hanging someone from a tree as a means of intimidation
What is lynching?
100
This group was considered the natural ally of political machines.
Who are immigrants?
100
White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, English speaking immigrants who arrived in the United States prior to 1890.
Who are OLD immigrants?
100
Growth of cities
What is Urbanization?
200
exposed the conditions of the poor through pictures
Who is Jacob Riis?
200
Any type of unethical or illegal use of political influence for personal gain.
What is Graft?
200
New York City Political Machine
What was Tammany Hall?
200
Immigrants from South and Eastern Europe who were Catholic and Jewish, spoke many languages, looked different from old immigrants, and arrived in the U.S. after 1890.
Who are NEW immigrants?
200
used to help end ballot stuff/corruption in voting
What is the secret ballot?
300
Gave the Cross of Gold speech and became the Democratic candidate for president.
Who is William Jennings Bryan
300
Term referring to the ethnic mix of peoples that combine to make one common culture.
What is the Melting Pot?
300
This shape represents the organization of a political machine with local precinct captains at the bottom, ward bosses in the middle, and city bosses at the top.
What is a pyramid?
300
Where new immigrants arriving and were processed on the west coast of the U.S.
What is Angel Island?
300
used to build housing for the growing urban population
What is steel?
400
wrote the Gospel of Wealth
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
400
covered in gold on the outside but cheap material inside
What is gilded ?
400
Leader of of Tammany Hall and the Tweed Ring
Who is William Marcy Tweed or Boss Tweed?
400
Place through which immigrants arriving on the east coast of the U.S. pass before gaining entry to the U.S.
What is Ellis Island?
400
1800's Cable cars, electric streetcars, and electric subways
What is public transportation?
500
won the Election of 1896 against William Jennings Bryan
Who is William McKinley?
500
Long narrow, five or six story building with an indentation on either side to allow for an air shaft and, thus, an outside window for each room.
What is a Dumbbell Tenement?
500
Political cartoonist whose cartoons helped to bring down the Tweed Ring and Boss Tweed
Who is Thomas Nast?
500
Native-born Americans who reject immigrants and work to restrict immigration.
Who is a Nativist?
500
Was suppose to solve the problem of patronage and corruption in politics