Social Studies Immigration and Growth of Cities Vocab and Notes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ellis Island | An island in upper New York Bay: former U.S. immigrant examination station. The Island where immigrants came through to be examined to get to America. |
| Old Immigrants | Immigrants who came to America before the 1880's. 1st Immigrants to come to the U.S. They came from northern and Western Europe. |
| New Immigrants | During the 1880's as many immigrants came to the U.S. as had arrived in all the years from 1820-1860. Came from the southern and eastern Europe. |
| Tenements | Poorly built, over crowded apartments |
| Hull House | MOST FAMOUS settlement house founded by Jame Adams in Chicago,1889. |
| Ghetto | A part of a city especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups. |
| Oppressive Goverment | A goverment that wants a lot of power and control making decisions that benefit a few with no logical reasoning. |
| Assimilation | People of different backrounds come to see themselves as part of a large national family. |
| Political Corruption | Illegal actions; used organization to gain power abd infulence laws |
| Naturalization | The process immigrants go through to become an American Citizen. |
| Urban | Relating to Cities |
| Citizen | A person native or naturilized that owes allegiance to the goverment. |
| Rural | Relating to farming |
| Political Machine | Political party organization in big cities that holds power by controlling votes, courts, and police |
| Steerage | The area on a ship's lower level near the location of the steering mechanisms for the ship. Usually for the un wealthy passangers. |
| Settlement Houses | Houses that were neighborhood centers in poor area's, staffed by professinals and volunteers, which offered education, recreation, and social events. Usually for freed men and women. |
| Department Store | Giant retail shops |
| Mass Transit | A soulution to moving large #'s of people; EXAMPLE: Subway |
| Reasons why would immigrants come to America? | HEAR-- Hope for better oppertunitys Escape oppressive goverments Adventure Religious Freedom |
| Where did the Immigrants settle? | Large Cities |
| Where did immigrants come through to get to America? | On the east they came through Ellis Island On the west they came through Angel Island. |
| Which immigrant groups faced discrimination? | Chinese and Irish |
| Captains of Industry | Buisness people willing to take a risk |
| Who were in charge of the cities in the late 1800's? | The Political Machines |
| What helped the immigrants in the late 1800's? | Political Machines |
| How would Political machines help new immigrants | Get them jobs and housing. |
| Political Machines gained power by attending to the needs of.. | New Immigrants |
| Who would you find in the steerage? | Immigrants |
| Subway, Trolley, and elevated train are examples of | Mass Transit |
| What is the following is the most famous settlement house in America | The Hull House |
| What are 3 examples of specilized industry | Auto Making, Steel Making, and Meat Packing |
| Who are the people from southern and eastern Europe | New immigrants |
| Who are the people from Northern and Western Europe? | Old Immigrants |
| Because of overcrowding and the rapid growth of cities the amount of green space was decresing. What is a solution to this problem? | City Parks |
| What was the famous processing center in New York. | Ellis Island |
| What was the most famous proccesing center on the west coast? | Angel Island |
| Low Quality and over crowding city dwellings were called ... | Tenements |
| Immigrants who entered San Fransico between 1880-1920 were probrably from what continent. | Asia |
| What was the solution to the problem of educating the adult immigrant? | Settlement houses |
| Why did people move from rural to urban areas? | to look for jobs |
| In the late 1800s large #'s of people moved into the cities this was called? | Urbanization |
| Fire, Crime, Overcorwding were all examples of? | City Problems |
| Increase of immigration, Growth of sepcialized industries, and Movement of America from rural to urban led to | the development of cities |
| John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Grahm Bell, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnige, and Thomas Edison are examples of what? | Captains of Industry |
| John D. Rockefeller major industry was..(You drill to the rock to get to the ..) | Oil |
| Andrew Carnegie major industry was ... | Steel |
| Cornelius Vanderbilts major industry was...(Vander built the ...) | Railroads |
| Alexander Grahm Bell's major invention was... | The Telephone |
| Edison's major invention was.. | The light bulb and the world's first electric power station |
| What comprimise ended Reconstruction | The election of 1876. The southern demacrates would vote for the president if he would end Reconstrution |
| Business people willing to take a risk | Captains of Industry |
| What does the 13th Amendment mean? | All Slaves are FREE |
| What does the 14th Amendment mean? | All people born or naturalize is a citizen of the United States. |
| What does the 15th Amendment mean? | The goverment can't deny any one the right to vote. |
| The process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states. | Reconstruction |
| Why did the political machines help the new immigrants? | to make the immigrants loyal to the boss so that they can vote for their boss |
| How did the political machines help? | They gave them a home and a job. |
| Why did they move from rural to urban | to get more jobs |
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