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Unit 5: Chapter 15
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History
12th Grade
12/15/2012

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Ellis Island
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immigration station in New York Harbor
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Angel Island
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immigration station in San Francisco Bay
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benevolent society
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aid organizations to help immigrants
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Denis Kearney
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the leader of the Workingmen's Party; opposed to Chinese immigration
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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banned Chinese immigration for 10 years
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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prevented unskilled workings from immigrating to the United States in 1907
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literacy test
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exam to determine whether test takers could read English
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Elisha Otis
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invented the safety elevator
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Frederick Law Olmsted
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famous landscape architect who built famous parks, such as Central Park in New York
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settlement house
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a place where volunteers provided a variety of services to people in need
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Jane Addams
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founded the building of one of the first settlement houses
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Lillian Wald
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founded a settlement house in New York
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Social Gospel
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idea that religious faith should be expressed through good works
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William Marcy Tweed
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political head of Tammany Hall; corrupt leader in New York
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Thomas Nast
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a cartoonist who drew political cartoons to draw attention to the corruption in Tweeds' government
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James A. Garfield
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the first president who moved to make reforms to stop patronage in the government
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Chester A. Arthur
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continued Garfield's reformation of the government; passed a bill that required certain qualifications for governmental positions
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National Grange
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one of the first major farmers' organizations; founded by Oliver Hudson Kelley; goal was to unite farmers to fight against the railroad tycoons
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Populist Party
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coalition of farmers, labor leaders, and reformers; party platform: income tax, bank regulation, government ownership or railroad and telegraph companies, and free coinage of silver
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William McKinley
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Republican nominee for the election of 1896; ran against Democratic nominee William Bryans; Mckinley won the election
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