Chapter 7 Review–US History

immigrants who came to the us before the 1880s; mostly protestants from northwestern europe

poorly built apartment buildings that housed many impoverished city-dwellers in the late 1800's and early 1900's

developed a mechanized elevator

immigration station on the east coast (New York)

invented by Walter Camp; based off of rugby and played by upper class colleges

a premier actor of his day

immigrants who came to the US between the 1880s and 1910s; mostly from southern and eastern Europe

inventor of football

community-service centers that were founded in the late 1800s to offer educational opportunities, skills training, and cultural events to impoverished neighborhoods

typically for wealthy upper class; Shakespeare recreations did very well

residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of a city

physical exams and background checks that decides if the immigrants were allowed to stay in the US

the ideal that every US should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative

invented by James Naismith to entertain difficult students during the winter

"newly rich"; new class of American city-dwellers that arose in the late 1800s; most made their fortunes from businesses during the Second Industrial Revolution

style of music created in the 1890s by African American pianists who played a driving rhythm with one hand and an improvised melody with the other

the forefront of the American settlement-house movement

immigration station on the west coast (San Francisco)

poor accommodations in a ship's lower level; many immigrants going to the US traveled in this space

most worked in construction, mines, and sweatshops; difficult work; long hours; low wages; did the country's "dirty work"

more factories over farms

people who favored native-born american citizens over foreigners

rr stretching across the continental us

taking most rr jobs; putting many us citizens out of work

law that denied us citizenship to ppl born in china and prohibited immigration of laborers

french for "light play"; several short acts combined

an education reformer who stressed learning by doing, science, art, and history

large multistory building

organization sought to impose a literacy test on all us immigrants

law that required parents to send their kids too school

spending money to display one's wealth

based off of british game rounders; first pro team was the cincinnati red stockings

literacy rates grew due to public education requirements

free time due to the massive growth of the middle class and help of unions

style of sensational reporting used by newspapers to attract readers

king of ragtime

us president during the peak of industrialization and immigration

social class where youre not in poverty or rich

organizations that helped immigrants in cases of sickness, unemployment, and death

inventor of basketball

people started relocating to the suburbs as cities grew