ch. 6 us history
What pulled Chinese immigrants to America in the late 1800s?
High demand in railroad workers pulled Chinese immigrants to america.
define inflation
Inflation is an increase in money supply without an increase in goods for sale, or a decline in the value of money.
define immigrant
Immigrant is a person who enters and becomes established in a country other than that of his or her original nationality.
What impact did immigrants have on the economy of the US?
Immigrants added to the population and helped with jobs
define tenement
A tenement is an apartment buildings with a lot of people living inside, and it's not nice.
define currency
Currency is paper money used as a medium of exchange
Name and describe the housing that most immigrants lived in the early 1900s in most cities like New York
Families would live in tenement. A tenement is an apartment buildings with a lot of people living inside, and it's not nice.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
He was the most famous african american of the late nineteenth century was the influential educators.
What were Jim Crow laws?
Jim crow laws were statutes or laws created to enforce segregation.
Where did most immigrants come from in the early 1900s?
Most immigrants came from Germany.
What incident caused Mr.Meyer to have a metal plate in his head?
Mr. Pernod knocked him out.
define nativism
Nativism is an extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people.
Give two reasons that people left their countries and came to America, and two reasons America pulled people here.
People left their countries and came to America because the jobs were in the US, and war was happening in other countries. America pulled people here because railroads were built and there was a high demand for railroad workers, and also the US had a lot of jobs opened.
Describe "Plessy v Ferguson." Why was it important Supreme Court case?
Plessy v Ferguson was a case to make everyone should be equal in respect of civil rights. It was important because segregation was bad and this case was trying to get rid of segregation.
define political machine
Political Machine is an informal political group designed to gain and keep power.
define poll tax
Poll tax is a tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote.
define populism
Populism is a movement to increase farmers political power and to work for legislation in their interest.
define segregation
Segregation is the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group.
What was the Gilded Age? Describe its characteristics
The gilded age was when new inventions led to rapid industrial growth. The characteristics of gilded age was poverty (a state of being really poor), crime (a lot of people killing each other), and disparities in wealth (not a lot of people were rich).
Name the primary processing station for immigrants on both the east and west coast of the united states for immigrants?
The immigration station in the east coast was Ellis Island in New York. The immigration station in the west coast was Angel Island in California.
Why did many Americans blame immigrants for the nation's problems?
They blamed immigrants that the american workers would work for low wages because of them.
Name two things that could cause an immigrant to be sent home
They can be sent home if they had any illnesses or any diseases
What new technology was developed when cities ran out of space to expand?
They developed skyscrapers and they were tall, steel framed buildings.
How did southern states limit African American voting in the 1890s?
They made it difficult or impossible to vote by requiring a tax to vote.
How did political machines respond to the needs of the immigrants?
They provided them more jobs, food, water, heat, and police protection.
define urbanization
Urbanization is when a city is becoming more populated, more tall buildings, etc.
What was urbanization?
When populations of people moved into cities and made it more populated
