People
Leader of the corrupt New York City political machine
Boss Tweed
Favor for native born citizens and a general dislike of new immigrants
nativism
Immigration station on the West Coast
Angel Island
Term for immigrants before the civil war- they were from northern and western Europe more likely to be Protestant (non-Catholic Christian) and less poor than those that came after them
Old Immigrants
Greatest cause of cities growing in size
immigration
Founder of the Chicago Settlement House known as Hull House
Jane Addams
The process of taking on the dominate culture and releasing one's old customs
assimilation
Location of Tammy Hall
New York City
Larger immigration station for immigrants for Europe
term for the rapid growth of cities
Urbanization
Photographer who exposed child labor
Lewis Hine
the term for groups that controlled the outcome of elections and gave a variety of aid to the community in exchange for political support
political machines
stopped many Asians from migrating into the United states; a result of nativist pressure
Chinese Exclusion Act
Term for immigrants after the civil war- more likely to come from eastern and western Europe, not be a Protestant Christian, and not speak English
They were very poor.
New immigrants
Overcrowded housing facilities with poor ventilation
tenements
Muckraker who took pictures of hte immigrant poor
Jacob Riis
Term for the late 1800s, meaning it was cheap, corrupt, and fake; coined by an American author
Gilded Age
Belief that Christians had a duty to aid the poor- part of a revival movement and led to organizations that aided immigrants
Social Gospel
Name of the charity organizations in urban cities that help immigrant women access services and helped them Americanize. These organizations were ran by middle age, educated white women
settlement houses
Why did tenements form?
Immigrants lived close to where they worked; transportation was not available
President assassinated because he did not give a government job to a [political supporter; death led to reform
James A. Garfield
term for giving and receiving of bribes
graft
Passed after the assassination of the president; was widely supported to curb political corruption
Pendleton Civil Service Act
The process accomplished by public education and settlement houses of assimilating immigrants into mainstream society
Americanization
What American author coined the term Gilded Age?
Mark Twain