Who wrote "dime" novels that told a familiar story: poor city kid becomes rich through honesty, hard work, and a bit of luck?
Who is Horatio Alger?
100
Which group of people arrived from Eastern Europe and Russia, often because of religious persecution?
Who are Jewish immigrants?
100
Three "Push" factors that "pushed" people from Europe to come to America.
What are 1) religious persecution; 2) famine; 3) war
100
This limited the number of immigrants coming from certain nations.
What is the quota system?
100
Factors that contributed to the growth of cities in the late 19th century
What are 1) Large numbers of immigrants coming to the U.S.; 2) Demand for factory labor; 3) Segregation and poor working conditions for African Americans in the South
200
Who created many of America's famous urban parks such as Central Park in NYC?
Who is Frederick Law Olmstead?
200
What is the name given to Americans of English and Protestant heritage who resisted immigrants..especially new immigrants?
Who are Nativists?
200
Immigrants passed through this place in order to be processed and to have their health checked.
What is Ellis Island?
200
These groups/organizations did not like that immigrants took jobs from U.S. citizens.
What are labor unions?
200
A type of musical/comedy entertainment for an urban immigrant family in the late 1800s
What is vaudeville?
300
Who was America's most famous baseball player of the early 1900s and played on the New York Yankees?
Who is Babe Ruth?
300
What is the name of the immigrants who arrived in America during the 1840s-1860s mainly from Ireland and Germany?
Who are the Old Immigrants?
300
Industrial growth in America created a demand for what?
What is cheap immigrant labor?
300
This group of people did not want foreigners/immigrants to come to the U.S.
What are Nativists?
300
By 1920, more people lived in ________areas than rural areas.
What is urban?
400
Who organized Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago?
Who is Jane Addams?
400
Who used mugshots and developed a criminal database to combat growing crime and corruption?
What is the NYC Police Dept.?
400
This theory/term describes how different cultures blend to form a uniquely American culture.
What is the Melting Pot Theory?
400
These practices restricted immigration. Name at least two out of three.
What are 1) quota system; 2) Gentlemen's Agreement; 3) literacy tests?
500
One of America's first sanitation departments, they cleaned the streets of New York City.
Who are the White Ducks?
500
Which group of people arrived in America during the 1840s-1860s mainly from Ireland and Germany?
Who are the Old Immigrants?
500
The New Immigrants came from this geographic area to America in the late 1800s.
What is eastern and southern Europe?
500
Immigrants were usually housed in this part of a ship