Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration

Unofficial organization designed to keep a particular party or group in power.

• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Munn vs. Illinois
• Political Machine
• Ghetto

Cheap apartment buildings often crammed with people

• Suburb
• Steerage
• Ghetto
• Tenements

The use of one's job to gain profit.

• Political Machine
• Ghetto
• Graft
• Blue Laws

During the late 1800's, the port of entry for the majority of immigrants was...

• Boston
• San Francisco
• Philadelphia
• New York

What attracted many Asians to the United States in the late 1800's?

• repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act
• the desire for free land
• jobs with American railroad companies
• the Gentlemen's Agreement

Why did many immigrants support city political machines?

• Political machines were free of corruption
• political machines provides them with jobs
• political machines put powerful "bosses" out of business
• political machines fought against crime in the slums

How were Asians regarded by many white Americans?

• with suspicion and hostility
• with respect and admiration
• as productive farmers
• as good neighbors

Who experimented with the light bulb and invented the phonograph?

• Bell
• Edison
• Rockefeller

Who was America's most important manufacturer of steel?

• Edison
• Rockefeller
• Carnegie

What is a person called who gives large sums of money to help public causes?

• stockholder
• inventor
• philanthropist