Racer test-imm. and cities
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- Tenements
- What is a rundown, low-rental apartment building, has harsh conditions?
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- What act effectively ends chinese immigration for around 10 years?
- Boss William Tweed
- Who ran the political machine at Tammany Hall in New York?
- Hull House
- Which settlement house was founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in Chicago(most famous)?
- settlement house
- What is a community center that provides child care, education, & other services to the poor?
- new immigrant
- which immigrants came from Greece,Hungry,Italy,Poland,Russia,China(southern and eastern Europe)?
- ghettos
- What is a section of the city occupied by a minorty group
- Ellis Island
- Where would the immigrants processed and evaluated?
- reasons why cities developed
- What do these examples explain:specialized industries ,immigration from other countries, movement of Americans from rual to urban areas for job oppurtunities?
- Statue of Liberty
- What was the immigrants fist view of America?
- mass transit
- What vocabulary word describes these types of transportation:subway,trolley,street car lines?
- Pull
- What are these factors considered as:Religous freedom,economic oppurtunity,Land,Factories/jobs,adventure?
- Urbanization
- What is the growth of cities called?(pg.99)
- reasons for increased immigration
- What do these examples explain:hope for better life,religous freedom,escape from oppresive government?
- Push
- What are these factors considered as:Politial unrest,Religous persecutions,famines,depressions,overlycrowded,wars?
- irish and chinese
- Who was discriminated the most?
- Jane Adams
- Who founded the Hull House?
- old immigrant
- Which immigrants came from Great Britian,Germany,Ireland,Scandinavia(Nouthern and western europe)?
- political machine
- What is a Political organization that used legal and illegal methods to remain in power(like a political gang)?
- the cities
- housing,transportation,water,fire,crime,etc. was a problem where?