Immigration
Things that encourage people to leave their country, such as: War and drugs, Disease, Pollution, Natural disaster, Religious persecution, No jobs/poverty, Racism, Forced migration (slavery)...
What is a push factor?
This Jewish-American leader founded the AFL.
Who is Samuel Gompers?
This movement aimed to improve life for the average citizen by reforming society.
What is the Progressive Movement?
This Jewish-American entrepreneur made jeans a fashion staple.
Who is Levi Strauss?
This statue was a beacon of freedom and hope for immigrants arriving in the U.S.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
Freedom, job opportunities, and better living conditions are examples of these factors.
What are pull factors?
The tragic event that rallied support for safer working conditions.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
These journalists exposed the bad practices of businesses.
Who are muckrakers?
This co-founder of the American Red Cross supported humanitarian efforts in the U.S.
Who is Adolphus Solomons?
This term describes people opposed to immigration.
What is a nativist?
This was Ellis Island's nickname for both hopeful and sorrowful reasons.
What is the Isle of Hope and Isle of Tears?
This act established minimum wage and restricted underage labor.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
This health reform act regulated food safety and production.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This family established New York’s Education Alliance.
Who is the Straus family?
This type of neighborhood formed as immigrants settled with people of similar cultural backgrounds.
What is an ethnic neighborhood?
The primary immigrant groups processed at Angel Island.
Who are Chinese and Japanese immigrants?
The ILGWU, the Cloakmakers Union and the United Hebrew Trades
What are famous Labor Strikes?
This amendment led to the era known as Prohibition.
What is the 18th Amendment?
Known for building New Orleans’ first public library and supporting the poor.
Who is Judah Touro?
This organization, led by Terence Powderly, supported labor rights.
What is the Knights of Labor?
Known as the "salad bowl theory," this concept describes cultural coexistence side. by side.
What is cultural pluralism?
A lawyer who created a negotiation strategy for garment workers and later served on the Supreme Court.
Who is Louis Brandeis?
She fought the Standard Oil Trust, inspiring antitrust laws.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
A Jewish philanthropist known for creating an iconic New York museum.
Who is Solomon Guggenheim?
This is the term for blending into a new culture, often by adopting its customs and language.
What is assimilation?