Immigrants and Urbanization - Chapter 15 Flashcards
To analyze the economic, social, and political effects of immigration and to understand the immigrant experience.
Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the East Coast
Ellis Island
Inspection station for immigrant arriving on the West Coast
Angel Island
A mixture of different cultures living together
Melting pot
Overt favoritism toward native-born Americans
Nativism
Act that limited Chinese immigration
Chines Exclusion Act
Agreement that limited Japanese emigration to U.S.
Gentlemen’s Agreement
The growth of cities
Urbanization
Program to teach American culture to immigrants
Americanization movement
Multifamily urban dwellings
Tenement
Transportation system designed to move large number of people along fixed routes
Mass Transit
Movement that urged people to help the poor
Social Gospel movement
Community center that addressed problems in slum neighborhoods
Settlement house
Social reformer who helped the poor
Jane Addams
A group that controlled a political party
Political machine
Illegal use of political influence for personal gain
Graft
Head of New York City’s powerful Democratic political machine
Boss Tweed
The giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected
Patronage
Government administration
Civil service
19th president of the United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
20th president of the United States
James A. Garfield
21st president of the United States
Chester A. Arthur
Act that implemented merit system in civil service hiring
Pendleton Civil Service Act
22nd and 24th president of the United States
Grover Cleveland
23rd president of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
