immigration and urbanization #2

What is nativism and what groups were targeted in 1780-1850-1920 and NoW

Nativism-overt favoritism toward native born-Americans

1780-Catholics

1850-Chinese

1950-Jews

now-Hispanic

What did native born Americans believe to be the superior ethnic group?

Anglo saxons

Who did the nativism have the strongest dislike towards? Why?

Chinese

What intensified anti-Chinese sentiment

The depression which followed the panic of 1873

What did congress pass to stop Chinese emigration to the U.S ?

Chinese exclusion Act

What limited immigration from Japan

Gentlemen's agreement

He was a danish american muckraking journalist and photographer

Jacob Riss

THIS book bye Jacob Riss documented the slum-like tenements living in NYC

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES

Its definition is the growth of cities

Urbanization

Movement of over 200,000 African Americans moving from the south to the north is known as THIS. What were they looking for ?

The great migration, they were looking for jobs

Name five problems cities faced

Housing,transportation, water and sanitation

What two types of housing were a result of the rapidly growing cities? Which one of the two was less desirable

Row houses and tenements and the most desirable is tenements

To try to solve the housing problem in nyc, these types of 5-6 story buildings were built

Dumbbell tenements

Unclear water was the cause of TWO disease

Cholera and typhoid fever

What were introduced in 1893 and 1908 to solve cholera and typhoid fever ?

Chlorination and filtration

Due to the limited water supply, what was another major menace

The spread of fires

What city had the nation's first official fire department?

Cincinnati, Ohio

What city had the nation's first police department

New York City

What movement preached salvation through service to the poor?

The social gospel movement

These were community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to local men,women and children and SPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS. what was the name of the first settlements house?

Settlement houses, Chicago's hull house