U.S. History STAAR Vocabulary Review (Fall)

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Who wrote "How the Other Half Lives", describing the deplorable conditions in U.S. urban areas?

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Jacob Riis

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Corrupt city government officials promising to provide services and jobs in exchange for votes

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Political Boss

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Primary reason for growth in U.S. cities in the early 1900's

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Immigration

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Vast government center in New York City where most immigrants were processed into the U.S.

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Ellis Island

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First federal law restricting Asian immigration to the U.S.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Divided reservation land into individual plots, and was an attempt to force assimilation on Native Americans

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Dawes Act

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Unofficial city organization designed to keep a party in power, and is usually led by a single boss

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political machine

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The process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture

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assimilation

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Political movement that was opposed to big business and bad urban conditions

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Progressive Movement

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Business owners who paid workers low wages and made huge profits became known as...

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Robber Barrons