Terms
Hostility towards immigrants.
Where did most immigrants arriving in the United States in the 1800s come from?
Europe
What attracted people to cities?
Better paying jobs.
What does it mean if something is gilded?
Looks great on the outside.
African American farmers who fled the south, moving west.
Exodusters
Movement to a new country which someone is not native to.
Immigration
Where were immigrants arriving on the east coast processed?
Ellis Island
Which societal class lived in tenements?
Working class.
During the late 1800s, farmers were hurting from prices falling. When prices fall, this is known as
Legalized segregation in the south.
Jim Crow Laws
The rapid movement of people from rural areas to urban areas.
Urbanization
Immigration led to the rise of this religion: _________ and the fall of this religion: __________.
Catholicism, Protestantism
Which societal class lived in the heart of the city, near entertainment centers.
Upper, wealthy class.
A movement to increase the political power of farmers.
Populism
Which court cases set the precedent of 'separate but equal' for the next 60 years.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Tenements
Restricted Chinese immigration for 10 years and denied citizenship to Chinese.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Who was a party boss who used his position as mayor to scam New York tax payers out of $10M by building a new court house.
William 'Boss' Tweed
Required competitive, written exams for civil, government jobs.
Pendleton Act
What two ways did southern states find a way around the 15th Amendment, denying African Americans the right to vote.
Poll tax, literacy tests.
Prohibits states from denying anyone the right to vote on the basis race or color.
15th Amendment
This act imposed a 50 cent tax on immigrants and subject them to rejection based on criminal records, disabilities, or inability to provide for themselves.
Immigration Act of 1882
Why did many immigrants settle in their own neighborhoods within cities?
Preserve culture.
Which president was assassinated by a stalwart (patronage supporter), changing the public opinion towards patronage.
James Garfield
Prohibited segregation in state establishments, but did not mention private establishments.
Civil Rights Act of 1875.