Chapter 13 Vocab and People and Events Flashcards
cheapest accomodations on a steam ship, cramped quarters
Steerage
hostility towards immigrants
Nativism
one who enters and becomes established in a country other than that of their original nationality
Immigrant
relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural origin or background
Ethnic
tiny island in New York Harbor, where immigrants arrived from Europe
Ellis Island
journalist that first pointed out people in cities created small cultural neighborhoods
Jacob Riis
place for asian immigrants in California, where they waited for citizenship
Angel Island
law banned Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese in the country from becoming citizens
Chinese Exclusion Act
a very tall building
skyscraper
multifamily apartments usually dark crowded and barely meeting minimum living standards
Tenement
an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government
Political Machine
person in control of a political machine
Party Boss
the aquisition of money in dishonest wasy, as in bribing a politician
Graft
something that motivates a person into action
Incentive
to cause an action that causes a greater reaction
Trigger
contributed to the design of the Chicago Skyscrapers
Louis Sullivan
one of New Yorks most powerful party bosses defended “honest graft”
George Plunkitt
leader of New York City Democratic machine (Tammany Hall) his corruption led to prison sentence in 1874.
William “Boss” Tweed
the thought that no matter what a persons background is, the person can still become successful.
Individualism
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
Social Darwinism