Immigration, Urbanization, and Progressive Movement Flashcards

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Melting Pot

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American culture is a mix of other cultures (abandoning native language + customs)

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Push/Pull Factors

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Push: factors that drive you out of a country/region
Pull: factors that motivate you to a country

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Gentlemen’s Agreement

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made agreement with Japan to stop segregating schools in return for skilled workers (not unskilled)

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Nativism

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favoritism toward native-born Americans

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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chinese accepted lower wages, less jobs, chinese, entry banned for 10 year, only rich/skilled chinese can enter

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Triangle Factory Fire

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fire that occurred at the triangle shirtwaist factory. started by a cigarette butt, killed 146

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Ellis And Angel Island

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places where immigrants went right when they arrived in America to go through the immigration process (SF and NYC)

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What groups of immigrants came to US

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chinese, japanese, european

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what was the experience like for immigrants when they arrived at ellis or angel island

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the process was long, got separated from family, and many could not pass due to health issues

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Why did the immigrants come

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for new opportunities or to escape issues in their countries

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What struggles did immigration groups face

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discrimination, hard to find jobs

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How did the Americanization movement help and hurt immigrants

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helped them fit in, took away their culture

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political machine

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organizations that controlled activities of a political party

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tenement housing

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multi-family dwellings, overcrowded and unsanitary

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tweed ring scandal

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William M. Tweed, head of tammany hall, took advantage of NY govt. Thomas Nast (muckraker) exposed scandal

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Social Gospel Movement

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protestant movement; salvation comes from service to the poor

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settlement houses

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inspired by social gospel movement; community centers in slum neighborhoods giving aid. mostly educated houses

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Jane Addams

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created settlement houses

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grafting

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political influence for personal gain

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what struggles did people face living in the cities

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poor housing, sanitation, water (spread disease), fires, and crime

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how did the struggles with urbanization connect to immigration and industrialization

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immigrants were the most affected by the struggles

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how did the political machine gain the support of immigrants

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spoke the languages, fixed their problems in return for loyalty

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what methods did they use to rig elections

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repeat voters, fake names, bribery

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Muckrakers

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journalists that exposed problems and led directly to new laws being created that helped our society fix urban problems and corruption

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roosevelt
incredibly popular president, "square deal" program prompted many reforms, 3c's (control the trusts, consumer protection, conservation) came into power after the assassination of McKinley
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Taft
president right after roosevelt, tried to continue roosevelt's campaign aganist trusts - conservation
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The Jungle
novel by Upton Sinclair, written to exposed the meat-packing industry
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Trust-busting
restrain/eliminate trusts, sherman antitrust act 1890: eliminated monopolies to increase competition
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Tenement Housing Law
model housing code established for safety and sanitation
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Pure food and drug act
passed after results from meat inspection act after the jungle, list ingredients, grades for meat, factory regulations
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meat inspection act
authorized federal inspection of meat products
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FTC
established federal trade commission act to oversee buisness activities
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Keating-Owen
indirectly prohibited child labor
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Federal Reserve Act
established federal reserve system to supervise banking and provide a national currency
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john muir
"father of national parks"
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16th amendment
gave govt the right to raise tax on income
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17th amendment
mandated the direct popular election of senators
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18th amendment
instituted prohibition (of alcohol)
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19th amendment
established women's suffrage
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square deal
roosevelt's 3C's 1) control the trusts 2) consumer protections 3) conservation
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
american writer and activist, a leader of women's rights movement NESA (founded by her a Susan B Anthony)
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NAWSA
National American Women's Suffrage Association
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Susan B Anthony
american Women's rights activist, leaf the NWSA w/ Stanton, tired to vote before the 19th amendment, sent to prison, told to pay a fine
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Seneca Falls Convention
1848, first women's rights convention in the US
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Declaration of Sentiments
declaration of independence rewritten so women are included
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what were the goals of the progressive movement
restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American life
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How did the Muckrakers influence and fuel this period of progressivism
they directly influenced the laws that were created to help fix urban problems and corruption.
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How does this period of history address problems of industrialization?
People were fighting for better working conditions, better housing, and more, all problems of industrialization.