Urban Poor and Political Machines

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Which best describes the living conditions of most immigrants during the Industrial Revolution?

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Most immigrants lived in cities in extremely crowded buildings.

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Which conditions are most characteristic of urban slums in the 1890s? crowded tenements, sweatshops, lack of sanitation, brownstone townhouses, horse stables, public drinking fountains, large department stores, paved sidewalks, train stations, high rise apartment buildings, trolley service, public parks

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crowded tenements, sweatshops, lack of sanitation

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___________________________ offered services to help immigrants learn skills so they could stop working in factories and obtain less dangerous higher paying jobs.

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Settlement houses

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Urbanization had several negative ramifications including - the lack of cultural diversity in cities, people moving out of the city due to cramped conditions, poor sanitation conditions including contaminated drinking water, not allowing Catholic immigrants into large cities

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poor sanitation conditions including contaminated drinking water

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What is tenement housing?

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cramped, multi-family housing units for the working class

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What woman was responsible for creating many settlement houses, most notably the Hull House?

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Jane Addams

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What name was given to the group of investigative reporters who wrote books, news articles or magazine articles to persuade public opinion about corrupt businesses or government?

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Muckrakers

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17th Amendment

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Direct Election of Senators

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Political machines took advantage of ________________ in big cities.

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immigrants

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The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York led by-

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William "Boss" Tweed