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History 2112- Day 3
Test 1- Maymester- Tompson
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History
Undergraduate 1
05/14/2013

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What are the three key terms associated with Immigration?
Definition
1. Push and Pull Factors
2. "New" Immigration
3. Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
Term
How many immigrants did the US have from:
1. 1821-1840
2. 1841-1860
3. 1861-1880
4. 1881-1900
5. 1900-1920
Definition
1. 743,000
2. 4.3 million
3. 5.1 million
4. 8.9 million
5. 14.5 million
Term
What is one major reason why immigrants are coming to the U.S.?
Definition
Industrialization
Term
What makes the U.S. more attractive to immigrants?
Definition
more land
Term
There are motives and means to migrate, and it is getting cheaper to move since there is new transportation like the steam boat.
Definition
FACT
Term
What are push and pull factors?
Definition
Something "pushing and pulling" a person to migrate to a different country.
Term
Give 3 examples of push factors.
Definition
poverty, famine, and religion (pogroms)
Term
What is an example of a certain famine that happened that he went over in class?
Definition
The Irish potato famine where the Irish's potatoes were infected, and that's all the poor Irish people had
Term
Why were there push factors on religion?
Definition
Some people would get beaten if they believed a certain thing... Like Jewish
Term
What is a pogrom?
Definition
An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group
Term
What is the most important pull factor that got immigrants to come to the U.S.? What is a side step to the #1 thing?
Definition
Economic opportunity, freedom-(not as important)
Term
Before 1890, where were most of the immigrants coming from?
Definition
North and west Europe
Term
After 1890, where were most of the immigrants coming from?
Definition
South and East Europe
Term
What are three countries from North and west Europe?
Definition
Germany, Ireland, and England
Term
What are three countries from South and East Europe?
Definition
Poland, Russia, and Italy
Term
Who were the "New" immigrants?
Definition
The immigrants that were coming from the new places. It is an ongoing cycle because there will always be a new group.
Term
What is assimilation?
Definition
People being absorbed into a new society.
Term
Where most immigrants assimilated in the U.S.? why? (3)
Definition
No, because they had different beliefs in religion, they spoke a different language, and they had different alphabets. ETC.
Term
How were Irishmen treated?
Definition
Americans thought they were inferior.
Term
Who was worried that German immigrants would take over and do harm?
Definition
Benjamin Franklin
Term
Why did many view immigration as a negative thing? (2)
Definition
There were too many and they took away jobs to work cheaper
Term
What was the main jobs of the Chinese when they first came here?
Definition
Build the Rail Roads to the west. (This moved people out west)
Term
How did Chinese get the stereotypes they have now?
Definition
When Americans moved West, they kicked the Chinese out of the high paying jobs and made them work at shops like laundry etc.
Term
The whole idea for immigrants were to come to America, make enough money to return back home to retire because they had enough money. Bu how many actually left? How many stayed?
Definition
1/3 left
2/3 stayed
Term
What did the typical immigrant look like?
Definition
Single young man.
Term
What did the typical Jewish immigrant look like?
Definition
They brought their entire family mainly from pogroms (push factor).
Term
Where do most immigrants typically stay?
Definition
Where the boat dropped them off in the city
Term
In the city, who do immigrants typically surround themselves with? Why and where?
Definition
Their race so the can communicate with them, and in neighborhoods
Term
What is chain migration?
Definition
When an individual/family is established in a community, and he/they try to get their friends and family to come join them and work with them
Term
How did many immigrants get news?
Definition
Newspapers
Term
Why couldn't many immigrants assimilate in society?
Definition
Many Americans rejected them
Term
What is a major determination on where immigrants work?
Definition
Chain migration
Term
What group is mainly associated in the meat packing industry?
Definition
Polish
Term
What is a padron?
Definition
The boss.
Term
What did immigration make the U.S.?
Definition
A more diverse country
Term
Which city had more foreign born than any other?
Definition
New York
Term
New York had how many foreign born children in these areas?:
1. Italy
2. Germany
3. Irish
4. Jewish
Definition
1. Italy- 1/2 of their city Naples
2. Germany- as big as their city Hamburg
3. Irish- 2 times of their city Dublin
4. Jewish- largest Jewish population
Term
What percent of the population in New York are immigrant children/ people that fist came over? (this might be wrong)
Definition
70%
Term
What is Nativism?
Definition
The Native Americans (not Indians). The people who were decedents of immigrants a long time ago, and now they are considered Americans.
Term
Although Nativists ancestors were immigrants, what do they say about immigrants coming in?
Definition
They close the door on them.
Term
Who are the Nativists main target?
Definition
Irish immigrants
Term
What were the Nativists worried about?
Definition
Immigrants taking their job
Term
What is a stereotype of the Irish?
Definition
They drink a lot
Term
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Definition
It tried to prevent the Chinese from immigrating to the U.S. (mainly the West Coast)
Term
What was the very first restriction on immigration?
