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City Living
Push/Pull Factors
The New Collosus
American Culture
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
100
Many urban areas were overcrowded with poor immigrants. The run-down neighborhoods these people lived in were called
What is slums
100
Often times, people migrating to the United States were so poor that they had to travel to American in this part of the ship.
What is steerage
100
Who is talking in the poem "The New Collosus," welcoming the immigrants?
What is America or Statue of Liberty
100
This was the most popular spectator sport in America in the early 1900s
What is baseball
100
These groups ran the city and did their own "policing"
What is gangs
200
By 1910, nearly half of the American population lived in these areas
What is urban/cities
200
Once in America, this was the most difficult challenge immigrants faced.
What is finding jobs
200
Why are the immigrants referred to as "huddled" masses?
What is crowded boats to America
200
These were the two most popular forms of music in the early 1900s
What is jazz and ragtime
200
One of the most common ways that young children and women could get money to take care of themselves
What is pick-pocketing
300
Urban neighborhoods were so overcrowded that sanitation became an issue, diseases spread, and orphaned children filled the streets. To combat these issues, people like Jane Addams created places for people to get help with the problems of urban life. These places were called:
What is settlement houses
300
Immigrants were processed through this place to make sure they were "fit" to enter America
What is Ellis Island
300
Another way to say "wretched refuse"
What is garbage
300
This strategy helped with the growth of newspaper sales. Reporters used sensational stories to gain the interest of readers. This style of writing was called:
What is yellow journalism
300
This place was the democratic headquarters of New York, run by Boss Tweed
What is Tammany Hall
400
Many poor immigrants lived in crowded apartments with no windows, electricity, or proper sanitation. These apartments were called:
What is tenements
400
Many people fled their home countries because of unfair laws made against people who share a common culture or heritage. These groups were called:
What is ethnic groups
400
This phrase in the poem refers to how the immigrants have had tough, stormy lives
What is "tempest-tost"
400
These shows included such things as dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.
What is vaudevilles
400
A major riot took place in New York City during the Civil War. What was it over?
What is the draft
500
At the top of the economic social ladder were the very rich. They built mansions in the big cities. The wealth - and the poverty that lay underneath it - is why this era was known as:
What is The Guilded Age
500
The immigrant belief that the streets of America would be paved in gold demonstrates which pull factor (a reason immigrants came to America)
What is wealth or opportunity
500
She wrote this poem
What is Emma Lazarus
500
The first movie theaters were called this because it cost a nickel to attend.
What is nickelodeons
500
This was one of the most common jobs in New York City, an occupation that a man named Bill, a nativist had
What is butcher