New Chapter 15

Question 1

Mark Twain

Answer 1

Coined it

“Glittering on the surface but occurped underneath

Question 2

Golden door

Answer 2

The promise of a better life

Question 3

Emma Lazarus

Answer 3

American poet

Question 4

Ethic islands

Answer 4

Communities where poor people lived

Question 5

Melting point theory

Answer 5

Give up cultures and blend in

Question 6

Nativism

Answer 6

Was an anti-immigration movement that swept through America

Question 7

The American Party

Answer 7

Political party designed to restrict and stop immigration

Question 8

NINA signs

Answer 8

No Irish need apply

Question 9

Chinese Exclusion act

Answer 9

Stopped Chinese immigrants for 30 years

Question 10

Gentlements Agreement

Answer 10

Limited the number of Japanese immigrants to America

Question 11

Immigration Act of 1917

Answer 11

Required them to be able to read or write before they could enter the country

Question 12

Urbanization Of America

Answer 12

Movement of people from the rural / country to the urban/city

Question 13

Middle class

Answer 13

Row houses

Question 14

Rich

Answer 14

Huge homes

Haves extreme wealth

Question 15

Sweatshops

Answer 15

Factories in the clothing industry

Question 16

Steerage class

Answer 16

Lowest deck

Question 17

Horace Mann

Answer 17

Education reform

Father of modern public education

Question 18

Suffragette

Answer 18

Women who fought for the right to vote

Question 19

Strike

Answer 19

Stoppage of work (only weapon)

Question 20

Unions

Answer 20

Organized to protect workers right (better wages hours safer working conditions child labor laws

Question 21

Hull horse

Answer 21

Jane Adams

Question 22

Salvation Army

Answer 22

William Booth

Question 23

YMCA

Answer 23

Founder George a Williams

Question 24

Settlement houses

Answer 24

Communities centers that provided services to the poor

Question 25

Preached salvation through service to the poor

Answer 25

Social Gospel movement

Question 26

Washington Gladden

Answer 26

Founder of the social gospel movement

Question 27

Jacob Riis

Answer 27

A social reformer journalist photographer exposed to the society how the other half lived

Muckraker

Question 28

Political machines

Answer 28

An organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in the city by providing services to people and businesses in exchange for vote

Question 29

Graft

Answer 29

Illegal use of political influence for personal gain- money

Question 30

Most infamous political machine was

Answer 30

Tammany Hall

Question 31

“Tweed Ring”

Answer 31

By William Tweed

Boss tweed

Question 32

Robber barons

Answer 32

Big business

Question 33

Thomas Nast

Answer 33

Cartoonist

Journalist

Question 34

Railroads

Answer 34

Were the “linchpin” (connected America)

Question 35

Monopolies

Answer 35

Single seller controls all

Question 36

Cornelius Vanderbitt

Answer 36

Railroads

Question 37

Andrew Carnegie

Answer 37

Steel

Question 38

John D Rockefeller

Answer 38

Oil

Question 39

Jp Morgan

Answer 39

Banking

Question 40

Henry Ford

Answer 40

Automobile

Question 41

Economic growth was fueled by 3 things

Answer 41

Wealth from the war
Modern machinery
Unlimited workforce

Question 42

Dumbbell Tenements

Answer 42

Multi family dwellings - overcrowded

Question 43

Urban problems name 5

Answer 43

Sanitation 
Crime
Water
Housing
Fire

Question 44

Immigration contributions

Name 2

Answer 44

Provided works for the industrialization of America

Creative entrepreneurial talents

Question 45

Assimilate

Answer 45

To fit in

Give up culture

Question 46

They were welcomed by the

Answer 46

Stature of Liberty

Question 47

Immigrates why did the come ??

Answer 47

Escape poverty

Question 48

Haves

Answer 48

Rich

Question 49

Have nots

Answer 49

Poor

Question 50

Name 4 characteristics

Answer 50

Greed scandal and corruption
Unprecedented economic growth exploded
Modern industrial economy
Mass immigration