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24 Cards in this Set
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ellis island
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in New York harbor where many immigrants came
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Angel Island
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in San Francisco bay where many asians came to the us
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melting pot
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a mixing of peoople of different cultures adn races who blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs
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nativism
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overt favortism toward native-born Americans
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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act banned entry to all Cihnesse except students, teachers, merchants, tourists and government officials.
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gentlemen's agreement
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Japan's government agreed to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the Us in exchange for the repeal of the San francisco segregation order.
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urbanization
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growth of cities
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Americanization movement
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designed to assimilate people of wide-ranging culturres into the dominant culture.
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tenements
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multifamily urban dwelloings ---were overcrowded and unsanitary
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mass transit
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transportation systems designed to move large numbers of poeple along fixed routes, enabled workers to go to and from jobs more easily.
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Social Gospel movement
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preached salvation through servifce to the poor
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settlement houses
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community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to people in the area especially imigrants.
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Jane Adams
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most influentiall members ot the settlement homes movement
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political machines
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an organizedd goup that controlled the avticities of a political party in a city
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graft
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the illegal use of political influence for personal gain
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Boss Tweed
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NYC;s powerful Democratic political machine
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patronage
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giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected
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civil service
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government administration should go to the most qualified persons
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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elected in 1876, couldn't convince congress to support reform
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James A. Garfield
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Ohio congressman
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Chewster A. Arthur
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Republicans nominated him for vice-president
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Pendleton Civil service Act
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authorized a bipartosan civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system based on a candidates performance on an examination
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Grover Cleveland
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democratic's first win for presiden in 28 years --tried to lower triff rates
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Benjamin Harrison
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grandson of William Harrison-----campaigned financed by large contributions from companies that wanted tariffs even higher then they were.
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