Immigration Stations
This immigration station processed mostly European immigrants in New York Harbor.
What is Ellis Island?
Political machines gained power by offering jobs, food, and housing in exchange for this.
What are votes?
This reformer founded Hull House in Chicago.
Who was Jane Addams?
Which immigrant group was most directly targeted by the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Who were Chinese immigrants?
This ideology argued the government should regulate industry and reduce inequality.
What is Socialism?
This immigration station processed Asian immigrants and was known for harsh interrogations and long detentions.
What is Angel Island?
Political machines were most closely associated with this political party.
What is the Democratic Party?
Hull House provided immigrants with services such as child care, medical aid, and what important skill?
What is English language education?
This act was the first U.S. law to exclude a specific race from immigration.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This movement argued Christianity should address social problems like poverty.
What is the Social Gospel Movement?
About how many immigrants passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954?
What is over 16 million?
The most famous political machine boss in New York City during the Gilded Age.
Who was Boss Tweed?
Jane Addams later became the first American woman to receive this international award.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
Give one reason Americans supported Chinese exclusion.
Fear of job competition, racism, or cultural differences.
Name one belief of Social Gospel reformers.
Christians must improve society, help the poor, or reform cities.
This group of immigrants was primarily processed at Angel Island and faced the most discrimination.
Who were Asian (especially Chinese) immigrants?
The political organization Boss Tweed controlled.
What was Tammany Hall?
This journalist used photography to expose poor urban living conditions in How the Other Half Lives.
Who was Jacob Riis?
Name one way Asians experienced racism during this period.
Violence, segregation, denial of citizenship, or harsh immigration enforcement.
Explain why industrialization led to the rise of reform movements.
Industrialization caused urban poverty, unsafe labor, and inequality.
Approximately what percentage of immigrants at Ellis Island were detained for further inspection?
What is about 20%?
Explain one reason immigrants supported political machines despite corruption.
They provided essential services the government failed to supply.
How did reformers like Addams differ from political machines in helping immigrants?
Reformers focused on long-term solutions and social improvement, not votes.
How does Chinese exclusion compare to Irish treatment earlier in U.S. history?
Both faced nativism, stereotypes, and discrimination.
Which writer promoted socialist ideas during the Gilded Age?
Who was Edward Bellamy?