Immigration
This was an entry point for most European immigrants during the height of immigration.
What is Ellis Island?
These were overcrowded living units in the city.
What were tenements?
The tragedy at this factory led to workplace reforms.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
He was famous for taking pictures of tenements and showing the problems in urban housing for immigrants.
What was Jacob Riis?
Teddy Roosevelt signed this act to clean up the process of meat production in the United States.
What was the Meat Inspection Act?
This Act prevented further immigration for many from one country in particular.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This movement attempted to spread Christianity to immigrants while helping them in their new home.
What was the Social Gospel Movement?
Cities assisted in moving citizens around through the creation of these systems.
What are subways and/or "el" trains?
He was famous for writing about the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.
Who was Upton Sinclair?
In order to ensure that labels properly display the contents of a product, Teddy Roosevelt signed this act.
This entry point in San Francisco was known for its discriminatory practices.
What was Angel Island?
She was the most famous advocate of the Settlement House system.
What was Jane Addams?
This city was the first to have a police force.
What is New York?
Who was Ida B. Wells?
Teddy Roosevelt established more than 50 wildlife sanctuaries and these...
What are national parks?
This is a belief system that those who were born in the United States should be protected over immigrants.
What is nativism?
This movement attempted to assimilate immigrants into their new American culture.
What was the Americanization Movement?
Through purification systems of this, many cities were able to increase the health of many citizens.
What is water?
He wrote about the corruption in city politics during the Progressive Era.
Who was Lincoln Steffens?
Teddy Roosevelt was famous for breaking up these, businesses who worked together to keep prices high.
What are trusts?
Immigrants from this country were pushed to the United States because of a revolution in the 1910s.
What is Mexico?
San Francisco famously contains a large number of these immigrants.
Who are the Chinese?
This city was the first to have a professional fire department.
What is Cincinnati?
Who was Ida Tarbell?
In 1902, Teddy Roosevelt helped mediate a strike in this industry.
What is coal?