U.S. History Ch. 7&8
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- What new develpoments did cities have in the 19th century?
- Subways were invented, Skyscrapers and suspension bridges chaned the cities
- Patronage is
- when a elected offical apoints a friend to a political office.
- Settlement Houses
- Were put in place by social reformers to help new immigrants
- Graft is
- When people try to influence the poltical aspect for personal gain.
- Pendleton Civil Service Act
- When trying to get a government job they had to pass a examination.
- The Gentlemen's Agreement
- The Emepror of Japan and Roosevelt wouldn't allow Japanese to immigrant to United States.
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- Agreement to not allow the Chinese to immigrate to the United States
- Angel Island is...
- Was the processing station of Asian's trying to immigrate into the Unites States. Which was located in San Francisco.
- What inventions helped skyscrapers become possiable?
- Better steel, and the invention of the elevator.
- People enjoyed new things in the 20th century like...
- professional baseball, amusement parks, the theater.
- Jim Crow Laws...
- Helped races to be seperated. It allowed whites to have a upper hand then African Americans.
- High School attendance was lower because
- Families needed there kids to work. The pverty was high which made attendance low.
- Education changes in the 1900 was helped by...
- Atendance was high in elementary and high school. Kindergrations were on the rise and Immigrants attended public schools to get more like americans.
- Grandfather Clauses were used...
- Were used in voting. If your father voted you could vote. It helped African Americans not to vote.
- Argicultural laborers and Railroad workers were usually
- Mexicans that immigrated and worked the jobs.
- Plessy vs Ferguson
- Was a court case that went to the Supreme Court that ruled that racial segration was legal in public facilities.
- The invention of the Prtinting Press allowed
- The cost of production lowered, which in return lowered the cost to the buyer to a penny a newspaper.
- Old Immigrants were
- From NOrthern and Western Europe. Most were from the Protestant relgion.
- People immigrated to the United States because
- 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.
- Booker T. Washington
- African American leader that beleived that African American if they learned a skill that could gain equality.
- Grover Cleveland
- Was president of the United States. And he has been the only President to win office two non-consecutive terms.
- W.E.B. Dubois
- Was a founder of the NAACP. He also belived that African Americans had rights from the Constitition.
- Jane Addams
- She founded Hull Houses to help new immigrants that came to the United States.
- George Eastman
- He invented the Kodak camera. Which helped start photjournalisim.
- John Roebling
- He invented the supesion bridge. Which connected Manhattan to Brooklyn it was named the Brooklyn Bridge.
- Frederick Law Olmstead
- He designed Centeral Park in New York so people could enjoy a natural looking park in the city.
- Montgomery Ward
- He helped link rural America to Urban America with his catalog sales which made him a lot of money.
- Ida B. Wells
- Was a journalist who started fighting for racial justice after his friends were killed by lynvhing. He was a African American Leader.
- 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.