Chapter 6 Vocab - Braden

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Across
  1. 6. should engage in philanthropy and use their great fortunes to create the conditions that would help people help themselves.
  2. 8. - an American author who wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
  3. 10. - The law barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens.
  4. 12. - a tiny island in New York Harbor that served as a servicing center for imagrants.
  5. 13. - one of New York City's most powerful party bosses, defended what he called "honest graft." For example, a politician might find out in advance where a new park was to be built and buy the land near the site.
  6. 16. - This philosophy, loosely derived from Darwin's theories, strongly reinforced the idea of individualism.
Down
  1. 1. - Tammany Hall, the New York City Democratic political machine, was the most infamous such organization and it’s leader who was this person.
  2. 2. - the idea that that no matter how humble their origins, they could rise in society and go as far as their talents and commitment would take them.
  3. 3. - This philosophy held that wealthy
  4. 4. - New city dwellers needed jobs, housing, food, heat, and police protection. In exchange for votes, political machines
  5. 5. - an informal political group designed to gain and keep power came about partly because cities had grown much faster than their governments.
  6. 7. - a Danish -born journalist observed in 1890 that a map of New York City, "colored to designate nationalities, would show more stripes than on the skin of a zebra."
  7. 9. - an extreme dislike towards native americans.
  8. 11. - apartment buildings
  9. 14. - getting money through dishonest or questionable means.
  10. 15. - era of a lot of advancements in technology and society