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Political Machines
#1 What was NYC's political machine? Tammany Hall
#2 Who was the head of Tammany Hall? William 'Boss' Tweed
#3 Large fees recieved from business and construction projects where known as? Kickbacks
#4 Tammany Hall made sure which political party stayed in power? The Democratic Party
#5 What did Tammany Hall build that swindled the tax payers out of millions of dollars? NYC Courthouse
Immigration
#1 What is the Antlantic Ocean immigration Depot? Ellis Island
#2 Pacific Ocean immigration depot? Angel Island
#3 Approximately how many Chinese immigrants were processed through Angel Island? 300,000
#4 What was the toughest part and the most dangerous part about coming to America? The ship ride over
#5 What group of people hated immigrants, wanted them gone, and created a political party about it Nativists
Vocabulary
#1 The theory that America is one big culture formed from various other cultures? Melting Pot
#2 Bribes and illegal use of political influence for personal gain is known as? Graft
#3 The study of population is callled? Demography
#4 Ethnic neighborhoods are also known as? Ghettos
#5 The Haymarket Affair is an example of this, which the Pullman company did as well.... A Strike
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#1 Who essentially ran the Oil Industry during the Gilded Age? John Rockefeller
#2 This is the home that Jane Addams used to help poor people out in slums Hull House
#3 Political Machines would use their money to buy what? VOTES
#4 This movement preached salvation through service to the poor. Social Gospel Movement
#5 The idea that wealthy Americans had the responsibility to engage in philanthropy presented by Carnegie is known as... The Gospel of Wealth
People and Things
#1 Music that reflected the hectic pace of city life was known as.... Ragtime
#2 This reformer used photography to raise awareness of the conditions the poor lived in Jacob Riis
#3 This Political Cartoonist exposed the activites of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall Thomas Nast
#4 When children learned English, learned to dress, speak, and act like other Americans they became? Americanized
#5 Was the first federal law to restrict immigration to the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act
Final Question
The musical center of New York that would have a large impact of the formation of the music industry was called? Tin Pan Alley