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115 Cards in this Set
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the country |
rural |
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city |
urban |
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majority of immigrants after 1890, southern and eastern europe,uneducated, catholic, jewish, eastern orthodox, cultural differences |
new immigrants |
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the part of a ship providing accommodations for passengers with the cheapest tickets |
steerage |
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new york harbor (east coast), europeans, went through medical exams |
ellis island |
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asian immigrants station in San Francisco bay (west coast) |
angel island |
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the action of making a person or thing american in character or nationality |
americanization |
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a place where different people, styles, theories, etc. are mixed together |
melting pot |
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strong belief that if you are not from here you don’t belong and don’t get a say. the commitment to your place of origin |
nativism |
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a time btw. the civil war and WW1 during which the US population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misleadings and many wealthy people lived fancy lives |
gilded age |
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law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 yrs. Chinese ineligible for naturalization |
Chinese exclusion act |
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public transportation, especially in an urban area |
mass transit |
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outlying district of a city |
suburb |
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run down and often over crowded apartment housing |
tenements |
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a lot of cultures coming together to make one culture |
mass culture |
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wrote the gilded age , critical view of american society |
mark twain |
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american business man, newspaper publisher, and politician, developed the nation’s largest newspaper chains |
william randolph hearst |
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an american writer of rags to riches |
horatio alger |
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federal law designed to protect citizens in their civil and legal rights |
cival rights act of 1875 |
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the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers |
consumerism |
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specific areas set aside by the government for the indians use |
reservation |
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to be absorbed in the main culture of a society |
assimilate |
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replaced the reservation system with an allotment system. each family was given 160 acres to farmstead |
dawes general allotment act |
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sealed the indians demise after being weakened; more than 100 men and women and children. were killed |
wounded knee |
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led a group of refugees to canada 1,300 |
chief joseph |
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law passed by the US by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land by living on it for 7 years |
homestead act |
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rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership |
open range system |
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abolished slavery |
13th amendment |
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citizenship by birth |
14th amendment |
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an citizen voting rights |
15th amendment |
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farmers in TX in the 1870s began to organize as a group for lower prices for supplies (lobbied for lower transport cost and loan rates) |
farmers alliance |
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general custer and all of his men were killed |
battle of little big horn |
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farmed fighter, trained holy man, first ever chief of the seven bands |
sitting bull |
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industrialist and inventor of elevators and a safety device used by them |
elisha otis |
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creator of hull house in chicago, IL |
Jane Addams |
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land owner allows tenants to work their land for a share of the crop produced |
share cropping |
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majority of immigrants prior to 1890, northern and western europe, educated, protestant, democratic traditions |
old immigrants |
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how much did the urban population grow from 1870-1900? |
10 million to 30 million |
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where did many of the Americans migrant to and from? |
from farm to factory |
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list 2 push and pull that caused immigration. |
pull- electricity, running water push- little rural opportunity (born a farmer die a farmer) |
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who developed the skyscraper |
louis sullivan |
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in 1890 how did most people travel |
horse cars |
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who created the electric trolley car? |
frank j. sprague |
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where were the first subway systems in america? |
boston and new york |
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describe 2 problems that came as a result of overcrowding in cities. |
city sewers and water facilities couldn’t meet needs, garbage piled up |
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describe 2 problems that came as a result of overcrowding in cities. |
city sewers and water facilities couldn’t meet needs, garbage piled up |
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what health problems resulted from this type of living? |
infectious diseases; tb, (infant deaths |
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what parts of europe did more than half of immigrants come from? |
eastern and southern |
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how many european jews came to america by 1900? |
well over 2 million |
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list 3 things america offered to these immigrants. |
employment, religious freedom, social advancement |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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what 2 places did all immigrants have to travel through when coming to america? |
ellis and angel island |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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what 2 places did all immigrants have to travel through when coming to america? |
ellis and angel island |
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where were these places? |
ellis- new york angel- san francisco |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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what 2 places did all immigrants have to travel through when coming to america? |
ellis and angel island |
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where were these places? |
ellis- new york angel- san francisco |
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why was the american worker unhappy about immigration? |
competition for jobs |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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what 2 places did all immigrants have to travel through when coming to america? |
ellis and angel island |
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where were these places? |
ellis- new york angel- san francisco |
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why was the american worker unhappy about immigration? |
competition for jobs |
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which organization was anti-catholic |
american protective association |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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what 2 places did all immigrants have to travel through when coming to america? |
ellis and angel island |
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where were these places? |
ellis- new york angel- san francisco |
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why was the american worker unhappy about immigration? |
competition for jobs |
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which organization was anti-catholic |
american protective association |
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which organization was anti- immigrant |
immigration restriction league |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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what 2 places did all immigrants have to travel through when coming to america? |
ellis and angel island |
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where were these places? |
ellis- new york angel- san francisco |
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why was the american worker unhappy about immigration? |
competition for jobs |
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which organization was anti-catholic |
american protective association |
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which organization was anti- immigrant |
immigration restriction league |
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the idea that the needs of immigrants and the poor should be addressed by the church |
the social gospel movement |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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what 2 places did all immigrants have to travel through when coming to america? |
ellis and angel island |
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where were these places? |
ellis- new york angel- san francisco |
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why was the american worker unhappy about immigration? |
competition for jobs |
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which organization was anti-catholic |
american protective association |
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which organization was anti- immigrant |
immigration restriction league |
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the idea that the needs of immigrants and the poor should be addressed by the church |
the social gospel movement |
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who created hull house |
jane addams |
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list 3 reasons why many of these immigrants left their homelands |
religious oppression, poverty, lack of economic opportunity |
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where did the Chinese and Japanese mainly settle and why |
gold rush and transcontinental rail construction; west coast |
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what 2 places did all immigrants have to travel through when coming to america? |
ellis and angel island |
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where were these places? |
ellis- new york angel- san francisco |
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why was the american worker unhappy about immigration? |
competition for jobs |
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which organization was anti-catholic |
american protective association |
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which organization was anti- immigrant |
immigration restriction league |
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the idea that the needs of immigrants and the poor should be addressed by the church |
the social gospel movement |
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who created hull house |
jane addams |
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where was it located |
chicago, IL |
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what happened to farming in the south after the cival war? |
became more diversified |
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what happened to farming in the south after the cival war? |
became more diversified |
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what were southerners hoping to build more of to help the economy |
rail building |
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farmers in TX in the 1870s began to organize as a group for lower prices for supplies (lobbies for lower transport cost and loan rates) |
farmers alliance |
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what amendments were passed during this time that were not followed? |
13th, 14th, 15th |
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what are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments? |
13th- abolished slavery 14th- citizenship by birth 15th- voting rights to everyone |
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which terror group was created to oppose african american rights? |
Ku Klux Klan |
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what part of the country were Native Americans forced to move to |
west past the MS |
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led by crazy horse. custer and all of his men were killed |
the battle of little big horn |
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what massacre killed more than 100 men, women, and children? |
wounded knee |
