Vocabulary
This term refers to separating or setting apart one group from another based on race or gender
What is segregation?
Most immigrants passed through this tiny island in New York Harbor on their way into the United States.
What is Ellis Island?
American industrialization expanded this group of workers who could now afford to live outside of the city.
Who is the middle-class?
This was the idea that no matter what your background, with commitment and hard work you could be successful & rise in society
What is individualism?
The "King of Ragtime"
Who is Scott Joplin?
This describes unjust treatment based on race, gender or age.
What is discrimination?
Labor Unions opposed immigrants because they argued that they hurt the American workers because they would work for this
What are low wages?
Their "clubs" were initially focused on social and educational activities but over time helped to address the growing urban problems.
Who were wealthy women?
"Survival of the fittest"
What is Social Darwinism?
Albert Einstein was a genius, but his brother Frank was this
What is a monster?
These multi-family apartments were often crowded and below minimum living standards
What are tenements?
This Act stopped Chinese immigration for 10 years in 1882.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
The two main problems of urban living in the late 1800's were these
What are crime and pollution?
He funded the creation of the public library system across the nation
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Mr. VanMetre's MIDDLE name
What is Dudley?
(Thank you Grand-daddy Jones)
This term refers to acquiring money in dishonest ways; as in bribing a politician
What is graft?
A "Push" factor as to why people left Europe to come to America
What is (poverty, wars, political oppression, religious persecution, population overcrowding)?
An informal political group that often controlled local government and provided jobs, housing and other necessities in exchange for votes
What is a political machine?
"YMCA" stands for this
What is the Young Men's Christian Association?
"Plessy vs. ________"
Who is Ferguson?
Hostility towards immigrants by native born people is referred to as this
What is nativism?
A "Pull" factor that attracted Europeans to come to America
What is (job opportunities, land, higher standard of living, Democratic political system)?
The name of the most infamous political machine in New York City
What is Tammany Hall?
The process of acquiring American traits and characteristics such as American history, the rule of law and culture
What is Americanization?
Sumo term meaning wrestler
What is a rikishi?