IMMIGRATION / URBANIZATION TEST REVIEW TEST TOMORROW!!!

Where did immigrants entering the west coast after 1910 have to pass through? ANSWER  ANGEL ISLAND

What is conspicuous consumption? ANSWER  SPENDING ONE’S WEALTH FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SHOWING HOW MUCH WEALTH ONE HAS

ANSWER  SETTLEMENT HOUSES What were community centers called that were set up to help immigrants and the poor class? ANSWER  SETTLEMENT HOUSES

What were the 2 reasons skyscrapers were able to be built? ANSWER  Bessemer process made steel cheaper; improvements to the elevator safety

What characterized “Old” Immigrants? ANSWER  IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME FROM NORTHERN & WESTERN EUROPE BEFORE 1890

What was the Gospel of Wealth? ANSWER  THE THEORY THAT THE WEALTHY HAD RESPONSIBILITIES TO USE THEIR WEALTH AND RICHES TO AID THE POOR AND SOCIETY

Who were nativists and how did they feel about immigrants? ANSWER  THEY WERE NATIVE-BORN AMERICANS WO STRONGLY DISLIKED IMMIGRANTS AND BLAMMED THEM FOR THE PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY

What sport was considered America’s pastime? ANSWER  BASEBALL

Describe tenements. ANSWER  THEY WERE DARK, DISMAL, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS IN VERY DIRTY PARTS OF THE CITY

What were push and pull factors and give 1 example for each? ANSWER  Push factors were factors that influenced immigrants to leave their country of origin; Pull factors were factors that attracted immigrants to come to the U.S.

What is philanthropy? ANSWER  DONATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN ORDER TO HELP SOCIETY (IT IS NOT A HAND OUT BUT RATHER HELPS PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES)

What was chain migration? ANSWER  THE TENDENCY FOR IMMIGRANTS TO SETTLE AROUND PEOPLE OF THEIR OWN ETHNICITY & NATIONAL DECENT

What is the belief of Social Darwinism? ANSWER  THE BELIEF THAT LIFE IS A STRUGGLE AND ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE (SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST). THE RICH INDUSTRIALISTS USED THIS BELIEF TO JUSTIFY THEIR BUSINESS PRACTICES