Key Terms
A feeling of citizens who are against immigrants
What is Nativism
Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed here
What is Ellis Island
processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast
What is Angel Island
A movement of people within a country or area
What is migration
Muckrakers exposed people by
What is to show the plight of the unfortunate in hopes to make change/reform
To refuse work until certain demands, such as higher wages or better working conditions, are met
What is a strike
An apartment house with poor safety, sanitation, and comfort conditions
What is a tenement
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, political and social equality are all examples of...
What are pull factors
A writer who brings attention to corruption
Who are muckrakers
18th Amenedment to the constitution
What is the banning of selling, making, and distributing alcohol
The complete control of an industry by one company or person
A community set up and run by a company for its workers
What is a Company Town
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
What are push factors
A very tall building with many floors, elevators, and a steel frame
What is a skyscraper
President Wilson's reforms
What is any of these:
Lower tariffs, or taxes, on foreign goods
Wealthy people pay more tax
Rights of unions and workers are protected
A time period when making, selling, and transporting alcohol was unlawful in the U.S.
What is prohibition
A neighborhood where people of the same race, religion, or country live
What is a Ghetto
the Chinese Exclusion Act
What is Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the US for 10 years
Money paid to get someone to do something against the law
What is a bribe
One reason why temperance groups wanted to make alcohol illegal
What was any of these things:
was a major cause of corruption in society
"saloon behavior" led to immoral acts by many husbands and fathers
believed workers would become more responsible and work more efficiently if not suffering from the effects of alcohol
A system that includes most government workers who are appointed rather than elected
What is civil service
This was the first state to grant women the right to vote
What is Wyoming
Which of these people gained political power by taking advantage of immigrants
Who is William "Boss" Tweed
Feelings against people because of their skin color
What is racism
Name of the movie we watched
What is the Suffragette