Definition
the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Term
How did Americans view the Irish?
Definition
The same as Blacks
Term
What is psudeo- science?
Definition
Not really science
Term
Give an example of psudeo- science.
Definition
They compared the size of African American, Irish, and American skulls, and American skulls were bigger, so they said blacks and Irish are inferior
Term
What was something that tried to stop immigration?
Definition
Literacy test
Term
Who was the American Protection Agency?
Definition
They tried to stop Catholics from immigrating to the U.S.
Term
What is the National Origins Act of 1924?
Definition
This act completely stopped immigrants from coming in.
Term
How long did the National Origins Act of 1924 stay in place?
Definition
40 years
Term
Who triumphs because of the National Origins Act of 1924?
Definition
Nativists
Term
What was a vital part of the U.S.?
Definition
Immigration
Term
From 1860-1920 what happens to the population?
Definition
It triples
Term
How much bigger is the Urban population from 1860-1920?
Definition
9 times greater!
Term
How many percent of Americans lived in 1890? 1920?
Definition
1890- 35%
1920- 51%
Term
In 1850, how many cities had 100,000 or greater people? 1900?
Definition
1850- 6 cities
1900- 38 cities
Term
What was a major reason why immigrants are moving?
Definition
industrialization
Term
How fast did a new city grow?
Definition
Very slow
Term
What are Walking Cities?
Definition
Cities where you could walk everywhere. Like from your home to your job
Term
What makes walking cities easier to live in?
Definition
Transportation (Horse drawn Rail Roads, Cable cars, and electric trollies)
Term
What are the places right outside of the city called?
Definition
Suburbs
Term
In 1890, how many miles of tracks did cable cars have? 1900?
Definition
1890- 1,300 miles
1900- 20,000 miles
Term
How are cities expanding?
Definition
Outward and upward (skyscrapers)
Term
What helped make skyscrapers get even larger?
Definition
Steel
Term
When was then first electric elevator crated and by who?
Definition
1889- Otis put a patten on them
Term
What is tenement housing?
Definition
run down apartment buildings that barely meet minimum standards
Term
In 1894, the tenement housing in New York was the biggest in the world. How many people per acre was it? What is it now?
Definition
985 People Per Acre
85 People Per Acre
Term
With an increase of people what is there an increase of? (bad thing, hard to get rid of)
Definition
Waste, Animal waste, garbage waste, and human waste. They don't have a good way of getting rid of it.
Term
There was 1 outhouse for how many people?
Definition
60!
Term
The horse carriages placed a lot of POOP on the ground. They pooped a lot. There were a lot of horses that went poop on the road and filled it with a large amount of poop. I bet the horses poop was also enormous. POOP
Definition
Fact
Term
What did immigrants bring with them that was bad?
Definition
Different diseases, and since there were so many people, a lot of them got sick and even died from it
Term
What was the life expectancy? 2 reasons why?
Definition
mid-30's. disease, work accidents, etc.
Term
What did Jacob Riis do?
Definition
He was a photographer who took pictures of tenement housings, and all of the bad conditions the people were in.
Term
What book did Jacob Riis publish?
Definition
How the other half lives.
Term
Who lived in tenement houses (cities)?
Definition
The poor class
Term
Who lived in suburban houses?
Definition
The middle class and the upper class
Term
What was visible during this time?
Definition
Class divisions
Term
Police, firetrucks, etc. would rarely go to tenement housing because the officer were private. They would go to the suburban homes first
Definition
Fact
Term
Since the cities began to get more and more people, the government needed to provide what?
Definition
Water
Term
What is the progressive era?
Definition
When the growing city forces the government to help.
Term
What are two ways that industrialization has an impact on us?
Definition
Production vs. Consumption and how they play a role in our lives
Term
As production increase, what is expanding?
Definition
Consumption
Term
What is consumption?
Definition
Buying goods, like apps, clothes, food, etc.
Term
What is our lives mostly based on?
Definition
Consumption
Term
What is the U.S. refereed to as?
Definition
a consumer society
Term
Consumption mainly emerged when?
Definition
1880-1920
Term
What happens as consumer resources emerge?
Definition
Crises goes down and wages go up
Term
Who is benefiting from consumption?
Definition
The middle class
Term
What is a major product that opens up even more opportunities?
Definition
Electricity
Term
What are three major conveniences?
Definition
Canned food,
Telephones,
And Refrigeration
Term
What is the consumption of oranges in:
1880?
1900?
1920?
Definition
1880- Florida, Texas, California
1900- 100 crates per 1000 people
1920- 250 crates per 1000 people
Term
What is the consumption of cigarets in:
1880?
1900?
1920?
Definition
1880- 0
1900- 2
1920- 43 billion sold in U.S.
Term
What is the consumption of soap in:
1880?
1900?
1920?
Definition
1880- 0
1900- 63
1920- $1.40 per person
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