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| What did schools teach in order to create habits of success in the workplace. Arguably the same habits today. (Notes list 7, I would like to see 3). |
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| Schools tried to _________________ or assimilate the immigrant population by teaching them English and American History. |
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| The ______________ ________ was a military based organization from England that is still around today |
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| Lester Frank Ward believed that _______________ not competition is the cause of mankind's success. |
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| This man believed that giving services and things to the poor was not the way to help them but rather redeem their souls. |
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| This group offered bible studies, prayer meetings, citizenship training, and group activities and is still around today. |
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| This focused on biblical ideas of justice and charity to help the poor. |
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| This idea is the opposite of individualism that believes some people are stuck in their situation because of factors out of their control |
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| This man believed that the wealth-producing power should have eliminated the rich poor gap. |
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| Idea that no matter how humble your roots, you can rise in society as far as their talents and commitments would take them |
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| This place is where people would go to have fun. |
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| This guy gave money to cities to build libraries. Watertown's is the museum. |
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| Attempted to portray people realistically instead of idealizing them in romanticism |
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| _______________ Darwinism is the application of Darwin's "survival of the fittest. |
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| The ____________ Age describes the time period between 1870 and 1900 because it looked really good on the surface but wasn't really that good. |
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| Describe how political machines worked. Be sure to include who was involved and what each side received. Use the Gangs of New York clip if you want. |
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| Boss __________ was one of the most corrupt leaders during the 1870s. So corrupt, he was actually arrested. |
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| Most working class lived in ______________ that were often dirty, poorly ventilated, over-crowded places. |
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| This man was responsible for the arrest of Boss Tweed in Spain due to his political cartoons. |
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| This political machine was the most powerful in New York City. |
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| Buying property where a town was going to build a new park or building and selling it to them at an increased cost is an example of what technique used by political machines and bosses to get rich? |
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| Blatantly selling public works or permits to a friend for cheap would be an example of what technique used by political machines to get rich? |
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| This man was most important person in designing skyscrapers. |
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| These were built because land became expensive. |
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| What groups of people did Americans not want to come to America? List 3 (On your test, you will have to list 2 and give 2 reasons why Americans didn't want these groups) |
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| What really helped with immigrants to be more accepted in America? |
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| This organization peaked at about a million people and despised Catholics. |
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| This Act banned Chinese from this country starting in 1882 and wasn't repealed until 1943. What was this Act? |
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| The law in 1882 that set up restrictions for those who come to America restricted poor, mentally handicap, and ____________? |
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| This "Party" made Chinese immigration a national issue. |
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| Much like we see in modern America, Americans in the late 1800s and early 1900s preferred native-born people and wanted to limit immigration called this. |
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| _____________ _______________ was where immigrants would come to in America to get checked by officials in New York City. |
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| ____________ ______________ was where immigrants would come to in America to get checked by officials on the West Coast. |
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| This journalist described the ethnic divisions of NY City as "having more stripes than a Zebra." |
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