OPTION 1 Life in New York Tenement Houses 1. What are the three distinct classes of homes in the tenement houses? In what ways does each reflect the needs and resources of the renters? There are three distinct classes of houses in the tenement-houses; the cheapest is the attic home. Three rooms is next and is usually for very poor people. The vast majority of respectable working people live in four rooms. Each of these classes reflects the needs and resources of the renters in that the attic
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It has not always been a beautiful place‚ between 1910 and 1940 this Island was once an Immigration Station. ‘It processed approximately 250‚000 Chinese‚ 150‚000 Japanese and smaller number of Korean‚ Filipino‚ Asian Indian‚ Spanish‚ and Portuguese entering into the United States’ (Hoskins‚ 2‚ 2005). Due to the restrictions of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882‚ many immigrants spent years on the island‚ waiting for entry. Asian immigrants went through many troubles. They had a dream when they came
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willing to work for lower wages which inspired the nativist movement to push for acts such as the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) which “suspended...the coming of Chinese laborers.” This act represented the first in US history that the government regulated immigration from a particular region. Subsequent Supreme Court Case US v. Kim Wong Ark‚ however‚ affirmed the 14th amendment’s citizenship clause asserting that the act must be “construed and
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Maria and I didn’t know what they were talking about. We learned that if you are unhealthy you can not enter America till you get rechecked. Most Asians snuck in that way after they were not allowed to enter because of certain laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Gentlemen’s Agreement. We were confused at first about why that was so bad. Another thing Maria and I learned was that if you come into America by “hopping a border” you are in the country illegally till you get papers from the government
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did this mean for the Chinese people who had settled on the West Coast? - They had to find other places to live – The Chinese people faced discrimination from the new white settlers‚ who thought that they were entitled to have the jobs‚ not the Chinese people who already lived there. 2. How and why did American politicians use the Chinese as scapegoats? - They made a newspaper to stir up hate against the Chinese – they told people that the Chinese people were taking all
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reduced the time needed to cross the Atlantic from three months to two weeks or less. Where immigrants settled depended on their ethnicity and on when they arrived. In the post-Civil War decade‚ for instance‚ Scandinavian immigrants used the Homestead Act to start Midwestern farms. Two decades later‚ immigrants usually moved to industrial towns and cities‚ where they provided unskilled labor. By 1910 immigrants and their families constituted over half the total population of 18 major cities. Immigrants’
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organized by Linnaeus? A.Monstrosus B.Africanus C.Americus D.Asiaticus E.Spanicus Answer Key: E Question 2 of 25 1.0 Points Which of the following was repealed by the Magnuson Act? A.the Chinese Exclusion Act B.the Indian Removal Act C.the Gentleman’s Agreement D.Plessy v. Ferguson Answer Key: A Question 3 of 25 1.0 Points Which of the following freed slaves in the United States? A.the Fourth Amendment B.the Thirteenth
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APUSH CHAPTER 21 * The Emergence of Urban America * Between 1860 to 1910 the population increased from 6 million to 44 million * America’s Move to Town * Explosive Urban Growth * Fredrick Jackson Turner-the Frontier is a “safety valve” * But more people went to the cities than to open land * There was not enough land though in cities to hold everyone‚ most people were homeless or lived in small apartments or rented houses * In
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disdain from the birthright against the naturalized formed the Nativist Impulse of the late 19th century. The negative public perception led to government action. New restrictions and legislations passed by the Congress such as the Chinese Exclusion Act (a law that barred Chinese immigration to the United States). The concerns of crime rates and growing health concerns‚ income‚ professional police departments‚ need of better water quality‚ waste removal and street cleaning were all addressed. The expansion
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Age” – Key Terms Transcontinental Railroads Union Pacific & Central Pacific Land Grants Power – natural monopolies: Vanderbilt Industrial stimulation Corruption: stock watering‚ rebates‚ pools Regulation – Wabash case? Interstate Commerce Act (1887) Captains of Industry (Robber Barons) Carnegie – steel (Bessemer process) – “vertical integration” Rockefeller – oil – “horizontal integration” Morgan – banking – “interlocking directorates” – buys out Carnegie for $400 mil.‚ US Steel
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