Give an example of 1 PUSH factor that drove people to leave their home countries.
What is:
Less Land (land was scarce)
Fewer Jobs as machines took over
Political & Religious Freedom
100
Give an example of 1 PULL factor that drove people to come to the United States.
What is:
Promise of freedom and a better life
Factories needed workers
Steamships offered reduce fares to come here.
100
What drew people to move into the city?
What is JOBS/FACTORIES
100
What was the name of the place that Jane Addams opened up in Chicago to help the poor?
What is: HULL HOUSE
100
By 1900, half of all of these in the WORLD were printed in the US- what were they?
What is: NEWSPAPERS!
200
Name the two different "Islands" that people coming into our country would pass through.
What is Ellis Island and Angel Island
200
What do we call the process of becoming a part of another culture? (Ie. Learning to 'fit in')
What is ASSIMILATION
200
What was life in the city like for the poor?
What is: Crowded, dirty, no sanitation or running water, not enough room.
200
What was the "Social Gospel"?
What is: When ministers called on their congregations to help out those who were less fortunate than they were.
200
What is sensational journalism that focuses on gossip and hype called?
What is: YELLOW JOURNALISM
300
What is the term for people who wanted to preserve the US for people who were born here; mainly white, Protestants?
What is NATIVISTS
300
This Act, passed in 1882, no longer allowed certain types of immigrants to come to the United States. What was it called?
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act
300
In the late 1800s, laws were passed as to how buildings could be built. What were these called and why were they important?
What are: BUILDING CODES- they made buildings safer with plumbing, sanitation and fire escapes.
300
What is the name of the social organization created during this time period, that we still have today, that collects money in red buckets at Christmastime?
What is THE SALVATION ARMY
300
What did people like to read for fun during this time because of their low cost and wild stories?
What are: DIME NOVELS
400
In the late 1800s the patterns of immigrants changed. Many now started to come from where?
What is Southern Europe: Italians, Poles, Greeks OR Asia: Japan, Korea
400
What were some of the problems in US cities, caused by immigration?
What is:
Poverty, overcrowding, strained services, cultural differences.
400
What was the "Great Migration"?
What is: When African Americans migrated to the North in search of freedom and jobs.
400
What did we call places that offered sports, team games, dance and other social events to people who were poor? (Hint: It was also a great song in the 70s)
What is the YMCA/YWCA
400
What kind of music became especially popular in this time period?
What is: RAGTIME
500
What was the "Dream Act" that we debated in class?
What is an act that would allow teenagers who grew up in the US the majority of their lives, but were illegal immigrants, to go to college.
500
What is an ethnic group and how did they affect immigration?
What is a group of people who share a culture. They often times lived in small communities together, like "Little Italy" or "China Town"
500
What are 2 ways that city life transformed in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
What is:
Skyscrapers
Open Spaces
Public Transportation
Department Stores
500
Give two examples of things we did to help the poor in the early 1900s that we still do today
What is:
Soup Kitchens
Shelters
Salvation Army
YMCA
Food banks