Immigration, Urbanization, turn of the 20 th Century

1. Immigration, Urbanization, turn of the 20th Century Jeopardy Review Game Clicking The title of each slide will bring you back to the board game

2. Chapter 7 and 8 Chapter Review

3. JOURNEY (10) • What is the name of the lowest and filthiest part of the immigrant ship? • Steerage

4. JOURNEY (20) • What was the typical length of time for an immigrant ship to arrive in America? • 6-12 weeks

5. Journey (30) • Where was the first stop for European immigrants to decide if they could or could not enter? • Ellis Island (east coast)

6. Journey (40) • Where was the first stop for Asian immigrants to decide if they could or could not enter? • Angel Island (west coast)

7. JOURNEY (50) • Immigrants to California during the Gold Rush who helped build the transcontinental railroad. • The Chinese

8. Journey (60) • People who encountered prejudice when the emigrated because of a potato famine in their native country • The Irish

9. Journey (70) • Becoming part of a group by learning a new culture, language, common foods and dress to help one fit in. Immigrants to the United States were expected to do this to be successful and to stay. • Assimilation

10. TREATMENT (10) • Bad government, war, religious persecution, availability of land, and famine were all examples of _____________ factors for immigrants to travel to America. • Push factors

11. TREATMENT (20) • Better job opportunities, pay, living conditions, and political and religious freedom were all ____________ factors for immigrants to come to America. • Pull factors

12. TREATMENT (30) • One of the main reasons why nativists did not like immigrants was • Taking jobs and failure to assimilate

13. TREATMENT (40) • A reason that many businesses were willing to hire immigrants included • Working for lower pay

14. TREATMENT (50) • One main reason why Chinese immigrants were widely accepted at first was because • They were wealthy and were willing to open their own shops

15. Treatment (60) • A discriminatory name for an individual who does not belong or is foreign born. • Alien

16. TREATMENT (70) • What the United States has been called because many different nationalities have blended together • Melting Pot/Tossed Salad/Vegetable Soup

17. Vocabulary (10) • American born person who was not in favor of immigration for various reasons – took jobs and resources, did not assimilate properly (different religions and cultural practices), etc. • Nativist

18. Vocabulary (20) • 1882 act that prevented one group of immigrants from entering America. • Chinese Exclusion Act

19. Vocabulary (30) • Settlers from other lands who come to America to live a better life and face oppression from the native country. • Immigrant

20. Vocabulary (40) • A run-down small, confined, crowded apartment house where many immigrants lived with other families. • Tenement House

21. Vocabulary (50) • Part of a city in which members of a minority often live – the best of conditions are not often found here. • Ghetto/Enclaves

22. Vocabulary (60) • A person who works to bring about change for the better – they emerged in cities in the late 1800s early 1900s as conditions were so bad socially and politically. • Reformer

23. Vocabulary (70) • Jane Addams started this community center in Chicago to help immigrants by providing necessary services – educational, cultural, and social – making their transition to American city life easier. • The Hull House

24. PEOPLE OF 20Th Century (10) • Man in charge of the New York City political machine (“The Ring”). • William “Boss” Tweed

25. PEOPLE OF 20ThCentury (20) • Danish immigrant who was the first person to film and write about poor, urban immigrants and their living conditions. • Jacob Riis

26. PEOPLE OF 20ThCentury (30) • Killed by Charles Gitout, because he would not give him political appointment while his Vice-President was Chester A. Arthur (who support a civil service based political system). • Garfield

27. PEOPLE OF 20ThCentury (40) • Led the Niagara Movement that pushed the idea that African Americans should become well-educated leaders by gaining a liberal arts education (“Talented Tenth”). • W.E.B. Du Bois

28. PEOPLE OF 20ThCentury (50) • Man who developed a camera that used rolls of film instead of glass plates. • Charles Eastman

29. PEOPLE OF 20ThCentury (60) • Inventor of the electric light. • Thomas Alva Edison

30. PEOPLE OF 20ThCentury (70) • Former slave who started a college for African Americans in the South, with the hope that they would viewed as having economic value because they would have acquired useful labor skills for our industrial economy. • Booker T. Washington

31. 20th Century Changes (10) • Mass-transit system first used in San Francisco • Trolley Car

32. 20th Century Changes (20) • Tax on the constitutional ability to practice your constitutional right to vote. • Poll Tax

33. 20th Century Changes (30) • Laws made to keep African Americans as second class citizens. • Jim Crow Laws

34. 20th Century Changes (40) • Where people went to live to be close to their industrial jobs (as they did not have the means to travel or live further away). Conditions here were pretty bad. • Cities

35. 20th Century Changes (50) • Site of the Wright brothers’ airplane flight. • Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

36. 20th Century Changes (60) • Application of science to machinery and architecture and new methods of industrial production to improve given circumstances. • Technology

37. 20th Century Changes (70) • Name of the first African American University, created by Booker T. Washington in hopes to provide African Americans with key labor skills. • Tuskegee Institute