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Ch 7, Sec 1-3 Flashcards

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European immigration cause

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Wanted to escape religious prosecution
Job opportunities factory
Overpopulation

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European immigration effect

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Anti immigrant groups and laws

Lots of jobs in America better lives for immigrants

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Asian immigration cause

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Job opportunities mining
Nativism
Railroads
Scarce work
Gold rush
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Asian immigration effect

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Work was scarce, political pressure

Anti immigration groups and laws

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Anti immigration groups and laws cause

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Asian and European immigration

Concerned about jobs

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Anti immigration groups and laws effects

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Chinese exclusion act
Gentlemens agreement
Segregation
Nativism

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Chinese exclusion act cause

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Native born feared jobs would go to Chinese who accepted lower wages
Work scarce, political pressure

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Chinese exclusion act effect

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Chinese immigration was restricted

The law was not repealed until 1943

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Gentlemens agreement cause

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Segregated Japanese children in seperate schools

Japanese raised angry protests

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Gentle mans agreement effect

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Limited emigration of unskilled workers, in exchange for repeal of segregation order

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Americanization movement

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Assimilate people of different cultures into dominant culture
Sponsored by gov and concerned citizens
Taught immigrants
Although many immigrants didn’t want to abandon traditions

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Housing solution

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Row houses
Tenements
Passed law for standard plumbing and ventilation

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What was wrong with tenements

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Multi family dwellings were overcrowded and unsanitary

People dumped garbage in air shaft

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Transportation solution

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Mass transits
Street cars
Electric subways
Struggled to repair and build the transit systems

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What are mass transits

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Transportation systems designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes

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Water and sanitation solution

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Public water works to handle increasing demand
Filtration and chlorination
Scavengers were hired to clean streets, collect garbage and clean houses
Sewer lines and sanitation departments

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Crime and fire solution

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Salaried police force, but too small for impact on crime
First paid firedepartment
Practical automatic fire sprinkler
Replaced wood with stone and brick m

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Poverty solution

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Immigrants needed help, went to settlement houses for help

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Settlement houses

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Privately run by wealthy people, helped immigrants learn and let them stay for a few nights or until got jobs
Founded by Jane Adams

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Political machine

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An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city

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Political machine characteristics

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Offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support, helped immigrants by giving them jobs and money in exchange for votes

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What did the pyramid jobs do

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City boss-controlled activities of political parties throughout cities
Ward boss-worked to secure votes in precinct
Local precinct workers and captains-tried to secure voters reported to ward boss

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Examples of political machine

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Boss tweed, led corrupt politicians
Built county courthouse for 13 million, when it only cost 3
Thomas Nast artist ended it

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Graft

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The illegal use of political influence project for the city

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Extortion

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Illegal use of ones official position to obtain property or funds

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Patronage

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Giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected

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Civil service

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Government administration, most qualified people get the jobs

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Pendleton civil service act

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Commission to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system based on candidates performance on an examination

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What was the social gospel movement

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Preached salvation through service to the poor

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Who is Jane Addams

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One of the most influential member of the settlement houses and Americanization movement, founded chicagos hull house,

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