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 |