US History- Immigration and Urbanization

the The New Colossus poem is where

under the statue of liberty

where did chinese and japanese immigrants arrive to

angel(west coast) and ellis island

what was the name for people who did not like native born people

nativism

immigration of blacks to cities

the great migration

Jane Addams founded

settlement houses

what were urban housing problems

• Housing- tenements

• Transportation- lack of modern transit

• Water- for fires and drinking

• Sanitation

• Fire

• Crime

what was the name of a really bad neighborhood in NYC

the five points district

famous political machine

Boss Tweed

who was a famous political cartoonist

Thomas Nast

who was a famous architect

Frank Lloyd wright

what were chicago’s trains named

“the el”

who designed central park

Frederick Law Olmsted

where was the world columbian exchange

Chicago 1893

what were voting restrictions

• Literacy Tests

• Poll Taxes

• Grandfather clause

• De Jure(by law) and De Facto Segregation

what court case created the separate but equal doctrine

Plessy vs Ferguson

what were clean french shows

Vaudeville

why were Minstrel Shows controversial

they made the KKK look good

who was a famous newspaper owner

William Randolph Hearst

congress passed the Pendleton civil Service act in 1883 to..

give jobs to qualified people

settlement houses were founded by

social reformers

an example of the spoils system is

appointing a friend to a political position

who was an ally to political machines

immigrants

who were from the right background

british, scandinavian, and german

in 1890 twice as many irish were in

new york

what does assimilation mean

attempting to make one part of the majority culture

what city is central park in

NYC

what year was the great chicago fire

1871

what means growth of cities

urbanization

letting things take their own course

laissez-faire

phrase from Mark Twain

Gilded age

who was the city boss in KC

thomas pendergast

laws discriminating towards blacks

jim crow

john d rockefeller owned what

an oil company