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What was the difference between old immigrants and new immigrants? Give at least 3 ways.
Old immigrants: Protestants, From Norther and Western Europe, spoke english, blended well with Americans
New Immigrants: From Eastern and Southern Europe, Catholics and Jews, did not speak english
After the Civil War about how many people came to America?
1.3 million
Why did so many people emigrate to America from their homeland? Give at least 3 reasons.
loss of jobs, debt, poverty, overcrowding/ not enough land.
How did immigrants travel to America? Give at least 2 ways.
foot, horseback, through foreign countries
Then came the long voyage to America- ___ days across the Atlantic or _____ across the Pacific.
Then came the long voyage to America- _12_ days across the Atlantic or _several weeks__ across the Pacific
What is steerage?
cramped noisy quarts on the lower decks.
What were the immigrants greeted by when arriving in America?
the statue of liberty
In the East, after 1892, immigrants were processed at ______ in New York Harbor.
In the East, after 1892, immigrants were processed at _Ellis Island_ in New York Harbor.
Most Asian immigrants arrived on the west coast & went through processing on _________ in San Francisco Bay.
Most Asian immigrants arrived on the west coast & went through processing on _Angel island_ in San Francisco Bay.
What did examiners at the centers ( Ellis and Angel Island) do? Give at least 3 things.
recored the immigrants, name, homeland, occupation, and relatives. Gave immigrants health exams.
What are sweatshops?
1.)dark crowed work shops were workings made clothing. 2) were people worked were their was no light heat windows, poor machinery, etc.
What did americans fear immigrants would do?
take away their jobs, or drive down their pay by accepting lower wages.
What is a tenement and describe.
a building in which several families rented rooms. poor most lived in them, small, dark, crowded.
What is definition for a settlement house.
provided medical care,playgrounds,nurseries,libraries, and classes.
What did new farm machinery do?
made it possible to produce crops, using fewer workers.
because of the limited space Architects began to do what?
They began building upward not outward.
The overcrowding in tenement districts created what?
Created sanitation and health problems.
What did poverty in cities lead to?
Crime and gangs
Describe and/or give a definition for "progressive education"
wanted to shape students' character and teach them good citizenship as well as facts.
What is the definition of realism?
literature that shows how things really are.
in the south, African Americans received ______ or ______________. finish the sentence
in the south, African Americans received _little_ or _no education_.
What did John dewey criticize schools for?
For making students memorize information.
by 1910 almost 40% of college students were _____. Fill in the blank
by 1910 almost 40% of college students were _women_.
How much money did Andrew Canegie donate to found more than 2,000 libraries around the world.
more than $30 million
What is the definition of vaudeville?
variety shows that included dancing, singing,comedy, and magic acts
Who developed jazz?
African Americans in New Orleans.
Who invented moving pictures a.k.a "the movies"
Thomas Edison
What was another name for a theater? Were they the beginning of today's film industry Yes or No ?
nickelodeons and yes