2/13/23 Chapter Test Flashcards
conditions that drive people from their homes
Push Factors
conditions that attract immigrants to a new area
Pull factors
an organized attack on a Jewish community in Russia
Pogrom
the cramped quarters for passengers paying the lowest fares on a ship
Steerage
the process of adapting to a new culture and making changes while holding on to older traditions
Acculturation
an American who sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born, white Protestants
Nativists
1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act
she wrote a poem about the stature of liberty called “The New Colossus”
Emma Lazarus
where immigrants from the East Coast went for medical and financial examinations
Ellis Island
where immigrants from the West Coast went for medical and financial examinations
Angel Island
where immigrants of the same ethnic groups settled in clusters
Ghettos
a 1879 group who provided soup kitchens and shelter
Salvation Army
provided a place for immigrants to live
YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association
wrote “How the Other Half Lives” about the terrible conditions of tenements
Jacob Riis
movement of the population from rural areas (farms) to urban areas (cities)
Urbanization
small low budget apartments, few windows, no heat, no indoor bathrooms and was very overcrowded Building Codes set standards for construction and safety of buildings
Tenement
set standards for construction and safety of buildings
Building Codes
movement within American Protestantism in the late 1800’s that attempted to apply biblical teachings to society’s problems
Social Gospel
a house set up for the poor that provided for the immigrants
Settlement house
a settlement house that was set up by Jane Adams in 1889
Hull House
she set up the Hull House in 1889
Jane Addams
giving jobs to followers also known as the spoils system
Patronage
all federal jobs except elected officers and the military
Civil service
crusading journalists who exposed corruption to the public view
Muckrakers
1900 reformers - forward thinking people who wanted to improve American life
Progressives
voters choose their party’s candidate for the general election
Primary
a person who wanted to destroy all trusts
Trustbuster
Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign promise that all groups would have an equal opportunity to succeed
Square Deal
the protection of natural resources
Conservation
Roosevelt’s supporters after the Progressive Republicans split
Bull Moose Party
President 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 Comission
the calvary organized by Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
women’s right to vote (Seneca Falls New York)
Women’s suffrage
a ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
Prohibition
to be murdered by a hateful mob
Lynch
an organization founded in 1909 to work toward equal rights for African Americans
NAACP - (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
a Mexican neighborhood in the United States
Barrio
a reformer who helped set up the National Women’s Suffrage Association and opposed the 15th Amendment
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
a reformer who also helped set up the NWSA and opposed the 15th Amendment
Susan B. Anthony
a minister and a doctor a reformer who fought for women’s rights
Anna Howard Shaw
an educator and newspaper editor
Carrie Chapman Catt
a Quaker who started the National Women’s Political Party in 1916 and was denied the support of President Wilson
Alice Paul
in 1872 she became the 1st woman to run for president and she wasn’t even 35 yet.in 1872 she became the 1st woman to run for president and she wasn’t even 35 yet.
Victoria Woodhull
it gave women the right to vote in 1920
19th Amendment
a women’s group that supported prohibiton established by Francis Wilard
Women Christian Temperance Movement -WCTU
spoke out against alcohol and broke bottles in saloons (bars)
Carry Nation
1919 it prohibited the sale of alcohol. (Women’s Temperance Movement)
18th Amendment
America’s 1st female millionaire (African American). She created a hair care line.
Madam CJ Walker
CoFounder of NAACP who urged African Americans to fight discrimination actively
W.E.B. DuBois
a scientist at the Tuskegee Institute who found over 300 uses for the peanut
George Washington Carver
tall buildings with many floors
Skyscraper
a residential area near the outskirts of a city
Suburb
live variety that included comedians, song, dance, and aerobatic shows
Vaudeville
lively music (Scott Joplin)
Ragtime
sensational reporting - exaggerated type of news
Yellow Journalism
Created the first modern, mass circulated, newspaper. “New York World”
Pulitzer
Mark Twain - wrote the “Adventures of Huckleberry Fin” and the adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Sam Clemens
