted
400
If you did well in business, you might make enough money to buy a house outside of the busy city area in these residential neighborhoods
What are the suburbs
400
Immigrants lived close together in communities where they started schools, stores, places of worship and clubs in order to preserve this
What is cultural heritage or customs
400
Immigrants began to be shaped into a new united culture of Americans as they lived and worked and shopped together, a process known as this
What is mass culture
500
Created by the US Industrial boom in the late 1800s, immigrants came to America for this main reason
What is job opportunities.
500
She became involved in housing safety and sanitation issues, factory inspection and immigrants' right, also opening a settlement house with her friend Florence Kelley.
Who was Jane Addams
500
Increasing populations in the cities caused many problems. List at least 6
What is disease, fire, crime, air and water pollution, unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation, lack of indoor plumbing, high infant death rates
500
Adapting to America meant that it was especially important for immigrant children to learn to speak this
What is English
500
A journalist and photographer in New York city, he became famous for exposing the horrible living conditions in tenements