Arriving in a New Land:
Who were immigrants from Northern Europe known as?
a. Old Immigrants.
b. New Immigrants.
A, Old Immigrants.
What are tenements?
Tenements are poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings.
What is another name for a giant retail shop?
A department store.
Who patented the safety elevator?
Elisha Otis.
What are residential neighborhoods outside of downtown areas?
Suburbs.
Describe steerage. Where was it? What where the conditions in steerage? Why did immigrants travel in steerage?
Steerage was an area below deck near the rudder. Steerage was hot, smelly, and cramped. Immigrants traveled in steerage because it was inexpensive.
True or False: Children didn't learn American customs as quickly than their parents.
False, Children learned American customs more quickly than their parents.
Name one effect of the demand for public entertainment in the United States. Give one example.
Amusement Parks. An example is Coney Island.
Christopher Sholes invented what?
The typewriter.
Workplaces of long hours and unhealthy working conditions were known as what?
Sweatshops.
Who was the first immigrant to be processed into the United States through Ellis Island?
Annie Moore Schayer.
Italian Immigrant Amadeo Peter Giannini started the Bank of Italy in San Francisco. What did this bank later grow to become?
The Bank of America.
What is mass culture?
Mass culture can be described as leisure and cultural activities shared by many people.
What was Thomas Alva Edison known as?
The "Wizard of Menlo Park" (NJ).
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act? How long was it in place?
The Chinese Exclusion Act banned Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years.
Fill in the blank:
Laws limited immigration from China. Only Chinese whose ??? were ??? could enter the country.
Laws limited immigration from China. Only Chinese whose fathers were U.S. citizens could enter the country.
What are benevolent societies?
Benevolent societies are aid organizations that were designed to offer immigrants help in cases of sickness, unemployment, or death.
What was the Lino-type invention?
It was an automatic typesetting machine that greatly reduced the time and cost of printing.
Who invented the shoe-making machine?
Jan Matzeliger.
What are settlement houses?
Neighborhood centers in poor areas that offered education, recreation, and social activities.
Who settled in the South-west after they came to the United States.
Mexican Immigrants.
What was the language spoken by Jewish Immigrants from central and eastern Europe?
Yiddish.
Who designed Central Park?
Frederick Law Olmstead.
What did Granville T. Woods invent?
He created the ability to send telegraph messages between railroad trains.
What was Hull House?
The most famous settlement house of the 1800's period.