The vast majority of European immigrants first arrived here before entering the United States
What is Ellis Island
100
Crime, violence, disease, fire, and pollution
What is problems of urban living in the late 1800s
100
An increase in the value of money and a decrease in prices
What is deflation
100
The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
What is segregation
200
From 1910-1940 this was where Asian immigrants entered the United States
What is Angel Island
200
Immigrants in the late 19th century tended to move to
What is cities
200
Rewarding political supporters with government jobs
What is patronage
200
Statutes passed by states to enforce segregation
What is Jim Crow laws
300
An extreme dislike for foreigners by native-born American
What is Nativism
300
Multifamily apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimum living standards
What is tenement
300
Required some government jobs be filled by competitive written exams
What is the Pendleton Act
300
Different treatment or preference on a basis other an individual merit
What is discrimination
400
Poverty, unemployment, religious persecution, land shortages, high rent, employment opportunities for craft workers
What is Reasons for immigration in the late 19th century
400
Grew from 800,000 people in 1860 to almost 3.5 million people by 1900
What is New York City
400
A political movement representing mainly farmers that favored free coinage of silver and government control of railroads
What is populism
400
Two restrictions placed on voting that did not mention African Americans but purposefully made it harder for African Americans to vote
What is poll tax and literacy test
500
This stopped immigration from certain parts of the world after 1882, was made permanent in 1902, and not repealed until 1943
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
500
By 1920, more Americans lived in ______________than rural areas
What is urban areas
500
The nation's first independent regulatory agency
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission
500
The Supreme Court case that legally upheld the idea of "separate but equal" and established the basis for legal discrimination in the South for more than 50 years