New Immigration

Machine Politics

the process by which citizens of a city used their local ward alderman to work the "machine" of local politics to meet local needs w/in a neighborhood

Tammany Hall

a political machine in New York, run by machine boss William Tweed

William Tweed

machine boss who ran Tammany Hall

Graft

the financial kickback provided to city bosses in exchange for political favors

Jacob Riis

built a career as a police reporter He was appalled by what he saw so he documented these scenes & published a book

Social Gospel

the belief that the church should be as concerned about the conditions of people in the secular world as it was with their afterlife

Jane Addams

helped lead the Settlement House Movement by building upon ideas originally fashioned by social reformers in England

Florence Kelley

created the National Child Labor Committee also advocated for the subsequent creation to the Children's Bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor in 1912

Dillingham Commision

created by congress in 1907 to report on the nature of immigration in America

American Protective Association

the chief political activist group to promote legislation curling immigration into the U.S.

Chinese Exclusion Act

forbade Chinese immigrants to immigrate into the US

National Origins Act

further restricted immigration by basing the numbers of immigrates allowed in a specific region of the world

Political Machines Key Terms

Machine Politics, Tammany Hall, William Tweed, Graft

Social Crusaders Key Terms

Jacob Riis, Social Gospel, Jane Addams, Florence Kelley

Nativists Key Terms

Dillingham Commission, American Protective Association, Chinese Exclusion Act, National Origins Act