Chapter 15-Urban America Flashcards

1
Q

Immigrants were required to undergo _____ when arriving at Ellis Island.

A

medical exams

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2
Q

The _____ prevented many Asians from becoming citizens in the late 1800s.

A

Chinese Exclusion Act

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3
Q

Most immigrants who came to American cities and worked in factories believed ____

A

that their lives had significantly improved from their lives in their native countries

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4
Q

_____ believed that individuals should be motivated to improving their selves and their own societies.

A

Social Darwinists

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5
Q

After _____ most immigrants to the US were from South and East Europe

A

1880s

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6
Q

in the 1860s, most Chinese immigrants were working for ___

A

western railroads

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7
Q

Most _____ opposed immigrants because the would work for low wages

A

labor unions

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8
Q

Before 1880s, most mass transit systems in cities were ____.

A

horse car systems

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9
Q

_____ were able to move most mass transit systems underground.

A

Subways

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10
Q

most inhabitants of streetcar suburbs were from the ____ class.

A

middle class

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11
Q

_____ was a corrupt leader of Tammany Hall Political Machine in New York City in the 1860s.

A

William Marcy Tweed

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12
Q

The Gospel of Wealth was _____’s belief that the wealth were supposed to use their fortunes for the benefit of all society.

A

Andrew Carnegie

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13
Q

In many large cities like Chicago, the _____ were the social hubs of society and politics.

A

Saloons

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14
Q

Most immigrants tended to settle in ____ within many large cities where they retained close relationships with their cultures

A

Ethnic Neighborhoods

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15
Q

_____ wanted to limit immigration to America

A

nativists

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16
Q

____ was the most famous political machine

A

Tammany Hall

17
Q

_____ provided new city immigrants with jobs, housing, protections in exchange for political support in elections.

A

political machines

18
Q

_____ is the belief that you can use your talents to improve yourself in society both socially and economically

A

individualism

19
Q

____ were the organization that helped the urban poor

A

salvation army

20
Q

many of the urban poor lived in ____

A

tenement houses

21
Q

_____ was a promoter of public libraries

A

Andrew Carnegie

22
Q

Frank Lloyd Wright’s job was ___

A

an architect

23
Q

Hannah Hayye was an example of _____.

A

an immigrant from poland

24
Q

William Sumner was a ____

A

professor who believed in the capitalist system

25
Q

_____ established Henry Street House

A

Lillian Wald

26
Q

_____ developed natural selection and evolutionary theory

A

Charles Darwin

27
Q

____ believed in society’s progressed because only the fittest people survived.

A

Herbert Spencer

28
Q

____ believed that those who had great wealth owed society something in return.

A

Andrew Carnegie

29
Q

He was also known as Mark Twain

A

Samuel Clemmens

30
Q

His American novel was Huckleberry Finn

A

Mark Twain

31
Q

____ founded Tuskegee Institute for African Americans

A

Booker T. Washington

32
Q

_____ opened Hull House in Chicago to aid poor immigrants

A

Jane Addams

33
Q

____ published a book describing a perfect society in the year 2000 called “Looking Backward”

A

Edward Bellamy