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Chapter 13 Vocab and People and Events Flashcards

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cheapest accomodations on a steam ship, cramped quarters

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Steerage

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hostility towards immigrants

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Nativism

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one who enters and becomes established in a country other than that of their original nationality

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Immigrant

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relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural origin or background

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Ethnic

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tiny island in New York Harbor, where immigrants arrived from Europe

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Ellis Island

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journalist that first pointed out people in cities created small cultural neighborhoods

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Jacob Riis

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place for asian immigrants in California, where they waited for citizenship

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Angel Island

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law banned Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese in the country from becoming citizens

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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a very tall building

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skyscraper

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multifamily apartments usually dark crowded and barely meeting minimum living standards

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Tenement

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an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government

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Political Machine

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person in control of a political machine

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Party Boss

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the aquisition of money in dishonest wasy, as in bribing a politician

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Graft

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something that motivates a person into action

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Incentive

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to cause an action that causes a greater reaction

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Trigger

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contributed to the design of the Chicago Skyscrapers

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Louis Sullivan

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one of New Yorks most powerful party bosses defended “honest graft”

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George Plunkitt

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leader of New York City Democratic machine (Tammany Hall) his corruption led to prison sentence in 1874.

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William “Boss” Tweed

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the thought that no matter what a persons background is, the person can still become successful.

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Individualism

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based on Charles Darwins theories of evolution and natural selection, states that humans have developed through competition and natural selection with only the strongest surviving

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Social Darwinism

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providing money to support humanitarian or social goals

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Philanthropy

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institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services such as medical care, child care, libraries, and classes in English

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Settlement House

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causing someone to acquire American traits and characteristics

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Americanization

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scientific theory that humans and other life forms of life have evolved over time

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Evolution

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to make a document available to the generic public

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Publish

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era in American history between 1870-1900

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Gilded Era

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a gentler version of Social Darwinism advocated by Andrew Carnegie

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Gospel of Wealth

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Samuel Clemens, wrote Huckleberry Finn

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Mark Twain

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worked to get better conditions in cities according to bibilical ideas of charity and justice

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Social Gospel

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opened Hull House in Chicago supported settlement houses

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Jane Addams

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political movement founded in the 1890s representing mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other large industries

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Populism

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a piece of US paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War

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Greenbacks

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the loss of value of money

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Inflation

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decilne in the volume of available money or credit that results in lower prices, increasing the buyings power of money

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Deflation

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a store where farmers buy products from each other, an enterprise owned and operated by those who use the service.

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Cooperatives

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tax based on the net income of an individual or business

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Graduated Income Tax

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note issued by government that promises to pay off a loan with interest

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Bond

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paper money used as a medium or exchange

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Currency

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plan or method for achieving a goal

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Strategy

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1890, Charles W. Macune was the leader

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Farmers Alliance

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Populists, wanted political reform

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Peoples Party

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democrat nominated that supported silver

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William Jennings Bryan

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governor of Ohio, nominated by Republicans

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William McKinley

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tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote

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Poll Tax

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the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group

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Segregation

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statues or laws created to enforce segregation

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Jim Crow Laws

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execution performed without lawful approval

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Lynchings

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different treatment or preference on a basis other than indiciduual merit.

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Discrimination

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launched a fearless crusade against lynching

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Ida B. Wells

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had African Americans focus on economic goals rather than political ones, educator, Atlanta Compromise

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Booker T. Washington

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leader of new generation of African American activists, wrote, the sould of black fold

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W.E.B. Du-Bois

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