the policy of protecting the interests of native born or established inhabitants against those immigrants
What is nativism
100
he became the first democrat to win the White House in 24 years He lost to Benjamin Harrison in 1888 but came back to rewin the presidency in 1892
Who is Grover Cleveland
100
a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch
What is the civil service
100
a self appointed law officer
What is a vigilante
100
was originally involved in the temperance movement and was a reformer that joined the fight for women's right to vote in the 1850's
Who is Susan B. Anthony
200
practice of the political partyn in power of giving jobs and appointments to its supporters rather than to people based on their qualifications
What is the spoils system
200
the action of coming to live in a foreign country
What is immigration
200
where people from different countries came to america to make one culture
What is the "melting pot"
200
people's party, a party formed in 1891 to advocate a larger money supply and other economic things
What is the populist party
200
government regulates size, type, structure and use of land or building
What are zoning laws
300
similar culture patterns in a society as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising
What is a mass culture
300
a harbor on an island in New York that was used as an immigration station for immigrants arriving to the United States
What is Ellis Island
300
to make similar or resemble something else
What is assimulation
300
someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intentions of aquiring title to it
What are homesteaders
300
expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them
What is urbanization
400
the policy of powerful countries that seek to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions
What is imperialism
400
if a father or grandfather could vote as of January 1, 1867 then you could vote with out taking a litercay test, it used to be you had to pass a literacy test to be able to vote
What is the Grandfather Clause
400
laws passed by southerners to segregate public places, such as schools, restaraunts, theatres, trains, hospitals, water fountains and cemeteries
What are the Jim Crow laws
400
journalist that used her paper FREE SPEECH to protest against anti-black violence
Who is Ida B. Wells
400
a former slave that taught himself how to read and founded a college
Who is Booker T. Washington
500
an african american professor, author, and public speaker he disagreed with Booker T. Washington's acceptance with segregation
Who is W.E.B. Dubois
500
mexican neighborhoods that they created themselves
What are barrios
500
practice of giving out governments jobs as favors to loyal party workers
What is patronage
500
began to award jobs based on the results of an exam