Immigration & Urbanization

1. process in which large numbers of people move to form cities
6. law that barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese already in the country from becoming a citizen
9. dark and crowded multi-family apartments in cities
11. architect who designed skyscrapers
12. corrupt political boss of Tammany Hall, a New York Democratic political machine
15. powerful party boss in New York City
17. the idea that society progresses and becomes better because only the fittest people survive
19. the most basic and cheapest accommodation on a steamship
20. machine an informal political group designed to gain and keep power
22. boss individual who ran a political machine
23. movement in art and literature that attempted to portray people realistically

2. music with syncopated rhythms that grew out of riverside honkey-tonks, saloon pianists, and banjo players
3. Danish-born journalist wrote about the urban poor
4. philosophy that wealthy people who profited from society owed it some-thing in return
5. theater show that included animal acts, acrobats, gymnasts, and dancers
7. an extreme dislike for foreigners by native-born people and a desire to limit immigration
8. An African American ragtime composer
10. processing center in California for Asian immigrants in the late 1800s
13. tiny island in New York Harbor and a processing center for immigrants in the late 1800s
14. tall steel frame buildings
16. getting money through dishonest or questionable means
18. using of one’s wealth to further social progress
21. person moves to live permanently in a different country