Rural life & Urban life
In 1865, most Americans lived in this type of area
What is the countryside/rural areas?
Before 1890, Immigrants mostly came from these parts of Europe.
What is Northern and Western Europe?
What was the first major federal law that restricted immigration in the United States?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This act was passed on this year.
What is 1882?
what is the term Political machine?
What is an organization that controls local politics and exchanges services for votes?
What type of area grew rapidly during the late 1800s due to industrialization?
Urban areas (cities)
After 1890, Immigrants mostly came from these parts of Europe.
What is Southern and Eastern Europe?
What law established a quota system limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S. each year?
The Emergency Quota Act
Chinese immigrants first came because of this event.
What is the Gold Rush?
Who was the most famous leader of Tammany Hall?
William M. Tweed
What were crowded, low-cost apartment buildings in cities called?
Tenements
These are conditions in a home country that make immigrants leave.
What are push factors
What law required immigrants to pass a literacy test before entering the United States?
The Immigration Act of 1917
Many Chinese immigrants worked building these.
What are railroads?
What did political machines provide to immigrants in exchange for votes?
Jobs, housing, and other services
What was a major problem people faced living in cities during the late 1800s?
Overcrowding, poor sanitation, pollution, or disease
These are conditions in the destination country that attract immigrants.
What are pull factors?
What agreement limited Japanese immigration to the United States in the early 1900s?
The Gentlemen’s Agreement
This island in San Francisco Bay processed Asian immigrants and was considered more harsher than Ellis Island.
What is Angel Island?
Where was Tammany Hall located?
New York City
This was a major "Pull factor" bringing people into cities?
By 1900, this percent of people in the United States were foreign born.
What is 13%
What law created national origins quotas that heavily restricted immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe?
The Immigration Act of 1924
This act separated many Chinese what?
What are Many Chinese families?
What was a major criticism of political machines?
Corruption (bribery, graft, abuse of power)