immigrants
Which immigrant religion would LEAST likely encounter prejudice?
Protestant
Rural-to-urban migration was motivated by....
steady employment in the city
Run down apartments where immigrants lived.
Tenement
purchasing goods for the purpose of impressing others
conspicuous consumerism
travel accommodations for immigrants traveling to America
steerage
What is 1 push factor and 1 pull factor?
famine, war and revolution, no land, no jobs, persecution
jobs, family already here, freedoms, land
Americanization programs for new immigrants can be found at....
settlement houses
Crime was rampant during urbanization. What was one way police could control crime?
brutal interrogations, mug shots
Nickname of the last decades of the 19th century
Gilded Age
At processing centers immigrants legal standing and ____ were examined.
medical condition
Angel Island and Ellis Island
Thomas Nast help to expose which corrupt politician?
Which nationality often were the targets of nativist sentiments?
Irish
shows with a variety of acts
vaudeville
The French gifted us what symbol?
The Statue of Liberty
What movement was used to help assimilate immigrants?
Americanization
Name 2 social trends of the city.
Newspapers, vaudeville, nickelodeons, sporting events, wild west shows, consumerism....
As cities grew, there was a demand for services. Name two.
Police, firefighters, sewers, clean water...
sensational newspaper publisher (either one)
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
High tariffs were supported by which political group?
Republicans
What is one difference and one similarity between "old" and "new' immigrants?
1840-1880; 1880-1910
skilled; unskilled
assimilate; resisted assimilation
Protestants; Jews, Orthodox
N and E Europe and Asia; S and E Europe
ethnic neighborhoods
city and country; city
Some people could move to the perimeter of the city. How was this possible?
Mass transit
What was the nickname of the sanitation workers in NYC?
White Ducks
Inventor of the safety elevator
Elisha Otis
What was the name of Tweed's political machine?
Tammany Ring