Immigration
Place through which immigrants arriving on the east coast of the U.S. pass before gaining entry to the U.S.
Ellis Island
Describe tenement life
Apartments where immigrants lived in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions
Progressives believed in the importance of..
The public interest
What is a muckraker?
A journalist that wanted to expose corruption and abuses in industry and government
What was the Square Deal?
A program proposed by Teddy Roosevelt that conserved natural resources, controlled corporate greed, and protected consumers.
What is the name of the political machine in NYC? Who was the leader?
Tammany Hall/ Boss Tweed
What is the message of this excerpt and where can it be found?
“Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free/The wretched refuse of your teeming shore/Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me/I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
-Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus”
American Dream/Statue of Liberty
List FIVE problems in cities
Disease
Crime
Pollution
Overcrowding
Poverty
Community worker that founded Chicago’s Hull House
Jane Addams
Who wrote “The Jungle”
Upton Sinclair
What was a nickname for President Roosevelt?
EXPLAIN WHY
Trust Buster because Roosevelt broke up bad monopolies (trusts)
This law was enacted to regulate competition and prohibit monopolies
Sherman Antitrust Act
This 1882 act that prevented one group of immigrants from entering this country
Chinese Exclusion Act
What act was supposed to stop the problem of patronage and corruption in politics?
Pendleton Act
This persons' fathers' business was closed down by Rockefeller. She exposed the oil industry and wrote a book called History of Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell
I am best known for my photographs of people living in New York Cities poorest slums. Who am I?
What was the cause of the Conservation movement during the Progressive Era?
The destruction of natural resources/protecting our natural resources
This person exposed the corruption in city politics and wrote the book Shame of the Cities.
Lincoln Steffens
Fear and prejudice towards immigrants is known as
Nativism
Compare populations of “old immigrants” to “new immigrants”
Where did they come from?
OLD: Northern & Western Europe (Ireland/Germany)
NEW: Eastern & Southern Europe (Italy/Greece/Russia)
How did urbanization impact farmers? (Think: problems)
High cost of goods
Natural disasters
Debt
High cost of shipping
Over production
I love to express my opinion using Political Cartoons! William "Boss" Tweed was a favorite target of mine! Who am I?
Thomas Nast
Outrage over the Jungle led to the passage of what legislation?
The Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act
What is the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Amendment?
16th: Income tax
17th: Direct election of Senators by voters
18th: Prohibition
19th: Women's right to vote