Vocabulary
A philosophy that says people fail in life because of circumstances beyond their control.
What is Naturalism?
This island was used by European immigrants entering the United States.
What is Ellis Island?
This changed the face and size of American cities.
What is Immigration?
What is the People's Party?
A philosophy that says anyone can succeed in life if they work hard and have commitment.
What is Individualism?
This island was used by Asian immigrants entering the United States.
What is Angel Island?
Most immigrants living in cities lived in these buildings.
What are Tenement Buildings?
The word for when the value of money decreases and prices increase.
What is Inflation?
An organization that worked to better conditions in cities using biblical ideas of charity and justice.
What is the Social Gospel Movement?
This is one of the many reasons Europeans left their homes to immigrate to the United States, other than to escape poverty, high population, and famine.
What is Religious Intolerance?
These groups traded jobs, apartments, and protection for votes.
What are Political Machines?
The word for when the value of money increases and prices decrease.
What is Deflation?
A philosophy that supports laissez-faire capitalism using natural selection.
What is Social Darwinism?
What is Nativism?
This is the word for the corruption that party bosses of political machines did to get rich.
What is Graft?
An additional percentage that is charged on foreign goods?
What is a Tariff?
A process used to teach immigrant children English, American History, and American Culture.
What is Americanization?
This law limited the amount of Chinese immigrants entering the United States, and prohibited them from becoming citizens.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This is the name of an extremely powerful political machine that ran New York City.
What is Tammany Hall?
An additional percentage that is charged on American goods.
What is a Tax?