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Politics
100
This act restricted Chinese immigration to America
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
100
The majority of immigrants worked in this type of job.
What is industrial
100
These were rundown, low rent apartment buildings clustered together in the poorest parts of town
What is tenement buildings
100
This system took place when elected officials could appoint supporters to public office
What is the spoils system
100
What was the government scandal that had to do with the building of the Transcontinental Railroad
What is the Credit Mobilier scandal
200
The majority of immigrants that came to America lived in these kind of neighborhoods
What is ethnic neighborhoods
200
Factory owners sought this type of worker because they were cheap labor
What is children
200
Many immigrants came down with the contagious lung disease called...
What is tuberculosis
200
This Act was responsible for hiring on merit and created merit-based exams for job entry and promotion
What is the Pendleton Act
200
a tax on imports
What is a tarriff
300
These immigrants were typically young, male, and either Catholic or Jewish
What is "new immigrants"
300
The average worker's salary was about ____ cents an hour
What is 10 cents
300
Give 2 examples of technological advances, such as engineering innovations, that were a result of urbanization.
What are bridges (Brooklyn Bridge) and Large Buildings (skyscrapers), and mass transit services
300
This president refused to use the spoils system and because of this did not run for re-election
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes
300
This president ran against the Populist candidate William Jennings Bryan and was also assassinated by Leon Czolgosz.
Who is William McKinley
400
From the colonial era to 1800, most immigrants came from England, Ireland, or Germany in Northern Europe. Between 1880 and 1921, most immigrants came from this area of Europe.
What is Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Poland)
400
Working Conditions were often...
What is dangerous, unsanitary, and uncomfortable.
400
This percentage of immigrant babies died before their first birthday
What is 60%
400
This republican president was assassinated by Guitreau. His V.P. Chester Arthur took the office after his death.
Who is James Garfield
400
Describe what Coxey's Army was
What is a march on Washington D.C. demanding the government to create jobs for the unemployed
500
This was the immigration processing center in New York Harbor. It's counterpart in San Francisco was called this.
What is Ellis Island and Angel Island
500
What were the two groups of people that allowed child labor to continue and why.
What is the parents, for money to feed the family and factory owners for cheap labor
500
Most tenements were filthy and run down. _________, disease, and death were common in these buildings.
What is fires
500
This president became the 1st democrat President since 1856. He supported regulation of the Railroad.
Who is Grover Cleveland
500
This president supported legislation for special business interests
Who is Benjamin Harrison