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Era Immigration Political Corruption CitiesReformsEducation 100100100100100 200200200200200 300300300300300 400400400400400 500500500500500 Final Jeopardy
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A term for immigrants who came to the U.S before the 1880s Old Immigrants
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A term for immigrants who traveled to the U.S after the 1880s New Immigrants
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An Island in NYC, many immigrants have come through this place of entry Ellis Island
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An Act banning Chinese immigration in 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
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Percent of the population that was foreign born by 1890 15%
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Term for corrupt politicians often at the city level “Bosses”
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Famous head quarters for the democratic party in NYC Tammany Hall
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Well known, corrupt, political “boss” of New York City Democrats “Boss” William Tweed
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A term used to describe “legitimate” profits made by political machines Honest Graft
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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
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This form of transportation helped to grow city limits and to move people within these cities Cable Cars
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The term for large housing complex's, often in poor condition, which were home to many immigrants Tenements
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These two city institutions were the most important places for many immigrant families Places of Worship and Schools
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By 1900 what third of people in the us lived in cities 1/3 rd
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This architect helped to invent the “skyscraper” and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright Louis H. Sullivan
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A group which worked to eliminate corruption in politics, included Thomas Nast and George William Curtis Mugwumps
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Group of religious women committed to outlawing alcohol, led by Francis E. Willard Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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This man was a famous attorney who rejected social Darwinism and who was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union Clarence Darrow
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This man formed the Society for the Suppression of Vice in NYC, Congress even passed a moral law named after him Anthony Comstock
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Wrote How the Other Half Lives (1890) Jacob Riis
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This Supreme Court case segregated America by race Plessy v. Ferguson
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This series of educational books has been in use since 1836 and 100 million copies were sold in the second half of the 19 th century McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers
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This African American Educator served as the first president of the Tuskegee Institute Booker T. Washington
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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
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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
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Final Jeopardy Topic American Reform Literature
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This novel written by Edward Bellamy promoted the idea of a socialist utopia Looking Backward 2000-1887
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