Chapter 14 Flashcards
The two groups main groups of immigrants were: all
1) Irish
2) German
Between 1840 and 1860 more that ____ immigrants came to the US.
4 million
The __ came fleeing starvation due to a terrible __ famine.
Irish, Potato
The __ usually arrived with money and bought farm land in the __.
Germans, mid west
The Germans brought over the tradition of the __.
Christmas Tree
The ones who opposed immigration were called __.
nativists
The nativists formed a political party to try and limit immigration called the __.
Know nothing party
city life was hard for four reasons: all
1) unpaved roads
2) animals wondered all over
3) it was unsanitary
4) they had no water system
the __ was a social and economic level between the wealthy and poor.
middle class
Three things began to grow in cities: all
1) libraries
2) clubs
3) theaters
a __ were poorly designed housing structures that were dirty, overcrowded, and unsafe.
tenements
__ was a belief system in which followers thought they could rise above material things in life.
transcendentalism
__ was a minister who thought you should be guided by your inner light.
emerson
__ most famous essay was self reliance
emerson
__ wrote women in the nineteenth century which was a book about women’s basic rights.
Margaret fuller
__ believed people should act by their own idea of right and wrong.
henry David Thoreau
__ refused to obey unjust laws.
henry David Thoreau
__ hoped to form a perfect society .
utopian communities
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the __.
Scarlett Letter
__ wrote mystery stories and poetry.
Edgar Allen Poe