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Textbook --> pp. 460 - 465.
1. What was the ethnic profile of the immigrants
who came to the U. S. between the 1850s and
early 1880s? between the 1880s and the early
1920s?
2. How did they differ from the early 19c
immigrants? What things did they all have in
common?
3. What were the steps in the process that
immigrants had to go through at Ellis Island in
order to legally enter the U. S.?
4. What were the legal requirements for entry into
the U. S. at the end of the 19c?
5. How were the procedures for legal entry into
the U. S. different at Angel Island for Asian
immigrants than from Ellis Island for European
immigrants?
6. How did immigrants cope with culture shock
as they began their new lives in the U. S.?
7. What is a W. A. S. P.? Who did they consider to
be the "right" immigrants? Who were the
"wrong" ones in their opinion? Why?
8. What were some of the reasons for antiimmigrant feelings in the U. S. at the end of the
19c?
9. Why did Asians receive such harsh treatment
in California at the turn of the last century?
10. Why were the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
and the Gentleman's Agreement (1907-8)
passed?
* "birds of passage"
* nativism
* National Reclamation Act * American Protective
(1902)
Association
* steerage class
* W. A. S. P.
* Ellis Island, NY
* queue
* Chinese Exclusion Act
* Angel Island, CA
(1882)
* "Melting Pot"
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* Gentleman's Agreement
(1907-8)
Textbook --> pp. 468-472.
1. What were the general characteristics of
immigrant neighborhoods in the U. S. at the
turn of the last century?
2. How was the experience of moving to cities
similar and different have African-American
farm workers and other farm workers?
3. What were some of the housing problems that
urban working-class families had to face?
4. How did conditions in late 19c U. S. cities
affect peoples' health?
5. Why was fire a constant danger in the late 19c
city?
6. Which of the problems facing late 19c city
dwellers remain urban problems today?
7. What was the Social Gospel movement? How
was it applied to deal with the urban problems
of the late 19c U. S. cities?
8. What were the motives of the reformers of the
settlement-house movement? What types of
reforms did they support?
9. How did the settlement-house movement help
the urban poor meet the challenges of late 19c
city life?
* ethnic enclave
* "Great Migration"
* row houses
* dumbbell tenement
* cable car
* the "El"
* Social Gospel
* settlement house
* Jane Addams
* Hull House
* Lillian D. Wald
* Henry Street Settlement
House
* Great Chicago Fire (1871)
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Textbook --> pp. 473-477.
1. Why was the period of the late 1870s to the
early 20c called the "Gilded Age?"
2. What were the strengths and weaknesses of
the patronage (spoils) system as a means of
selecting officials for the federal bureaucracy?
3. Why did the Republicans include Chester A.
Arthur as their vice-presidential candidate in
the 1880 election?
4. What were the provisions of the Pendleton Act
(1883)? List the positive and negative effects of
this law on the quality of government
employees hired at the turn of the last century.
5. Explain the protective tariff as an issue
reflecting regional as well as agrarianindustrial divisions at the turn of the last
century.
6. Why do you think tariff reform failed in the
1890s?
7. If you had been running for Congress in 1892
from New York State, would you have
supported a reduction in tariffs? Explain your
position.
* "Gilded Age"
* La Belle Epoche
* patronage
* civil service
* Rutherford B. Hayes
* Stalwarts
* Mugwumps
* Half-Breeds
* James A. Garfield
* Charles Guiteau
* Chester A. Arthur
* Pendleton Act (1883)
* Grover Cleveland
* Ma, Ma, Where's my Pa?...
He's going to the White
House, Ha! Ha! Ha!
* Benjamin Harrison
* McKinley Tariff Act of
1890
* Wilson-Gorman Tariff
(1894)