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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH 6.9 EXAM
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Question 1: 1889
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Jane Addams & her college mate set up the Hull House,helping immigrants assimilate by giving English classes & helping w/ employment
Question 2: 1890
Answer:
How the Other Half Lives-Jacob Riis, published
Question 3: 1887
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American Protective Association founded by Henry F. Bowers, against Irish Catholics they believed were going to destroy American identity
Question 4: Dumbbell Tenements
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called for the shape, as it was narrow in the middle; middle acted as an airshift between buildings, giving a little ventilation and light. When there was a fire, though, it carried flames between stories, a fire trap
Question 5: Muckrakers
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journalists who exposed the "muck" of corruption in government, societal problems and such
Question 6: 1892
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Ellis Island, New York opened-immigrants often went through uncomfortable,, rigorous medical inspections, waiting up to a day for legal inspections as well as a new tax
Question 7: 1870s
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tenements were crowded, w/ up to 4K+ in one city block; architect James Ware designed the dumbbell tenement to help save money even with the new NYC law
Question 8: Nativism
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defending interests of native-born over immigrants
Question 9: 1873
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Panic of 1873?Californian nativists blamed Chinese for being willing to work for low wages, as this apparently made others' wages lower as well
Question 10: 1882
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 passed, banning Chinese immigration for next 10yrs, repealed in 1943
Question 11: Examples of Muckrakers
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Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine
Question 12: Why did Labor Unions oppose immigration?
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saw that immigrants were desperate for jobs, so it wouldn't matter if workers went on strike, they would just be replaced
Question 13: 1910(OUTSIDE OF THE TIME PERIOD SUPPOSEDLY), PROBABLY PART OF
PERIOD 7??)
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Angel Island opened in San Francisco, where Chinese immigrants had to prove they were exempt from the Chinese Exclusion Act
Question 14: Social Darwinism
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Herbert Spencer's idea that survival of the fittest applied in social and economic areas?status was determined by who was the fittest?many felt that assimilation would help them become better off
Question 15: 1870
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NYC passes a law requiring each bedroom to have a window to try and remediate the horrible tenement conditions; more than 50K Chinese lived in California