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18 Cards in this Set
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Push factors
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Those things that make people want to leave their home.
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Famine, war, presecution
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Pull factors
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Those things that draw people to a new place.
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Economic opportunity or religious freedom
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Immigrants
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Had a difficult trip. Coming from Europe took one week. Asia took three weeks. Most traveled in the steerege which was the cheapest. No private cabins. They lived in crowded conditions. Slept in lice infested beds. Diseases spread quickly and many died. Once here they faced being lonely, home sick, and prejudiced.
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Ellis island
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Located in New York Harbor. 17,000,000 went through. Immigrants detained here had to:
Pass a medical exam Report to government inspectors Prove they were never convicted of a felony Have $25 and prove they could work |
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Angel island
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Located in San Francisco Bay. Mostly Chinese/Asian immigrants. Undergo abuse, harsh questioning, and long detentions. Confined to filthy rundown buildings and many were disappointed.
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Culture shock
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Confusion and anxiety that result from an unfamiliar culture.
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Melting pot
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White people of all different nationalities blended together to create a single culture by abandoning their native language and customs. Excluded Asians.
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Nativism
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The belief that native born white Americans were superior to new comers. Was one response to the increase in immigration.
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Chinese exclusion act
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Banned entry to Chinese laborers and would not allow Chinese residents to become citizens.
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Urbanization
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The growth of cities.
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Urban challenges
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Problems that were going on in the cities.
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5 urban challenges
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Tenement
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Low cost multi family buildings. Two-three families would occupy one family residents. They were over crowded and unsanitary.
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1st urban challenge
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Mass transit
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Transportation systems that moved large numbers of people. fairly inexpensive and linked city neighborhoods but needed constant repair.
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2nd urban challenge
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Water
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Supplies were often contaminated with diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever. Often water was limited. Eventually it became chlorinated and later filtered.
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3rd urban challenge
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Sanitation
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A constant problem. Horse manuer was piled in the streets. No dependable trash collection. Sewage flowed through open gutters. Dead animals and rats.
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4th urban challenge
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Fire
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Could easily spread sue to wooden buildings. Homes were built close together. There was limited water. Candles and kerosene heaters were fire hazards. Cincinnati, Ohio had the nation's first paid fire department.
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5th urban challenge
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Settlement houses
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Community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to people in the area especially immigrants
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Jane Addams
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Social reformer, co-founded the settlement house known as the Hull House in Chicago.
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