Ch 7

Question 0

Angel island

Answer 0

In San Francisco where immigrants arriving on the west coast passed to gain entry to the US

Question 1

Ellis island

Answer 1

In New York harbor where European immigrants had to pass inspection in order to be admitted to the US on the east coast

Question 2

Gentlemens agreement

Answer 2

Agreement by gov of japan to limit Japanese emigration to the US in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order (separate schools)
Only the educated Japanese could come to America

Question 3

Americanization movement

Answer 3

Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture

Question 4

Jane Addams

Answer 4

First settle ment home

Question 5

Political machine

Answer 5

Organized group that controls a political party in a city & offers services to voters & businesses in exchange for political and financial support
Controlled the activities of a political party in a city

Question 6

Graft

Answer 6

Illegal use of political influence for personal gain

Question 7

Boss tweed

Answer 7

City official of NY 
Wanted a new courthouse 
Said construction = 13 million 
Actual cost = 3 million 
Picketed 10 million & was caught -> jail SCAMMED TAX PAYERS

Question 8

Patronage

Answer 8

Officeholders power to appoint people - those who have helped him or her get elected-to positions in government

Question 9

Pendleton act

Answer 9

Fixed spoils system

Independent civil service commission to make gov. Appointments based on merit system

Question 10

Stewarts

Answer 10

Republican supporters of NY strongly opposed civil-service reform

Question 11

Chester A Arthur

Answer 11

Turned reformer as president

Persuaded congress to reform civil service, Pendleton act

Question 12

Rutherford B Hayes

Answer 12

Strong supporter of civil service reform. Did not succeed in getting congress to help , he cleaned up the nations custom houses

Question 13

Spoils system

Answer 13

Job not qualified for just because of who they know

Needed reform because it was unfair

Question 14

Urbanization

Answer 14

Growth of cities

Question 15

Tenements

Answer 15

City dwellers crowded multifamily of then unsanitary

Question 16

Settlement houses

Answer 16

Community centers that provided assistance to the urban poor

Question 17

What did the Americanization movement do?

Answer 17

Assimilated diverse people into the dominant culture

Question 18

Why did people come to American?

Problems they faced ?

Answer 18

War
Land shortages
Farming
Religious/political persecution
Famine
Jobs 
Transportation 
Problems- different language culture clothing finding a job unsanitary poop and nativism

Question 19

What jobs did the city have to offer?

Answer 19

Manufacturing. Construction, housing

Question 20

Similarities and differences between old and new immigrants

Answer 20

Sim- jobs new life discrimination war religious freedom
New-familiar with America
Old - easier to enter not as familiar

Question 21

Melting pot

Answer 21

Mixture of diverse cultures whose people blended together by abandoning their native language and customs

Question 22

Nativism

Answer 22

Idea that led to the rise in anti immigrant groups & a demand for immigration restriction

Question 23

Chinese exclusion act

Answer 23

Immigration restriction passed by congress that did not allow Chinese to come to America

Question 24

Political corruption

Answer 24

Immigrants did not know how the government worked so people took advantage of them

Question 25

Grover Cleveland

Answer 25

Lower tariffs

Question 26

Benjamin harrison

Answer 26

Higher tariffs than they were