2/13/23 Flashcards
a condition that drives people from their homeland
push factor
a condition that attracts people to move to a new area
pull factor
in Eastern Europe, an organized attack on a Jewish group
pogrom
on a ship, the cramped quarters for passengers paying the lowest fares
steerage
assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one
acculturation
an American who sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born, white Protestants
nativist
1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the US
Chinese Exclusion Act
wrote “New Colossal” poem for Statue of Liberty
Emma Lazarus
island in the US where immigrants coming from the East coast came
Ellis Island
island in the US where immigrants coming from the west coast came
Angel Island
ethnic clusters
ghettos
started in 1879 soup kitchens and shelter
Salvation Army
young mens Christian association that provided a place for immigrants to live
YMCA
small apartments; few windows, no heat, no indoor bathrooms, very overcrowded
tenements
wrote the book “How the Other Half Lives” and was a photo journalist
Jacob Riis
movement of the population from farms to urban areas
Urbanization
a standard set by the government for building construction and safety
Building code
movement within American Protestantism in the late 1800s that attempted to apply biblical teachings to society’s problems
Social Gospel
a community center organized, beginning in the late 1800s to offer services to the poor
settlement house
settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams in Chicago 1889
Hull House
founded the Hull House
Jane Addams
the practice of awarding government jobs to political supporters
patronage
all federal jobs except elected offices and those in the military
Civil service
a journalist who exposed corruption and bad business practices in the late 1800s and early 1900s
Muckracker
a reformer in the late 1800s and early 1900s who wanted to improve American life
progressive
an election in which voters choose their party’s candidate for the general election
primary
a person who wanted to destroy all trusts
Trustbuster
Roosevelt’s campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity to succeed
Square Deal
the protection of natural resources
conservation
a group of Progressive Republicans who supported Theodore Roosevelt during the 1912 election
Bull Moose Party
Pres. Wilson’s program to break up trusts and restore American economic competition
new freedom
a 1913 law that set up the Federal Reserve System to regulate the nation’s financial sector
Federal Reserve Act
a government agency created in 1914 to ensure fair competition
Federal Trade Commission
became part of Teddy Roosevelt’s cavalry
rough riders
women’s right to vote
suffrage
the movement to ban alcohol production and sales in the US
prohibition
to illegally seize and kill someone
lynch
national association for the advancement of colored people and was set up to get equal rights
NAACP
a Mexican neighborhood in the US
barrio
reformer for the Suffrage movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
reformer for the suffrage movement
Susan B. Anthony
minister and doctor; reformer for the suffrage movement
Anna Howard Shaw
educator and newspaper edition who fought for women’s rights
Carrie Chapman Catt
quaker and she started National Women’s political party
Alice Paul
first woman to run for president
Victoria Woodhull
gave women the right to vote
19th amendment
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
spoke against alcohol and broke bottles in saloons
Carrie Nation
prohibited the sale of alcohol
18th amendment
1st female millionaire
Madam CJ Walker
co founder of NAACP and urged african americans to fight discrimination actively
W.E.B Dubois
a scientist at the Tuskegee Institute; founded over 300 uses for the peanut
George Washington Carver
tall buildings with many floors
skyscraper
residential areas near the outskirts of a city
suburb
were live variety that included comedians; song and dance and acrobats
Vaudeville
lively music
Ragtime
exaggerated type of news
yellow journalism
created the first modern, mass circulated newspaper
Pulitzer
“Mark Twain” wrote “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Swayer”
Sam Clemens
