Lesson 1:Immigration
What is the name of one who enters and becomes established in a country other than that of his or her original nationality?
Immigrant
What were 2 reasons people were drawn to cities?
Better Paying Jobs, Electric Lights, Running Water, Modern Plumbing, Museums, Libraries, Theaters
the belief that no matter what a person's background is, he or she can still become successful through effort
individualism
Define Populism
a political movement founded in the 1890's representing mainly farmers that favored free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other large industries
to execute someone by hanging without lawful approval
Lynch
Hostility toward immigrants by native-born people
Nativsm
Where did most working-class families live?
Tenements
an institution in a poor neighborhood that provided community services
settlement house
paper currency that could not be exchanged for gold or silver coins were what?
Greenbacks
What was W.E.B. Du Bois concerned about?
protecting and exercising voting rights
A majority of immigrants on the East Coast spent a day processing where?
Ellis Island
What did political machines receive from people for providing necessities
Votes
Natural selection and evolution in society
Social Darwinism
If taxes are issued to someone or a business based on income, this is called what?
graduated income tax
lynching
What were some of the reasons for Asian immigration
unemployment, poverty, famine, and civil war
Industrialization made people wealthy and created a growing what?
Middle Class
What is Americanization
the process of quiring or causing a person to acquire American traits and characteristics
What is the name of the river where people found gold in northern Canada?
Klondike River
Poll tax was a fixed amount a person had to pay to vote. How much was the poll tax in Mississippi in 1890?
$2
How did rapid industrialization in the late 1800's affect the US workforce?
Boston and New York City were the cities to have these that helped with congestion in the cities
Subway systems
Some industrial leaders used this to justify laissez-faire capitalism
Social Darwinism
Describe Inflation and Deflations
Inflation: an ongoing increase in prices and decrease in the value of money
Deflation: an ongoing decrease in prices and an increase in the value of money
What did the Jim Crow laws enforce?
Discrimination