New Immigrants
The main immigration processing station in San Francisco
Angel Island
Urbanization is a term that describes the growth of this
Cities
What was the name of New York's political machine?
Tammany Hall
Workers came together to fight for their rights
Labor Unions
Segregation in the South
Jim Crow Laws
98% of European immigrants passed through this gateway
Ellis Island
This city experienced the most devastating earthquake in American history
San Francisco
Who was the leader of the political machine in New York?
Boss Tweed
Civil Rights organization founded in 1909
NCAAP
President was assassinated at a train station
President Garfield
Name of restriction on immigration passed by congress
The Chinese Exclusion Act
immigrants lived in these
Tenements
Who was the political cartoonist that took down the Tweed Ring Scandal?
Thomas Nast
What book did Upton Sinclair write about, talking about the meat industry?
The Jungle
Became president after Garfield. Also a political puppet
Chester A. Arthur
An agreement that limited the immigration of unskilled workers to the US in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order
The Gentlemen's Agreement
(between Japan and United States)
What affect did Jacob Riis have in American History?
Took powerful photographs of urbanization and immigration showing the unsanitary conditions they had to live in. Opened American's eyes to the daily struggles of immigrants
One positive outcome of this tragedy was the changes to working conditions (especially in sweatshops / factories)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The policy of protecting native born or established inhabitants against immigrants
Nativism
Was Senator for New York. He controlled Chester A. Arthur while he was VP
Roscoe Conkling
Refers to the mixture of diverse cultures whose people blended together by abandoning their native language and customs.
"Melting Pot"
Name three problems in the cities
1. Sanitation
2. Water
3. Fire
(crime, transportation, housing)
Which President knocked down monopolies such as J.P. Morgan's steel industry?
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Time period where, "it looked good on the surface, but underneath there were problems"
Gilded Age
What difficulties did new immigrants face?
(list 3 things)
Effects of nativism, struggle to make a living, coping with an unfamilar culture. (many different answers)