Immigration, Urbanization, turn of the 20 th Century

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IMMIGRATION, URBANIZATION, TURN OF

THE 20TH CENTURY

CHAPTER 7 AND 8 CHAPTER REVIEWJourney Treatment Vocabulary People of

20th Century

Changes in the 20th Century

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JOURNEY (10)

• What is the name of the lowest and filthiest part of the immigrant ship?

• Steerage

JOURNEY (20)

• What was the typical length of time for an immigrant ship to arrive in America?

• 6-12 weeks

JOURNEY (30)

• Where was the first stop for European immigrants to decide if they could or could not enter?

• Ellis Island (east coast)

JOURNEY (40)

• Where was the first stop for Asian immigrants to decide if they could or could not enter?

• Angel Island (west coast)

JOURNEY (50)

• Immigrants to California during the Gold Rush who helped build the transcontinental railroad.

• The Chinese

JOURNEY (60)

• People who encountered prejudice when the emigrated because of a potato famine in their native country

• The Irish

JOURNEY (70)

• Becoming part of a group by learning a new culture, language, common foods and dress to help one fit in. Immigrants to the United States were expected to do this to be successful and to stay.

• Assimilation

TREATMENT (10)

• Bad government, war, religious persecution, availability of land, and famine were all examples of _____________ factors for immigrants to travel to America.

• Push factors

TREATMENT (20)

• Better job opportunities, pay, living conditions, and political and religious freedom were all ____________ factors for immigrants to come to America.

• Pull factors

TREATMENT (30)

• One of the main reasons why nativists did not like immigrants was

• Taking jobs and failure to assimilate

TREATMENT (40)

• A reason that many businesses were willing to hire immigrants included

• Working for lower pay

TREATMENT (50)

• One main reason why Chinese immigrants were widely accepted at first was because

• They were wealthy and were willing to open their own shops

TREATMENT (60)

• A discriminatory name for an individual who does not belong or is foreign born.

• Alien

TREATMENT (70)

• What the United States has been called because many different nationalities have blended together

• Melting Pot/Tossed Salad/Vegetable Soup

VOCABULARY (10)

• American born person who was not in favor of immigration for various reasons – took jobs and resources, did not assimilate properly (different religions and cultural practices), etc.

• Nativist

VOCABULARY (20)

• 1882 act that prevented one group of immigrants from entering America.

• Chinese Exclusion Act

VOCABULARY (30)

• Settlers from other lands who come to America to live a better life and face oppression from the native country.

• Immigrant

VOCABULARY (40)

• A run-down small, confined, crowded apartment house where many immigrants lived with other families.

• Tenement House

VOCABULARY (50)

• Part of a city in which members of a minority often live – the best of conditions are not often found here.

• Ghetto/Enclaves

VOCABULARY (60)

• A person who works to bring about change for the better – they emerged in cities in the late 1800s early 1900s as conditions were so bad socially and politically.

• Reformer

VOCABULARY (70)

• Jane Addams started this community center in Chicago to help immigrants by providing necessary services – educational, cultural, and social – making their transition to American city life easier.

• The Hull House

PEOPLE OF 20TH CENTURY (10)

• Man in charge of the New York City political machine (“The Ring”).

• William “Boss” Tweed

PEOPLE OF 20TH CENTURY (20)

• Danish immigrant who was the first person to film and write about poor, urban immigrants and their living conditions.

• Jacob Riis

PEOPLE OF 20TH CENTURY (30)

• Killed by Charles Gitout, because he would not give him political appointment while his Vice-President was Chester A. Arthur (who support a civil service based political system).

• Garfield

PEOPLE OF 20TH CENTURY (40)

• Led the Niagara Movement that pushed the idea that African Americans should become well-educated leaders by gaining a liberal arts education (“Talented Tenth”).

• W.E.B. Du Bois

PEOPLE OF 20TH CENTURY (50)

• Man who developed a camera that used rolls of film instead of glass plates.

• Charles Eastman

PEOPLE OF 20TH CENTURY (60)

• Inventor of the electric light.

• Thomas Alva Edison

PEOPLE OF 20TH CENTURY (70)

• Former slave who started a college for African Americans in the South, with the hope that they would viewed as having economic value because they would have acquired useful labor skills for our industrial economy.

• Booker T. Washington

20TH CENTURY CHANGES (10)

• Mass-transit system first used in San Francisco

• Trolley Car

20TH CENTURY CHANGES (20)

• Tax on the constitutional ability to practice your constitutional right to vote.

• Poll Tax

20TH CENTURY CHANGES (30)

• Laws made to keep African Americans as second class citizens.

• Jim Crow Laws

20TH CENTURY CHANGES (40)

• Where people went to live to be close to their industrial jobs (as they did not have the means to travel or live further away). Conditions here were pretty bad.

• Cities

20TH CENTURY CHANGES (50)

• Site of the Wright brothers’ airplane flight.

• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

20TH CENTURY CHANGES (60)

• Application of science to machinery and architecture and new methods of industrial production to improve given circumstances.

• Technology

20TH CENTURY CHANGES (70)

• Name of the first African American University, created by Booker T. Washington in hopes to provide African Americans with key labor skills.

• Tuskegee Institute