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What were the differences between the OLD and NEW immigrants:

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Old immigrants were from northern/western Europe.
New immigrants were not welcome at all.

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Why were the NEW immigrants not welcomed at first into the united states?

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  1. They didn’t fit in (Or dress, and speak) the same language
  2. Job competition
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Name the seven characteristics of the Gilded Age:

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  1. Greed, Scandal and Corruption
  2. Moved from rural to urban society.
  3. Economic growth exploded
  4. USA becomes a world power
  5. Mass immigration
  6. Unequal distribution of wealth
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What did the world “gilded” refer to?

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Glittering on the surface

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Name five urban problems cities faced during this time and how they dealt with the problems:

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  1. Housing
  2. Transportation-Mass transit
  3. Water-(clean drinking water)
  4. Sanitation-(Street sweepers)
  5. Crime- Pick Pockets
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What three things fueled economic growth during the gilded age?

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  1. Wealth from the war
  2. Modern machinery
  3. Unlimited work force
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List and describe five reforms brought about during the progressive era:

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  1. Helping the poor
  2. Improve working conditions
  3. Womens suffrage
  4. Alcohol Reform
  5. Education Reform
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Compare and Contrast to Melting Pot Theory and Mixed salad theory.

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Melting Pot- Immigrants assimilate in order to become one.
Salad Bowl- Celebrate diversity along with oneness

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Mark Twain-

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Coined the gilded age

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Jane Addams

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Founded of Hull House

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William Booth

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Founded of salvation army

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George Williams

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Founder of YMCA

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Jacob Riis

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Social Reform/Photographer

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Henry Ford

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Automobile Robber Barron

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Susan B. Anthony

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Suffragette who fought for the right to vote.

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Horace Mann

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Father of modern Public education

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Thomas Nast

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Journalist- Drew cartoons to expose corruption of bosses

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Ulysses S. Grant:

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Corrupt president During white house period

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Andrew Carnegie

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Steel robber barron

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Railroads Robber Barron

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John D Rockerfeller

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Oil Robber Barron

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William Tweed

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Ran Most infamous political machine

23
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Monopoly

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Single seller/Controls all

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Working class

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Worked Long hours for low wages

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Unions

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Organized to protect workers rights

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Strikes

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Stoppage of work to combat

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JP morgan

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Banking/Finance-Worth $40 billion

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Muckrackers

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Exposed the evils of society

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Robber Barons

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A person who became rich through ruthless practices

30
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Dumbell tentiments

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Multi-Family Dwellings

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Gentelmens agreement

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Limited the number of Japanese immigrants to america

32
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Assimilate:

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Become like the rest of american society

33
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Ethnic Islands

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Islands of the same ethnic

34
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Chinese exclution act 1882

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Stopped chinese immigration for years

35
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Immigration act of 1917

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Required them to read and write

36
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Ellis island

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Immigration center people had to pass through

37
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Golden door

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promise of a better life

38
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Prohibition

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Forbade the selling of alcohol

39
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Railroads

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Linchpin-(connected america)- made it go

40
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Emma Lazarus

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Famous American Poet

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Sufferagettes

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Group of women who fought to vote

42
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Graft

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Illegal use of influence for money

43
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Row Houses

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“MIddle class” (Very Small) houses

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Nativism

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Anti-immigrant Sentiment

45
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Urbanization

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Movement of people from country to city

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Sweatshops

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Dark, Cold, Unsafe, work conditions for low pay

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American Party

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Political party made to stop immigration

48
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Angel island

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Immigration Center

49
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Statue of liberty

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Oppourtunity and freedom

50
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Mass transit

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Designed to move large groups of people

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