Famous People
Wrote the book How the Other Half Lives.
Who is Jacob Riis?
Many middle class people moved to _______ to escape the business of the cities.
What are suburbs?
Because of steel, there was a greater ability to build __________ in cities, maximizing space.
What are Skyscrapers?
Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe are considered ________ immigrants.
What are New?
These places of work were most commonly associated with the clothing industry and provided very poor working conditions.
What are sweatshops?
Who is Jane Addams?
Chicago grew because of the many __________ __________ that passed through it.
What are Railroad Lines?
_______ immigrants often had to perform unskilled jobs.
Because they often often did not speak English, immigrants often moved to areas populated by people from their home _________.
What is country?
These are cultural activities shared by many people all over the country.
What is mass culture?
These people hated immigration and believed that only people who were born in the United States should be here. They were successful in banning immigration from southern and eastern Europe in the late 1800s.
Who are Nativists?
The population of this American city nearly tripled between 1870-1900.
What is Chicago?
Elevated trains are examples of the __________ ____________ that was created during the late 19th century.
What is mass transit?
Most immigrants traveled in __________ or hot cramped quarters that were hot and fowl smelling.
What is steerage?
These groups assisted immigrants in case of sickness and death.
What are Benevolent Societies?
The New York State Tenement House Act was passed because of the photograph exhibit put together by ___________________ of the terrible conditions in the tenement buildings.
Who is Lawrence Veiller?
City governments tried to improve city life by adding ___________ purification system.
What is water?
__________ of cities caused a rise in crime, air pollution, disease and unsafe conditions.
What is overcrowding?
Less than _________ of people were turned away at Ellis Island.
What is 2%?
Created for poor Chicago communities to inspire U.S. Reform movements.
What is the Hull House?
Florence Kelley helped pass laws that prevented __________ labor and limited working hours for __________.
What is child, women?
This city had some of the worst _________ ________________ in the country due to its many steel mills.
What is air pollution?
________ were most likely to be victims of cholera, influenza, and tuberculosis.
Who are children?
Ireland, Britain, and other Northern European countries were where _____________ _____________ came from.
Who are Old Immigrants?
This act was the first act in American history which banned all members of a particular nationality from immigrating to the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?