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Immigrants and Urbanization - Chapter 15 Flashcards

To analyze the economic, social, and political effects of immigration and to understand the immigrant experience.

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Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the East Coast

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Ellis Island

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Inspection station for immigrant arriving on the West Coast

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Angel Island

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A mixture of different cultures living together

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Melting pot

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Overt favoritism toward native-born Americans

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Nativism

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Act that limited Chinese immigration

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Chines Exclusion Act

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Agreement that limited Japanese emigration to U.S.

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Gentlemen’s Agreement

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The growth of cities

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Urbanization

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Program to teach American culture to immigrants

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Americanization movement

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Multifamily urban dwellings

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Tenement

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Transportation system designed to move large number of people along fixed routes

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Mass Transit

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Movement that urged people to help the poor

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Social Gospel movement

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Community center that addressed problems in slum neighborhoods

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Settlement house

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Social reformer who helped the poor

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Jane Addams

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A group that controlled a political party

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Political machine

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Illegal use of political influence for personal gain

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Graft

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Head of New York City’s powerful Democratic political machine

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Boss Tweed

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The giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected

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Patronage

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Government administration

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Civil service

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19th president of the United States

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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20th president of the United States

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James A. Garfield

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21st president of the United States

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Chester A. Arthur

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Act that implemented merit system in civil service hiring

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Pendleton Civil Service Act

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22nd and 24th president of the United States

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Grover Cleveland

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23rd president of the United States

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Benjamin Harrison

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