Politics and Immigration

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  1. 8. This act banned Chinese immigrants from coming to America in 1882.
  2. 12. The president who signed the Pendleton Civil Service Act into law.
  3. 13. He was the head of the Tammany Hall ring in the late 19th Century.
  4. 14. The first member of Congress to be drawn as the Tattooed man.
  5. 16. This is a major dislike and distrust of immigrants entering a country.
  6. 18. This theory suggests that immigrants retain their culture rather than blend into the mainstream American culture.
  7. 19. In cities like NYC political machines relied on this group to vote for thier candidates at the ballot box.
  8. 21. Many Political bosses and machines got rich of this form of bribery.
Down
  1. 1. Political Cartoonist who helped bring down Boss Tweed.
  2. 2. Many Political bosses and machines got rich of this form of bribery.
  3. 3. He was a photo-essayist who exposed the conditions of tenement houses in New York.
  4. 4. The election of 1876 brought an abrupt end to what in the South.
  5. 5. The idea that immigrants or new cultures would come together and blend into the mainstream culture.
  6. 6. Became president in the corrupt bargain of 1876.
  7. 7. This was a major immigrant processing center on the West Coast.
  8. 9. He won the popular vote in the election of 1876 but not the election.
  9. 10. Is a a belief or view that American-born is preferred over immigrants.
  10. 11. This act ended the spoils system rewarding supporters with government jobs, now requiring candidates to meet requirements.
  11. 15. This was a major immigrant processing Center for immigrants on the East Coast.
  12. 17. These were immigrant communities in cites, new arrived immigrants settled because of similar language and culture.
  13. 20. Headquarters of the Democratic Political Machine in NYC.