Unit 1 Topic 3 Flashcards
Ellis island
Where they were inspected to see if they were capable of entering the new world
The lure of the city
Population boom Transportation (easier to get in city) Farmers(see opportunity to find job) African Americans(see what city is like) Immigrants
Nativism
- cut back of immigrants
- to restrict immigrants because they are expecting the worst of the worst
- Americans scared to loose their jobs
- immigration restriction league
Immigration Restriction League
Biggest nativism league
Wanted restriction such as:
-only accepting immigrants who know how to read
Congress passed law to have an english test to see if they knew how to read
Tenements
A room rented to 4+ families
Filthy
Sickness
Tammany Hall
Provided help for any troubles immigrants faced
Boss Tweed’s
Most powerful made his money by stealing
Thomas
Drew pictures of Tweed’s corruption
The “city Beautiful” movement
To improve city environment
Frederick law Olmsted
Came up with idea to build parks in NYC to improve; wants parks to be democratic so it won’t matter if you’re rich or poor; a place to relax; a clean place for people
Central Park
Designed to make you believe you aren’t in a city
Emerald necklace
Links all different parks so that you can walk from one end of Boston to another without leaving a park
Back bay
Create a whole new neighborhood by creating land over water
Party boss
Person in-control of political machine
Picks who is going to run for office
Organizes everything
Sees politics as a business
Graft
Taking advantage of position in government to make money
Kickback
Paying a large amount of money for something but getting about half back for himself
The political machine
To keep power by controlling the votes of the people
