Early Unit 2: Progressive Era
An area that has many buildings, and lots of people, is often known as
An urban area.
Immigrants came to the United States in search of THIS...
The American Dream.
This type of person leaves their home country, for a better life in America.
An Immigrant.
The war fought between the North and the South was known as the
The Civil War.
An era of time where the United States was changing extremely fast was known as the __________ era
Progressive.
An area that has farm land, less noise, and less population is often known as
A rural area.
Sadie Frowne.
This type of person, disliked Immigrants, because they felt Immigrants were a threat to their jobs, or livelihood.
A nativist.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
This former President, in a very famous political cartoon, was investigating a scandal that involved food.
Teddy Roosevelt
A change from Agriculture over to THIS, caused a huge wave of change in the United States.
Industry/Industrial/Industrialization
This immigrant story was seen as the true "American Dream", coming from Italy with nothing, being swindled by Bartolo, however eventually owning his own shoe-shining business.
Rocco Carresca
When an immigrant brings their cultures into the United States, and is able to keep them over generations of families, this is called
Cultural Preservation.
This man was 1/8th Black, and was removed from a train car, causing one of the largest controversies, when it was ruled constitutional to separate whites and blacks.
For a BIG BONUS: What was the ruling?
This was the name of the book, written to expose the fallacies in the Meat Packing Industry.
The Jungle.
Factors in Immigration such as war, racism, and poverty are known as ______ factors.
Push.
After having his Laundromat trashed by Nativists, and without help from the cops, this Immigrant wanted to send all of his money back home to his family, and eventually leave the U.S.
Lee Chew
When an Immigrant loses touch with their previous cultures, and adapts new cultures of a new area, such as the United States, this is known as
Assimilation.
The 13th Amendment abolished this
Slavery.
This Muckraker was the Author of the very famous book, The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair.
Factors in Immigration such as jobs, higher salary, religious freedom, and better living standards are known as ______ factors.
Pull.
This GROUP of immigrants were the first to be discriminated against, or hated on. They left their homeland due to famine.
The Irish.
This type of person exposes problems in society through writing, pictures and/or protest. Hint, Upton Sinclair was one of them.
Muckraker.
This state was a hotbed for disaster, given the nickname "Bleeding" because of all the violence that had erupted during slave/non slave issues
Kansas.
Jacob Riis, another Muckraker, would take pictures of this, to bring attention to the way immigrants lived.
Tenement Housing