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chapter 7 immigration and urbanization key terms

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Ellis Island
area where immigration stations were moved in New York harbor
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
melting pot
a mixture f people of different cultures and races who blended together by abandoning their native languages and cultures
nativism
overt favoritism toward native born Americans
Gentlemens agreement
Japan's gvmnt agreed to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the U.S. in exchange for the repeal of San Fran. segregation order
urbanization
growth of cities
Jacob Riis
left his native Denmark for the U.S.
Americanization movement
assimilate people of wide ranging cultures into the dominate culture
row houses
single family dwellings that shared side walls with other similar houses
tenements
multi family urban dwellings
mass transit
transportation systems designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routs
social gospel movement
early reform program that preached salvation through service to the poor
settlement houses
community centers in slum neighborhoods that provided assistance to people in the area, especially immigrants
Jane Addams
one of the most influential members of the settlement house movement
political machines
organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city & also offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support
graft
the illegal use of political influence for personal gain
kickbacks
illegal payments for ones services
boss tweed
William M Tweed. head of Tammany hall. NYC powerful democratic political machines
Thomas Nast
a political cartoonist that helped arouse public outrage against Tammany Hills graft
patronage
the giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected
civil service
government administration
Rutherford B Hayes
could not convince congress to support reform so he used other means (named independents to his cabinet)
stalwarts
people who opposed changes in the spoils system
Charles guiteau
American preacher writer and lawyer who was convicted of ...
Pendleton civil service act of 1883
authorized a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system based on candidates' performance on an examination
grover cleveland
won the Democratic Party election for president for the first time in 28 yrs
Benjamin Harrison
grandson of president William Henry Harrison
mck terrified of 1890
raised tattoos on manufactured goods to their highest level yet
Louis Sullivan
American architect
Daniel burnham
American landscape architect and urban designer
Fredrick law Olmsted
American landscape architect, journalist & socialism
William Randolph Hearst
built largest newspaper chain in nation
George Eastman
innovator
Joseph Pulitzer
publisher of St. Louis post
Orville & Wilbur Wright
succeeded to presidency of wright company
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