Vocab
Gentleman's Agreement
Debt Peonage
Tenement
Lillian Wald
1. 1907 agreement between Teddy Roosevelt and Japan to prevent unskilled Japanese workers from moving to the U.S..
2. 1907 agreement between Teddy Roosevelt and Japan to prevent unskilled Japanese workers from moving to the U.S..
3. Rundown, crowded apartment building
4. Founder of the Henry Street Settlement in New York
Example of a typical immigrant to the U.S. between 1880 & 1910
A Russian Jew seeking freedom from religious persecution
“Immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans and should be sent home.” Example of
Nativism
In the late 1800s cities began to build skyscrapers because of two innovations
The safety elevator and steel frames
What was the spoils system?
Practice of filling government jobs with the winning political party’s supporters
Jane Addams
Social Gospel
Thomas Nast
Theodore Roosevelt
1. Founder of the Hull House (settlement house)
2. Idea that religious faith should be shown through good deeds
3. Political cartoonist who attacked corruption in his newspaper, Harper's Weekly
4. Made Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan to prevent unskilled Japanese workers from immigrating
Immigrants from this country declined sharply after acts of Congress banned them
China
Grandfather Clauses
Allowed men to vote if they, their father, or their grandfather was able to vote before 1867
The social gospel is the idea that
Religious faith should be shown through good deeds and the wealthy have an obligation to society
What were the extreme consequences of violating the rules of racial etiquette in the South? (4 pts)
Lynching - murder by hanging without a legal trial
Plessy V. Ferguson
Benevolent Society
Racial Etiquette
Chester Arthur
1. Case in which the Supreme Court in favor of separate but equal doctrine for public facilities
2. Aid organization led by residents of a community to assist immigrants
3. Strict rules of behavior that governed interactions between white and African American people
4. Vice president who succeeded James Garfield following his assassination
Unlike immigrants in earlier times, most of the immigrants coming to the U.S. between 1880 & 1910 came from
Southern and Eastern Europe
Garfield’s assassination indirectly helped to bring about
Civil service reform
Rise of the modern corporation contributed jobs in accounting, etc. which increased the urban
Middle Class
Purpose of Jim Crow laws
Designed to discriminate against African Americans
Excluding them from railroads, hotels, and theaters
Tammany Hall
Dennis Kearney
Elisha Otis
W.E.B Du Bois
1. Corrupt political machine centered in New York
2. Irish immigrant who led the Workingman’s Party, opposed Chinese immigration
3. Inventor of the safety elevator
4. Civil rights leader, encouraged African Americans to fight for full rights immediately
Hurdles faced by immigrants at Ellis Island included
Roosevelt negotiated a Gentlemen’s Agreement to stop the practice of segregating immigrant school children from this country in 1907
Japan
What was President Theodore Roosevelt’s controversial social invitation? (4 pts)
Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House
Caused headlines due to social interactions of whites & blacks
What did the Supreme Court decide regarding segregation in the case of Plessy V. Ferguson?
Ruled that the “separate-but-equal” doctrine didn’t violate the 14th Amendment
Legalized segregation
Frederick Law Olmstead
Homer Plessy
William Mckinley
Booker T. Washington
1. Lanscape architect, designed many city parks
2. Sat in whites-only train to test the law
3. Republican, elected president in 1896, supported the Gold Standard
4. African American leader who founded the Tuskegee Institute to teach practical skills
Example of a Jim Crow Law
African American children could not attend the same schools as white children
Political machines exchanged economic favors for
Votes
What kinds of services did political machines provide to immigrants in exchange for votes? (6 pts)
Find jobs
Find housing
Become naturalized citizens
How did Booker T. Washington's approach to segregation differ from that of W.E.B Du Bois?
Washington - believed African Americans should accept segregation for the time being
Du Bois - believed in speaking out against prejudice & striving for full rights immediately