Cities & Culture, 1865-1900 Flashcards
What three things transformed American society in the 19th century?
Industrialization, Immigration, Urbanization
Name some “pushes” (negative factors) for the growth of immigration.
Poverty, Overcrowding, Joblessness, Religious Persecution
Name some “pulls” (positive factors) for the growth of immigration.
Political and Religious freedoms & Economic Opportunities in America
Through the 1880s, a majority of immigrants came from Northwestern Europe: British Isles, Germany, and Scandinavia. Most of these immigrants were Protestant and spoke English. What were these immigrants labeled?
“Old” Immigrants
Beginning in the 1880s, a majority of immigrants came from Southeastern Europe: Italians, Greeks, Croats, Slovaks, Poles, and Russians. Most of these immigrants were poor and illiterate peasants, unaccustomed to democratic traditions, and were largely Roman Catholic and Jewish. What were these immigrants labeled?
“New” Immigrants
This is the term given to immigrants who worked temporarily in America to earn some money and then return to their native lands.
“Birds of Passage”
This law was an attempt to restrict a specific kind of immigration into the United States.
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
This was the main immigration center in New York where new immigrants had to pass rigorous medical and document exams and pay an entry tax.
Ellis Island (New York)
This was the main immigration center on the West coast in San Francisco.
Angel Island
Which three groups were supporters of immigration restrictions?
- Unions feared job competition.
- Nativists were prejudice against Catholics.
- Social Darwinists viewed them as inferiors.
Nativists favored the interests of native-born people over the interests of immigrants. They formed this new political party in which they were hostile toward Irish and German Catholic immigrants.
Know-Nothing Party
This term is used to describe the population shifting from rural to urban because of economic opportunities in the cities. This also happened simultaneously with industrialization.
Urbanization
What group of people moved into overcrowded, unsanitary, and crime-ridden tenement houses in the cities. They created distinct ethnic neighborhoods to maintain their language, culture, church or temple.
Immigrants
These were communities outside of the cities were upper and middle class Americans chose to live. Frederick Law Olmsted designed this community.
Suburbs
Political parties in major cities came under the control of groups of politicians known as what?
Political Machines & Political Boss
