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29 Cards in this Set
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What new develpoments did cities have in the 19th century?
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Subways were invented, Skyscrapers and suspension bridges chaned the cities
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Patronage is
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when a elected offical apoints a friend to a political office.
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Settlement Houses
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Were put in place by social reformers to help new immigrants
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Graft is
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When people try to influence the poltical aspect for personal gain.
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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When trying to get a government job they had to pass a examination.
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The Gentlemen's Agreement
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The Emepror of Japan and Roosevelt wouldn't allow Japanese to immigrant to United States.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Agreement to not allow the Chinese to immigrate to the United States
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Angel Island is...
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Was the processing station of Asian's trying to immigrate into the Unites States. Which was located in San Francisco.
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What inventions helped skyscrapers become possiable?
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Better steel, and the invention of the elevator.
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People enjoyed new things in the 20th century like...
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professional baseball, amusement parks, the theater.
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Jim Crow Laws...
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Helped races to be seperated. It allowed whites to have a upper hand then African Americans.
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High School attendance was lower because
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Families needed there kids to work. The pverty was high which made attendance low.
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Education changes in the 1900 was helped by...
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Atendance was high in elementary and high school. Kindergrations were on the rise and Immigrants attended public schools to get more like americans.
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Grandfather Clauses were used...
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Were used in voting. If your father voted you could vote. It helped African Americans not to vote.
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Argicultural laborers and Railroad workers were usually
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Mexicans that immigrated and worked the jobs.
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Plessy vs Ferguson
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Was a court case that went to the Supreme Court that ruled that racial segration was legal in public facilities.
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The invention of the Prtinting Press allowed
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The cost of production lowered, which in return lowered the cost to the buyer to a penny a newspaper.
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Old Immigrants were
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From NOrthern and Western Europe. Most were from the Protestant relgion.
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People immigrated to the United States because
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To reunite with relatives that live in the U.S., People could own their own land as well as practice their own religion and to have a say in the government.
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Booker T. Washington
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African American leader that beleived that African American if they learned a skill that could gain equality.
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Grover Cleveland
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Was president of the United States. And he has been the only President to win office two non-consecutive terms.
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W.E.B. Dubois
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Was a founder of the NAACP. He also belived that African Americans had rights from the Constitition.
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Jane Addams
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She founded Hull Houses to help new immigrants that came to the United States.
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George Eastman
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He invented the Kodak camera. Which helped start photjournalisim.
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John Roebling
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He invented the supesion bridge. Which connected Manhattan to Brooklyn it was named the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Frederick Law Olmstead
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He designed Centeral Park in New York so people could enjoy a natural looking park in the city.
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Montgomery Ward
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He helped link rural America to Urban America with his catalog sales which made him a lot of money.
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Ida B. Wells
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Was a journalist who started fighting for racial justice after his friends were killed by lynvhing. He was a African American Leader.
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Inventions that helped urban people.
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* Electrucuty allowed for the elevator, 2nd shift in factory & subway trolley.
* Bassemer process allowed for skelectou construction allowed urban people to build suspenstion bridges & skyscrapers. |