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Immigrants
Urbanization
Politics in the Gilded Age
Chapter 15 trivia
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Groups that came to America in larger numbers in the late 1800s to early 1900s
Who are Roman Catholics, Jews, and Eastern Orthodox peoples?
100
Immigrants and farmers -- both white and black
Which groups were coming to the cities in this period?
100
Leader of Tammany Hall in the 1860s ... brought down in part by cartoonist Thomas Nast.
What is William Marcy "Boss" Tweed?
100

These peoples were embraced by politcal machines as a means of winning elections.  

Who are immigrants

200

Thought to be job-stealers, opium smokers and a threat to society

Who are the Chinese?

200
Originally intended as single family dwellings for workers, but later are overcrowded and allowed to become rundown
What are row houses?
200
Taking of bribes or kickbacks in return for political or business favors
What is graft?
200

This group unintentionally contributed to the death of President Garfield

What are doctors

300
Main immigration station located off of San Francisco
What is Angel Island?
300
Multi-family apartments, unsanitary, crowded, unsafe ...
What are tenements?
300
Appointing loyal party supporters to government jobs
What is patronage?
300

The notion that your soul could be saved by helping those who were less fortunate than yourself

What is the Social Gospel Movement

400
Favoring of native-born Americans, call for limitations on immigrants entering the U.S. and potential literacy requirements
What is Nativism?
400
Electric trolleys and street cars, elevated trains ...
What is mass transit?
400
Once a loyal Stalwart and supporter of Conkling, he later ushered in civil service reform with his support of the Pendleton Act
Who is Chester A. Arthur?
400
Part of the only granfather/grandson presidential combo, tariffs were raised under his administration

Who is Benjamin Harrison

500
Deal between T.R.'s admin. and Japanese gov. to limit unskilled workers coming to U.S. in return for San Francisco school being desegregated.
What is the Gentlemen's Agreement?
500
Ground breaking book that showed how the poorest of New Yorkers were living.
What is How the Other Half Lives?
500
Only ran for one term, a disupted president who tried to clean up NYC Customs House
Who is Hayes?
500

The only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms

Who is Grover Cleveland?