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29 Cards in this Set
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Skyscraper |
tall buildings with many stories with steel frames |
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Chinese Exclusion Act |
A United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. Prohibits all immigration of Chinese laborers |
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America's Pastime |
movie theaters, circus, theme parks, sports (baseball) |
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Mass Transit |
Public systems that carry large numbers of people, quiet, clean, and cheap |
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Joseph Pulitzer |
a Hungarian immigrant who had fought in the Civil War. Active in Missouri politics in the 1870s, moved to New York in the 1880s, where he started a morning paper, The World |
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Urban |
area with a large population such as a city or town |
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Nativism |
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants, a return to or emphasis on traditional or local customs, in opposition to outside influences |
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Consumerism |
the protection or promotion of the interests of the consumers |
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rural |
area outside of the city with low population |
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Mark Twain |
wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, the latter often called "The Great American Novel" |
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Melting Pot |
a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole |
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Angel Island |
Chinese immigrants were detained and interrogated here an immigration station in the San Francisco Bay |
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Tenement |
a substandard multi-family dwelling in the urban core, usually old and occupied by the poor |
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Mass Culture |
set of ideas and values that develop from a common exposure to the same media, news sources, music, and art |
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Rural to Urban Migrant |
sold their farms to work factory jobs in the city |
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Urbanization |
large number of people moving from farms in the countryside to work the factories in the cities |
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Americanization |
the process of an immigrant to the united States of America becoming a person who shares American values, beliefs and customs and is assimilated into American Society |
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Suburb |
a residential area or a mixed area, either existing as a part of a city or urban area as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city |
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Ellis Isaldn |
Island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States |
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What were the skill sets of the Old Immigrants compared to the New Immigrants? |
The old immigrants were literate and skilled, while the new were illiterate and unskilled |
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What were several different push and pull factors of late 1800's immigration? |
Push: low crop and land prices, wars in eastern Europe, many immigrants included Jews. Pulls: Hope for opportunity, land to settle in (west), many jobs (including RxR), family and friends already here, religious and political freedom |
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What was the voyage to America like for many of the European immigrants? |
The voyage was rough, many dangers. There was seasickness, no privacy, cramped living quarters, inadequate food, and illnesses. |
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Compare and contrast the experience of the European and Asian immigrants |
Chinese/Japanese immigrants got treated harshly while the Europeans were treated better. The process also took longer for the Chinese/Japanese immigrants |
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What were positive aspects of immigration? |
Developed effective farming techniques, built railroads, women worked in factories, others became servants |
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What were the two causes of urbanization in the late 1800's? |
they sold their farms to work factory jobs in the cities, and immigrants would stay in the cities where the work was easy to come by |
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Which two cities experienced the greatest population booms and why? |
New York because it was a major port for immigrants coming to America and many of them stayed there. Chicago because it was a major shipping center for the region, located on Lake Michigan. |
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What were the solutions that private companies and governments created for these problems: over crowding, poor housing, security/danger, potential for fire, and sanitation issues. |
They made water cleaner, made the sewage system for the city, made schools, and established departments for safety and for fires. |
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How did electricity transform the lives of Americans? |
It gave them new forms of entertainment that were powered with electricity, like radios and movies. It also made the people's days longer. |
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What were different aspects of mass culture and entertainment? |
The start of different newspapers, literature (since more Americans were literate), amusement parks, fairs, circuses, and sports (especially baseball). |
