Drinking this (1) caused many diseases, like typhoid, and were caused by this (2).
What is 1. polluted water and 2. Sewage and garbage
100
Although now seen as corrupt, this was a popular form of politics during the time. It involved giving bribes, threatening opponents, and guaranteeing benefits to those who showed support.
What is machine politics
100
What were homosexual couples referred to at the beginning of the 19th C.？
a. New York Marriages
b. Boston Marriages
c. Canadian Couples
d. Hawaiian Hooplas
What are "Boston Marriages"
100
Which two centuries were the Gilded Age a part of?
What is the 19th and early 20th Century
200
Disliking foreigners
What is nativism
200
Jane Addams created the first one of these in an effort to help displaced single women find jobs, job training, housing, etc.
An example of this is Hull House
What are settlement houses
200
A highly organized political structure (based in New York) which played a major role in controlling city politics
What is Tammany Hall
200
This gastronomical ID term refers to the assimilation of different cultures over time.
What is melting pot
200
Often substandard and overcrowded, many European immigrants lived in these throughout Northeastern cities
What is tenement housing
300
A plan to renovate cities to include new parks and buildings. Cities became more economically efficient, as well as beautiful.
What is "City Beautiful"
300
Name 3 problems faced by many immigrants from 1877-1920.
What is
1. Finding housing in the inner city
2. Assimilating to American culture
3. Dealing with discrimination
300
What were the goals of civic reformers?
What is to weaken bosses' power bases in the neighborhoods?
300
Many people practiced this in an effort to curb homelessness and find shelter
What is residential boarding
300
Why did the national birth rate decline in the 19th century?
What is because
1. The US was becoming an urban nation, and it was hard for children to contribute to income
2. Infant mortality fell
3. Smaller families=better quality of life
4. Birth control technology