social studies immigration Flashcards
what is an emigrate
a person who is leaving their homeland
what is an immigrant
a person who is arriving in a new country
what is urban like
a city
what is a tenement
a neighborhood that is rundown and overcrowded
what is a slum
an overcrowded poor rundown urban area
the middlclass was made up of
doctors lawyers ministers managers office clerks
who was at the top of the economic ladder
the very rich
what did the very rich do with their money
build mansions and huge estates
what was this era called
gilded age (gilded-covered with thin layer of gold)
what did the rapid growth of citites cause
poo and sewage that cause disease to spread very quickly, and skyscrapers
threats to city life
poverty that caused crime and the poowage
settlements houses are
places in large cities where people get assistance with social problems and challenges from urbaness
famous settlement house
chicago hull house
architect that became on of the first to build upwards(thanks to iron frames used in 1860s)
louis sullivan
in 1884 william leBaron jenney put up
a 10 story first every skyscraper in chicago
the group of people that believed city dwellers should be able to enjoy nature were
the City Beautiful movement led by Frederick Law Olmsted
what did Frederick Law Olmsted design
central park, parks in boston, palo alto campuses and public spaces and in Washington and dc. grounds that the worlds fair in Chicago 1892-1893 held that showed American architecture was dynamic and original
in 1837 san francisco
began to construct cable-car lines
in 1888 richomond virginia pioneered the us of the
trolley(small train powered by overhead electric cables) car
1897- bosotn opened the first
subway
huge steel bridges were a thing that
improved transportation
some bridges
eads bridge in stlouis, brooklyn bridge in new york,
pull factors:
jobs, hope, and land
steerage
inexpensive quarters for passengers below the deck of a ship
push factors
the pull factors, poor economy in homeland, overcrowding, poverty, farmers had crop failures, unfair laws against some ethnic groups
who were among the immigrants for new york
greeks, russians, hungarians, italians, turks, poles, (many catholic and jew)
where did these immigrants often live
neighborhoods with others of their nationality
new immigrants got
asked where they were from, their job, any relatives, health exams, and the examiners shortened their name if needed
in the east immigrants stopped first at castle garden
and immigrants come through ellis island in new york harbor
asian immigrants sailed to california
and went through the processing center on angel island in san franciso bay
nativists were
people that opposed immigration
what did organization sometime do
recruit workers
what did recruiters supply American employers with
unskilled workers to unload cargo, dig ditches, and other
most immigrants wanted to
assimilate
how did immigrants recreart their cultures
church, synagogues where there were services, holidays, published newspapers in their native languages, stores, theatres, social clubs
why nativists happen
fear of immigrants stealing jobs, drive down wages by working for less pay
1882- congress passed the chinese exclusion act which
prohibited chinese workers from entering the united states for 10 years
1897-congress passed a bill that required
immigrants to be able to tread and write some language
1907-japan and unitedb states both agreed to limit the number of
japanese. immigrants
