Across
- 5. an American movement that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers.
- 8. a federally owned island in New York Harbor that was the busiest immigrant inspection station in the United States.
- 10. low-cost rental housing barely meeting minimal living requirements.
- 11. state laws regulating the fees grain elevator companies and railroads that charged farmers to store and transport their crops.
- 12. It became the main local political machine of the Democratic Party, and played a major role in controlling New York City.
- 13. was formed in the early 1890s to represent the interests of farmers and workers.
- 14. the belief that native-born Americans were superior to others, and that immigrants and their diverse cultural influences were undesirable.
- 15. leader of New York City's corrupt Tammany Hall political organization during the 1860s and early 1870s.
Down
- 1. European immigrants who came mainly from Northern and Central Europe (Germany and England)
- 2. U.S.-Japanese understanding in which Japan agreed not to issue passports to emigrants to the United States
- 3. the movement of people from the countryside to cities.
- 4. banned almost all immigrants from China, and was the first restriction ever placed on immigration to the United States (other than against criminals or unhealthy persons).
- 6. an organization, usually controlled by a strong leader or “boss,” that gets citizens to vote for its candidates on election day.
- 7. made the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation.
- 9. immigrants who came mainly from Southern and Western Europe (the Balkans, Italy, Poland, and Russia).