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Benchmark 2 review
What are the 4 reasons for immigration to the US? o o Hope for better opportunities Religious Freedom Escape oppressive governments Adventure
What was the entry point for immigrants in NYC? o Ellis Island
What was the entry point for immigrants in San Francisco? o Angel Island
What did the immigrants go through at Ellis and Angel Islands? o o o Registration Background checks Medical Exams
How have immigration patterns to the US changed since 1965? o Mostly Hispanics and Asians are coming to the US as immigrants
Why did cities develop? o o o Specialized industries Immigration from other countries Movement from rural to urban areas for job opportunities
What city is associated with each industry? o o o Meat packing Chicago Steel Pittsburgh Automobile Detroit
What is industrialization? o Growth of factories and manufacturing
What is urbanization? o Growth of cities
What did industrialization and urbanization lead to in the US? o Overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and tenements
What is a ghetto? o Poor run down ethnic neighborhood
What is a tenement? o Crowded urban apartment
Who was Jane Addams? o Progressive who started the Hull House
What did the Hull House (settlement house) offer immigrants? o o Place to have baby sitting for the kids while Moms worked English language lessons
What was the Temperance Movement? o Groups opposed to making and consuming of alcohol
What did the 18 th Amendment state? o Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages
What does the 19 th Amendment state? o Women have the right to vote (suffrage)
What is Susan B. Anthony known for? o o Working tirelessly for women’s suffrage (right to vote) 19 th Amendment named for her
What are the workplace reforms of the Progressive Movement? o o o Improved safety conditions Reduced working hours Restrictions on child labor
What were political machines? o o Organizations in cities that had a political boss Wanted to win elections so they could run the city
How did political machines gain power? o o Attending to needs of immigrants corruption
What is exaggerated news reporting called? o Yellow Journalism
What US ship sank in the Havana, Cuba Harbor o USS Maine
What are the 4 reasons for the Spanish American War? o o American support of Cuban rebels to gain their independence from Spain Protection of American business interests in Cuba Rising tensions as a result of the sinking of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor Yellow Journalism
What are three results of the Spanish American War? o o o The US emerges as a world power Cuba gained independence from Spain The US gains possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
What countries were the 5 Allies during WWI? o o o Great Britain France Belgium Serbia Russia
What countries were the 4 Central Powers during WWI? o o Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
What British ship was sunk by German submarines with US passengers aboard? o Lusitania
What are the 3 reasons the US became involved in WWI? o o o Inability to remain neutral German submarine warfare-Lusitania US economic and political ties to Great Britain
Who was the US President during WWI? o Woodrow Wilson
What did Wilson propose in his peace plan? o Formation of the League of Nations as a peace-keeping organization
What did the US decide about the League of Nations? o Not join and return to isolationism
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