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Immigration
Political Corruption/Reform
Economics and Taxes
Workers rights
Jim Crow Laws
100
Island that European immigrants were mostly processed at.
What is Ellis Island
100
Organization that helped immigrants with food and jobs in exchange for votes
What is a Political Machine
100
French term that means business should be able to operate without any government interference
What is Laissez-Faire Economics
100
A group of workers who join together to fight for better working conditions
What is a Union
100
Process by which immigrants were taught American culture
What is Americanization
200
Island that Asian immigrants were processed at
What is Angel Island
200
This act required people to perform well on tests and prove merit in order to be hired for government jobs
What is the Pendelton Act
200
This is a tax on imports
What is a Tarrif
200
This is when workers were not allowed to work until they gave in to owners demands
What is a Lock-out
200
Tax on voting
What is a Poll tax
300
Chinese immigrants mostly worked on the
What is The Railroads
300
Drawings that criticized politicians, working conditions, and other issues of the day.
What is a Political Cartoon
300
Rich people who gave away a lot of money were known as
What is a Philanthropist
300
Factory conditions were often
What is Dirty, Dangerous, or Crowded
300
Tests that proved you could read before you were allowed to vote
What is a Literacy test
400
Idea that only those who are native to a land should live there
What is Nativism
400
Rich Tycoons who owned monopolies
What is a Robber Baron
400
Idea that you succeed or fail based off your own talent alone
What is Individualism
400
When a politician makes money off of his position in government
What is Graft
400
When African-Americans and whites can be kept apart as long as they are "Separate but equal"
What is Segregation
500
New Immigrants often lived in these dirty and crowded apartment buildings
What is Tenements
500
The _________ Party fought for the needs of farmers and appealed to the common man
What is the Populist Party
500
This tax means that the more you make the more you will need to pay
What is Graduated Income Tax
500
Gospel that stated the poor should be help for religous/christian reasons
What is the Social Gospel
500
Court case that legalized Segregation
What is Plessy V Ferguson