socials studies 20 Flashcards

1
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where they skilled workers

A

yes

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2
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what are immigrants from the Northern Europe

A

old immigrants

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3
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what are immigrants from the southern and eastern of Europe called

A

new immigrants

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4
Q

a young women from ________ spoke for her country

A

Russia

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5
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what did new immigrants come from

A

many religious and different cultural backgrounds

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6
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what is an area below a ships deck where steering mechanisms were located

A

steerage

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7
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where steerage tickets expensive

A

no

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8
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where the cabins from the steerage nice

A

no

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9
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where some passengers of the steerage sea sick and did some die

A

yes

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10
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which was the busiest center where new arrivals were processed from

A

Ellis island

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11
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did the government exam the immigrants to see if they are aloud in there country

A

yes

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12
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where did the Chinese immigrants go to

A

Angel island

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13
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why did the Chinese go to Angel island

A

laws limited chinese immigrants

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14
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where did Mexican immigrants go to

A

El Paso ,Texas

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15
Q

did Mexican workers find steel mills mines and large farms

A

yes

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16
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what did immigrants need to find

A

jobs

houses

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17
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did they have to learn new language and customs

A

yes

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18
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did immigrants move into neighborhoods with people from the same country

A

yes

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19
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could they speak the way they wanted to in that neighborhood

A

yes

20
Q

did immigrants open local shops

A

yes

21
Q

what is a aid organizations offered by immigrants help in case of sickness unemployment and death

A

benevolent societies

22
Q

what is a poorly built overcrowded apartment building called

A

tenements

23
Q

what is long hours and hot unhealthy working conditions called

A

sweatshops

24
Q

what was banning the Chinese people from immigtrsting to the us for 10 years

A

Chinese exclusion act

25
Q

how many people were in new yorks population

A

500,000

26
Q

what is a public transportation designed to move many people

A

mass transit

27
Q

we’re cities built underground

A

yes

28
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what is a residential neighborhood of downtown areas

A

suburbs

29
Q

what Is a leisure or cultural activity shared by many people

A

mass culture

30
Q

who added color to magazines

A

Joseph Pulitzer

31
Q

who published newspaper with comic s

A

William Randolph Hearst

32
Q

what is a giant retail shop

A

department stores

33
Q

did Marshall field offer lower prices

A

yes

34
Q

what was a famous landscape

A

Frederick law Olmsted

35
Q

where did us immigrants come from

A

Europe

36
Q

what happened to many immigrants in the early 1900

A

they live in tenements

37
Q

who was a famous writer journalist who exposed horrible conditions

A

Jacob Riis

38
Q

what happened to trash that cannot be collected

A

pile up by apartment building

39
Q

what were some tenements

A

unsafe conditions

40
Q

did tenements have Windows

A

no

41
Q

did they have a lot of diseases

A

yes

42
Q

what did the charity organizations society do

A

make changes to New York

43
Q

did people visit the exhibit (COS)

A

yea

44
Q

what act passed that required new buildings to have a better ventilation and running water

A

New York State tenement house act

45
Q

what is a neighborhood that centers in poor areas that offered education recreation and social activities

A

settlement houses

46
Q

what was the most famous settlement house of the period

A

the hull house

47
Q

who wrote the problems of sweat shops

A

Florence Kelley