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New Immigrants
Urbanization
Gilded Age
Vocabulary
Bonus/Next Unit
100

The main immigration processing station in San Francisco

Angel Island

100

Urbanization is a term that describes the growth of this

Cities

100

What was the name of the Robber Baron who monopolized the oil industry

John D. Rockefeller

100

These were created if strikes ended up being successful

Labor Unions

100

These southern laws attempted to keep the idea of slavery alive even though it was banned federally

Jim Crow Laws

200

98% of European immigrants passed through this gateway

Ellis Island

200

This type of activity attracts people to a specific country

Pull factor

200

This gap has only gotten worse since the Gilded Age 

Wealth Gap

200

This type of activity is what makes people want to leave their own country

Push factors

200
This term describes someone who is seeking to move from one area of the world to another

Immigrant

300

Name of restriction on immigration from China passed by congress

The Chinese Exclusion Act

300

immigrants lived in these

Tenements

300

Which Robber Baron controlled a vast majority of the steel industry during the Gilded Age?

Andrew Carnegie

300

What book did Upton Sinclair write about, talking about the meat industry?

The Jungle

300

This animal was hunted, (almost to extinction)  for its many uses across the Great Plains regions

Buffalo

400

This test was used as a way to gauge general knowledge of the United States before passing through port of entry

The Citizenship Test

400

These people exposed the widespread corruption in major cities, businesses and in public life

Muckrakers

400
Fed up workers would do this in hopes to start major change in their work environments 

Strike

400

The policy of protecting native born or established inhabitants against immigrants

Nativism

400

This term describes what the U.S. Government wanted Native American Tribes to do once they agreed to join the side of the U.S. 

Assimilate/Assimilation

500

This coined term refers to the mixture of diverse cultures whose people blended together by abandoning their native language and customs.

"Melting Pot"

500

Name three problems in the cities

1. Sanitation

2. Water

3. Fire

(crime, transportation, housing) 

500

Which President was the first to successfully take on monopolies? 

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt

500

Time period where, "it looked good on the surface, but underneath there were problems"

Gilded Age

500

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)