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Immigration/Urbanization Flashcards

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Push Factors

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Conditions that drive people from their

homes.

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Pull Factors

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Conditions that attract immigrants to a new area.

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Nativists

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People who wanted to limit immigration.

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Yellow Journalism

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Sensational news reporting style.

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Ellis Island

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New York, immigrants were mostly from Europe.

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Angel Island

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San Francisco, California, immigrants were mostly from Asian countries.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Barred Chinese laborers from entering the country. In addition, no Chinese person who left the U.S. could return.

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Urbanization

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The movement of a population from farms to cities.

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Skyscraper

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Tall buildings with many floors and light-weight steel frame construction.

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What were some push factors?

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Land was scarce, farm machines were replacing workers, political or religious persecution, and political unrest.

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What were some pull factors?

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Jobs, land, religion, and promise of freedom.

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Suburbs

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Residential areas outside or near the city.

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Settlement houses

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Community centers that offered services to the poor.

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What were some services offered in settlement houses?

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Taught classes in American government and English, gave instruction on health care, provided nurseries for children, and provided recreational activities.

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Building codes

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Set standards for construction and safety.

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Social Gospel

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Ministers called on their well-to-do (rich) members to do their duty as Christians by helping society’s poor.

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Salvation Army

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Spread Christian teachings, offered food and shelter to the poor.

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YMHA

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Provided social activities, encouraged good citizenship, and helped Jewish families preserve their culture.

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What does YMHA stand for?

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Young Men’s Hebrew Association.

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Compulsory Education

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Laws that required children to attend school, up to sixth grade.

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What was the curriculum for compulsory education?

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Taught English immigrants and stressed the importance of citizenship.

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Parochial Schools

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Church sponsored schools.

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What was the textbook used about?

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McGuffey’s Eclectic Reader, which taught Reading, Writing, and Math (3Rs). Emphasized discipline and obedience.

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What was the Newspaper Boom?

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As education spread, people read more. Newspapers reported on major events of the day. Featured stories about local government, business, fashion, and sports.

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Joseph Pulitzer

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Newspaper giant who owned the New York World. To win readers, he slashed prices and added comic strips.

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The New York World

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Featured stories about crime and political scandals.

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William Randolph Hearst

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Owned the New York Journal.

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New York Journal

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Featured stories on crime, gossip, and scandals.

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Dime Novels

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Low-priced paper-backs, offered thrilling adventure stories. Many stories were about the wild west.

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Realists

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Tried to show the harsh side of life as it was.

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What made the realists write?

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Had seen poverty and wanted to make people aware of the costs of urbanization and industrial growth.

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What were new reading habits?

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New printing methods lowered the cost of magazines. Newspapers added special sections to attract women readers, sections on fashion, social events, homemaking and family matters.

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Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

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Used local color-the speech and habits of a particular region to make his stories realistic.

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Where did immigrants often settle?

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Their own neighborhoods.

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What did immigrant do within “their” neighborhoods?

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They spoke their own language, celebrated their special holiday’s and prepared their own food.

36
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What stood at the center of immigrants family life?

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Religion (House of Worship united people)

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What were reasons for resentment against the Chinese?

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Took jobs and others feared them because they were different.

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What were the Chinese lives like in America?

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Some didn’t want to learn the American ways, so most Americans didn’t understand their customs. Also, most Chinese Americans lived in tight-knit communities called China towns.

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Why does the urban population boom?

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Increase due to influx of immigrants and other people seeking jobs.

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What was newly invented to carry people to upper floors?

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The Elevator.

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What was the effect of the moving people?

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More people were crowded into small spaces, they added to a growing problem of traffic.

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What was created to limit the jam of traffic?

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The first electric streetcar.

43
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Where did the streetcars run?

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To outlying countryside-the suburbs.

44
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Jane Addams

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Lead the settlement house movement when she moved into a poor neighborhood in Chicago and helped the poor.

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What were new buildings required to have?

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Fire escapes and decent plumbing.

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Why/what were workers hired (mainly to do)?

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To collect garbage.

47
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Where were factories kept?

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Out of neighborhoods where people lived.

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What did cities set up?

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Fire companies and a police force.

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Quota

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A system that limited immigration by allowing only a certain number of people from each country to immigrate to the U.S.

50
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Steerage

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On a ship, the cramped quarters for passengers paying the lowest fares.

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Why did the U.S. examine newly arriving immigrants?

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To make sure that the immigrants didn’t have any diseases that could spread and cause an epidemic.

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Why were people moving into the cities?

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Jobs and economic opportunities.

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What problems did immigrants face adjusting to life in the United States?

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Different language, different customs, facing discrimination.

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