US Benchmark 2 Terms Definitions Significance Ellis & Angel Island immigrant processing center; place where immigrants were Ellis Island - East coast processed before entering Island - West coast the United States Nativism overt favoritism towards led to rise of anti-immigration native born Americans groups and demand for immigration restrictions Chinese Exclusion Act banned entry to all Chinese limited Chinese immigration except students, teachers, to the United States merchants, tourists, and government officials Urbanization growth of cities, mostly in created urban problems and regions of the Northeast and the need to reform these Midwest issues within cities Americanization Movement to assimilate people of encouraged and incorporated cultures into a immigrants into the U.S. dominant culture culture Social Gospel preached salvation through helped to educate immigrants service to the poor and provide education, cultural, and social services to the poor Melting pot mixture of people of different Created diversity of cultures cultures and who and groups in the U.S. blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs Political Machine Offered services to voters Gained local government in and businesses in exchange major cities across the U.S. for political or financial support. Boss Tweed Head of Tammany Hall Led a group of corrupt – powerful NYC Democratic politicians and defrauding the political machine city Booker T Washington Believed racism would end One view of how African once blacks acquired useful Americans could help their labor skills and proved their position in life economic value to society
US Benchmark 2 Terms Definitions Significance Ellis & Angel Island immigrant processing center; Ellis Island - East coast Island - West coast place where immigrants were processed before entering the United States Nativism overt favoritism towards native born Americans led to rise of anti-immigration groups and demand for immigration restrictions Chinese Exclusion Act banned entry to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials limited Chinese immigration to the United States Urbanization growth of cities, mostly in regions of the Northeast and Midwest created urban problems and the need to reform these issues within cities Americanization Movement to assimilate people of cultures into a dominant culture encouraged and incorporated immigrants into the U.S. culture Social Gospel preached salvation through service to the poor helped to educate immigrants and provide education, cultural, and social services to the poor Melting pot mixture of people of different cultures and who blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs Created diversity of cultures and groups in the U.S. Political Machine Offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support. Gained local government in major cities across the U.S. Boss Tweed Head of Tammany Hall – powerful NYC Democratic political machine Led a group of corrupt politicians and defrauding the city Booker T Washington Believed racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society One view of how African Americans could help their position in life
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