Unit 4 pt. 1

Question 1

island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States

Answer 1

Ellis Island

Question 2

immigration station in San Francisco where most Asian immigrants passed through

Answer 2

Angel Island

Question 3

a mixture of people from different cultures and races who blend togehter by abandoning their native cultures and languages

Answer 3

Melting Pot

Question 4

favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people

Answer 4

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 5

a 1907-1908 agreement by the government of japan to limit Japanese emigration to the united states

Answer 5

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Question 6

the growth of cities

Answer 6

Urbanization

Question 7

education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture

Answer 7

Americanization Movement

Question 8

a multifamily urban dwelling, usually overcrowded and unsanitary

Answer 8

Tenement

Question 9

transportation systems designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes

Answer 9

Mass Transit

Question 10

a 19th century reform movement based on the belief that Christians have a responsibility to help improve working conditions and alleviate poverty

Answer 10

Social Gospel Movement

Question 11

a community center providing assistance to residents - particularly immigrants- in a slum neighborhood

Answer 11

Settlement house

Question 12

founded the Hull House in Chicago

Answer 12

Jane Adams

Question 13

an organized group that controls a political party in a city and offers services to voters and businessesn in exchange for political and financial support

Answer 13

Political machine

Question 14

Illegal use of political influence for personal gain

Answer 14

Graft

Question 15

head of Tammany Hall

Answer 15

Boss Tweed

Question 16

an officeholder’s power to appoint people - usually those who have helped him or her get elected - to positions in government

Answer 16

Patronage

Question 17

the nonmilitary branches of government administration

Answer 17

Civil Service

Question 18

Republican candidate who beat Tilden in the election of 1876

Answer 18

Rutherford B. Hayes

Question 19

A Republican who won the 1880 election as a reformer

Answer 19

James A. Garfield

Question 20

nominated by Republicans to be Garfields vice president- also supported Conkling

Answer 20

Chester A. Arthur

Question 21

law, enacted in 1883, that established a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to government jobs by means of the merit system

Answer 21

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Question 22

Democratic presidential candidate who won the election of 1884 after 28 years of Republican dominance

Answer 22

Grover Clevelend

Question 23

Republican presidential candidate who ran against, and lost to Cleveland in the election of 1888

Answer 23

Benjamin Harrison

Question 24

this architectural pioneer designed the “proud and soaring,” ten-story Wainwright building in St. Louis, Missouri

Answer 24

Louis Sullivan

Question 25

designed the slender 285-foot tower in 1902, the Flatiron Building

Answer 25

Daniel Burnham

Question 26

landscape architect, started the movement for planned urban park

Answer 26

Fredrick Law Olmstead