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chapter four and five social studies Flashcards

1
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A reason to leave country -war, famine, religion/politics

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push factor

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2
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A reason to immigrate to a country -safety, freedoms, jobs

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pull factor

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3
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cheapest ticket for a trip to America

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steerage

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4
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Emma Lazarus

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new coloses, “everyone is welcome”

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5
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ethnic groups stayed together -language, religion, culture

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mosaics

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6
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settlement homes that tried to help, woman’s activist

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Jane adams

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7
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Immigrants that were in the U.S first

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nativists

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Didn’t like the Irish because of jobs

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Henry cabot Lodge

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9
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1882 Chinese exclusion act

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Chinese are not in the U.S

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10
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Chinese great workers

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most favored natives status

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11
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Unlimited migration

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burlingame treaty

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U.S would protect Japenese citizens if Japan would stop sending over

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gentleman’s agreement

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13
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Building where people rented to live

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tenement

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14
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people who wanted to expose society’s problems

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muckrakers

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15
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“How the other Half Lives” flash powder photography

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Jacob riis

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addressing the poor living conditions in New York City’s tenement buildings.

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tenement housing act

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“The Jungle” meat packing in Chicago , meat inspection act makes taxes go up FDA

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Upton sinclair

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18
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Political Machine

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purely bad politicians

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19
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an elected leader picks people to do public jobs

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spoils system

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the process of promoting and hiring government employees based on their ability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections.

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merit system

21
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Stated that Federal jobs should be granted on merit not on Friendship.

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Pendleton Act

22
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political machine in charge of tammany hall that stole millions from tax payers

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“boss” Tweed

23
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Boss Tweed elected his friends after election for public jobs ex.: inspector

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Tweed Ring

24
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Political cartoonist who was bribed $1M to leave but didn’t. Exposed Tweed

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Thomas Nast

25
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Kickback

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Public money/taxes shared profits bribery

26
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Referendum

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becomes a law

27
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initiative ideas; politics in the hands of people

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Oregon system

28
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recall

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to be removed

29
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16th amendment

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progressive income tax- the wealthier you are the more you pay, buisnesses

30
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17th ammendment

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direct election of senators, each state has two

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Suffragette who fought for women’s rights to vote

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

32
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farm in inheritance went to her husband and he sold it

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Flora Campbell

33
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Seneca falls convention

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launched the woman suffrage movement in the United States.

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Declaration of Sentiments for Women

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All men and women are created equal

35
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Alice Paul

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women’s suffregette

36
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Emily Davidson fell off this horse

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kings horse

37
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silent protesting

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silent sentinels

38
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19th ammendment

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women’s right to vote

39
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movement that encouraged drinkers to resist temptation

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temperance movement

40
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18th ammendment

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illegal to buy, make, sell alchohol

41
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people who went to canada to come back to U.S and sell liquor -bootleggers

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rum runners

42
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etsablishments that sold alchohol, mafia

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speakeasy

43
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21st ammendment

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1933 gets repeals 18th ammendment

44
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to come to an agreement with a third person or arbitrator

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arbitrate

45
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authrocite coal mine strike

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coldest predicted winter where owners made workers work more to sell coal with the same pay and less breaks

46
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parks are not for sale

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conservation law

47
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government watches businesses to make sure they are not cheating, wilson

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federal trade commission

48
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to go after bad monopolies

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trustbusters

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