Vocab
What is the difference between a push and pull factor?
pull factors are conditions that attract immigrants to a new area.
push factors are conditions that drove people from their homes.
What was the island called that European immigrants came to when first arriving to America?
Ellis Island
Besides voting, what else were women struggling to gain access to?
Jobs & Education.
What is urbanization?
The movement of population from farms to urban areas.
What is a suburb?
Residential area on or near the outskirts of a city.
Differentiate
To tell what makes one thing or person different from another
Name one example of a push factor and one example of a pull factor
Push factor: Persecution, Scarce land, War, etc.
Pull Factor: Job opportunity, inexpensive land, promise of freedom, etc.
What did the nineteenth Amendment pass?
Women's suffrage
(Woman's voting rights)
What is the name of the buildings that most poor families lived in?
Tenements
How did skyscrapers help urban growth?
Increased the amount of space in which people could live and work.
Suffrage
The right to vote
What is the name of the island that Asian immigrants arrived to when first coming to America?
Angel Island.
What did the eighteenth amendment do?
Made it illegal to sell alcoholic drinks anywhere in the U.S.
What were neighborhoods differentiated by?
Status
How did vaudeville reflect the changing American population?
Provided many opportunities for people from many ethnic backgrounds.
Prohibition
A ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
What act was passed against Chinese Immigrants?
Chinese Exclusion Act.
Who's work helped the passage of the nineteenth amendment?
Carrie Chapman Catt.
Why were many city neighborhoods defined by social status?
People living in areas that they could afford, near others of similar economic status.
Name of the new type of music with a lively, rhythmic sound.
Ragtime
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
What did the American Protective Association campaign for?
Laws to restrict immigration.
Why did the temperance Movement gain support after the U.S. entered WW1?
Argument that the grain should be used to feed soldiers, not make liquor.
What is the name of the building(s) that offered services to the poor?
Settlement houses
What role did newspapers play in helping immigrants adjust to American society?
Learned to read and speak English, and learned about everyday American life.