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EraImmigration
Political Corruption
Cities Reforms Education
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A term for immigrants who came to the U.S before the 1880s
Old Immigrants
A term for immigrants who traveled to the U.S after the 1880s
New Immigrants
An Island in NYC, many immigrants have come through this place of entry
Ellis Island
An Act banning Chinese immigration in 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act
Percent of the population that was foreign born by 1890
15%
Term for corrupt politicians often at the city level
“Bosses”
Famous head quarters for the democratic party in NYC
Tammany Hall
Well known, corrupt, political “boss” of New York City Democrats
“Boss” William Tweed
A term used to describe “legitimate” profits made by political machines
Honest Graft
Tammany Hall politician who believed in “honest graft” and who said he what he did for the community was “It’s Philanthropy, but its politics too- mighty good politics”
George Washington Plunkitt
This form of transportation helped to grow city limits and to move people within these cities
Cable Cars
The term for large housing complex's, often in poor condition, which were home to many immigrants
Tenements
These two city institutions were the most important places for many immigrant families
Places of Worship and Schools
By 1900 what third of people in the us lived in cities
1/3rd
This architect helped to invent the “skyscraper” and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright
Louis H. Sullivan
A group which worked to eliminate corruption in politics, included Thomas Nast and George William Curtis
Mugwumps
Group of religious women committed to outlawing alcohol, led by Francis E. Willard
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
This man was a famous attorney who rejected social Darwinism and who was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union
Clarence Darrow
This man formed the Society for the Suppression of Vice in NYC, Congress even passed a moral law named after him
Anthony Comstock
Wrote How the Other Half Lives (1890)
Jacob Riis
This Supreme Court case segregated America by race
Plessy v. Ferguson
This series of educational books has been in use since 1836 and 100 million copies were sold in the second half of the 19th century
McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers
This African American Educator served as the first president of the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
A brilliant African American sociologist and civil rights leader who graduated from Harvard and who wrote The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B Du Bois
This Institute founded in 1861 focused on science and engineering and displayed the shift in education from a strict curriculum to a more research and practical based system
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Final Jeopardy Topic
American Reform Literature
This novel written by Edward Bellamy promoted the idea of a socialist utopia
Looking Backward 2000-1887