Homework 20 - Chapter 15: Immigrants and Urbanization
Read pages 458 to 479.
Section 1: The New Immigrants
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What does the story of Fong See tell about the immigrant experience?
From 1870 to 1920 how many European immigrants entered the US?
Before 1890 where did they come from?
After 1890 where did they come from?
Why were so many in a hurry to leave Europe?
What had attracted thousands of Chinese and Japanese immigrants?
What made the trans Atlantic journey difficult for Europeans coming to America?
What was the purpose of Ellis Island?
How many immigrants passed thru Ellis Island by 1924?
What were the requirements to be released form Ellis Island?
Why was the Asian experience on Angel Island so different from Ellis Island?
How did immigrants cope with culture shock when they entered our cities and towns?
What is the term melting pot?
Why does the melting pot make America the greatest of all nations?
What is nativism?
Why were so many against immigrants coming to the US?
Why did Asians suffer from nativism more than any other group?
What 2 laws restricted Chinese and Japanese immigration?
Section 2: The Challenges of Urbanization
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What observations did Jacob Riis make about NYC slums?
How much had urban populations grown by 1920?
Why did most immigrants move to the cities?
How did the Americanization Movement plan to assimilate immigrants?
Why did many immigrants retain their culture and traditions?
Why did rural Americans leave the farm and head to the city?
What is tenement?
What was the design flaw of a tenenment?
How did NYC try to improve housing conditions?
How did mass transit help cities grow?
What mass transit inventions were essential to cities?
How did city dwellers collect and use water?
What did cities do make water safer?
How did city government improve the conditions of sanitation, crime, fire, homelessness?
What is a settlement house?
Describe the Social Gospel Moevement?
Who was Jane Addams?
Why were so many Americans volunteering and serving in a time of greed and wealth?
Section 3: Politics in the Guilded Age
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What did Twain say about the rich in his book?
Why did this time have the image of greed and corruption?
What is a political machine?
How are they organized?
What did the political boss do? How did he run the machine?
In what way is the machine actually good?
What role did immigrants play in the political machine?
What is graft?
Why were they essential to machines and businesses of this time?
Who was Boss Tweed?
What made him so powerful?
What is the worst example of graft from Boss Tweed?
How did Thomas Nast bring down Tweed?
What is patronage or the spoils system?
How did this hurt government?
What is civil service reform and how did it help?
How did President Hayes attempt to fix corruption in government?
Why did he fail?
What happened to President Garfield?
Who replaced him?
Identify the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
Why was this a landmark law that changed things for thebetter?
Why did big business want a higher tariff?
What did Congress do when President Cleveland tried to lower tariffs?
What made Benjamin Harrison a popular president?
What was a major danger of high tariffs?