US History
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Chapter 15 Syllabus: Immigration and Urbanization
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Syllabus Due: Friday, March 25th
Quiz: Friday, March 25th
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Ch. 15 Identify the historical significance of the following terms and names. These will remain in
your notebook.
1. “old” immigrants
4. Ellis Island
7. nativism
10.skyscrapers
13.cable car
16.urban problems
19.grafting
22. “Gilded Age”
25.Horatio Alger
28.Gospel of Wealth
31.Edith Wharton
34.vaudeville
37.Realism
40.Washington Gladden
43.Dwight Moody
46.Americanization
2. “new” immigrants
5. Jacob Riis
8. Chinese Exclusion Act
11.Louis Sullivan
14.electric trolley car
17.political machine
20.William M. “Boss” Tweed
23.Mark Twain
26.Herbert Spencer
29.Philanthropy
32.saloon
35.ragtime
38.Thomas Eakins
41.Walter Rauschenbusch
44.Jane Addams
47.Carnegie/public libraries
3. steerage
6. Angel Island
9. urbanization
12.horsecar
15.tenements
18.party boss
21.Tammany Hall
24.individualism
27.Social Darwinism
30.Samuel Clemens
33.Coney Island
36.Scott Joplin
39.Naturalism
42.YMCA
45.settlement houses
48.Morrill Land Grant
Ch. 15 Questions: Answer all questions in complete detail.
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Analyze the circumstances surrounding the great wave of immigration after the Civil War.
What was the difference between “old” and “new” immigrants?
What were the differences between Ellis Island and Angel Island (the process)?
Why did the federal government pass the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Why did nativists oppose immigration?
Explain the technological developments that made the growth of cities possible.
Explain the role that political machines played in urban politics in the late 1800s.
Compare the conditions under which the wealthy class, the middle class, and the working class
lived in the U.S. in the late 1800s.
9. What urban problems grew due to industrialization and rise of population within cities?
10. Evaluate the doctrine of Social Darwinism and the impact it had on American industry.
11. Explain how industrialization promoted leisure time and encouraged new forms of entertainment.
12. What was the main idea behind individualism in the late 1800s?
13. Explain the methods that social critics advocated to improve society.
14. Evaluate efforts to help the urban poor.
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COMPETENCY GOAL 5: Becoming an Industrial Society (1877-1900) - The learner will describe
innovations in technology and business practices and assess their impact on economic, political, and
social life in America.
Objectives
5.01 Evaluate the influence of immigration and rapid industrialization on urban life.
5.02 Explain how business and industrial leaders accumulated wealth and wielded political and economic
power.
5.03 Assess the impact of labor unions on industry and the lives of workers.
5.04 Describe the changing role of government in economic and political affairs.
Chapter 15 Objective
To analyze the economic, social, and political effects of immigration and to understand the immigrant
experience.
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