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36 Cards in this Set
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Most immigrants can to US from _______before 1890
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Northern and Western Europe
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A mixture of diverse cultures whose people are blended together by abandoning their native language and customs
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Melting Point
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unethical and illegal use of political influence for personal gain
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Graft
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This idea led to rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions
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Nativism
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Most immigrants, during the early 1900's traveled into the country in ____________
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steerage
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Immigrants arriving on the east coast entered the country through
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Ellis Island
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Immigrants arriving on the west coast entered the country through
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Angel Island
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The symbol of freedom in New York Harbor
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Statue of Liberty
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Many immigrants were forced to live in _____________ because of overcrowding and Poverty
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tenements
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American cities lacked__________at the turn of the 20th century
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public schools
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______________authorized the civil service commission to make appointments based on the merit system
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Pendleton Act
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Organized groups that controled the activites of the political party in a city
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Political Machines
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An agreement that limited the immigration of unskilled woarkers to the US
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Gentleman's aggreement
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The name of a restriction on immigration passed by Congress
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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The Pendleton Civil Service Act was passed mainly in response to people like
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Boss Tweed
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The _____________ allowed poor illiterate white people to vote in the south
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Grandfather Clause
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Many immigrants worked at ___________jobs when they arrived in the US
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low paying
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Many immigrants lived in ____________houses with other people from their former country when they first came to the US
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tenement
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IDA B Wells published essays about
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lynching of African Americans
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The system of separating people on the basis of their race is called
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Jim Crow Laws
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Chinese immigrants stopped coming to the US after 1882 because
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Congress passed the Chinese Exclusionary Act to keep them out
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A system of involuntary labor for many Mexicans and African AMericans in the west and southwest forced people into
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debt peonage
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Willima Jennings Bryan
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was the presidential candidate who believed in backing US currency with silver and gold
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Who was elected president and worked to lower tariffs
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Grover Cleveland
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the 2nd president to be assassinated was
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James Garfield
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Plessy v. Ferguson enforced ____________ which were laws to separate people by their race
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Jim Crow Laws
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Who was elected president and supported big business
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William McKinley
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An African American who was born into slavery but believed in equality among races
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Booker T. Washington
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Who drew political cartoons that helped expose the corrupt political machine in New York City?
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Thomas Nast
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A tax on voters in the south
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Poll tax
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Key issues facing presidential candidates in the late 1800's
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Tariffs
Gold v. Silver Standard Civil Service Reform |
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African AMerican Reformer who believed that the best and the brightest would lead the equality movement
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W.E.B. DuBois
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People were able to move away from the city because of this invention
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Electric transit
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Photo journalism was a result of this invention
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Kodak camera
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Frederick Law Olmstead made it possible for may people to enjoy
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Central Park in New York
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Hull House was a place for immigrants to
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learn about American customs
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