Immigration
Where did most Asian immigrants land when entering America?
California
Most urban working families were forced to live in crowded apartments called what?
tenements
What were southern laws that enforced segregation?
Jim Crow
What movement wanted to better conditions in cities based on biblical ideas of charity?
Social Gospel
Artist and writers who captured the world as it really was
realists
What law made it impossible for Chinese immigrants to become citizens?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Who was the famous leader of the political machine in New York. He was eventually arrested
Boss Tweed
What court case led to "separate but equal being the standard?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
What movement believed in survival of the fittest and supported a limited government?
Social Darwinism
Who coined the term Gilded Age?
Mark Twain
Name 3 reasons European immigrants fled to America
Escape Class system
Poverty
Religious persecution
What was the political machine in New York called?
Tammany Hall
Who started the fight against lynching in the South?
Ida B. Wells
What philosophy stated that some people failed because of circumstances beyond their control?
Naturalism
Why did the Populist Party decline after 1896?
William Jennings Bryan lost the election
Most immigrants booked passage in what part of the ship to save money?
steerage
What group did farmers create to help them fight for more economic advantages?
Farmer's Alliance or Grange
Which African American leader wanted to postpone fighting for civil rights and focus on education?
Booker T. Washington
What philosophy stated that wealthy Americans should use their money for social progress of the poor?
Written by Carnegie
Gospel of Wealth
Who was the famous African American ragtime composer?
Scott Joplin
Chinese immigrants came to the US to work where?
on the transcontinental railroad
Why were most labor unions against immigrants?
immigrants were willing to work for less money
Which African American leader wanted to do anything possible to achieve voting rights?
W.E.B. Du Bois
An extreme dislike of anyone not born in your country.
nativism
Name the anti-immigration group created to fight Catholics and European immigrants.
American Protective Association