AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 18 The Growth of Cities and American Culture, 1865-1900
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| 5971121048 | old immigrants | Through the 1880s, they came to the United States from northern and western Europe. They were mostly Protestant and had a high-level of literacy. |  | 0 |
| 5971121049 | new immigrants | From the 1890s to 1914, they came to the United States from southern and eastern Europe. Mostly non-Protestant, poor and illiterate. |  | 1 |
| 5971121051 | Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 | It was the first bill regarding immigration. It placed a ban on all new immigrants from China. |  | 2 |
| 5971121053 | American Protective Association | A nativist society that was prejudiced against Roman Catholics. |  | 3 |
| 5971121059 | political machines, boss | Political parties in major cities came under the control of tightly organized groups of politicians, known as political machines. Each machine had its boss, the top politician who gave orders and doled out government jobs. 364) |  | 4 |
| 5971121060 | Tammany Hall | A political machine in New York City, which developed into a power center. |  | 5 |
| 5971121066 | Social Gospel | In the 1880s and 1890s this movement espoused social justice for the poor based on Christian principles. |  | 6 |
| 5971121068 | Salvation Army | Imported from England in 1879, this charity provided the basic necessities of life for the homeless and the poor while also preaching Christian Gospel. |  | 7 |
| 5971121070 | Francis Willard, WCTU | Leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) which advocated total abstinence from alcohol. |  | 8 |
| 5971121072 | Carrie Nation | She raided saloons and smashed barrels of beer with a hatchet. |  | 9 |
| 5971121078 | Mark Twain | The first great realist author, he is famous for his classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and the term The Gilded Age |  | 10 |
| 5974147715 | Plessy v Ferguson | upheld the constitutionality of Jim crow laws |  | 11 |
| 5974167113 | Sierra Club | created to protect mountains |  | 12 |
| 5974175918 | Booker T. Washington | creates the Tuskegee Institute for African Americans |  | 13 |
| 5974187461 | Suffrage | the right to vote |  | 14 |
| 5974194398 | Social Darwinism | belief in survival of the fittest |  | 15 |
| 5974205116 | Eugenics | the science of racial superiority |  | 16 |
| 5974254995 | Nativism | the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. |  | 17 |
