Cities, Immigrants, and Farmers

2. assimilated into mainstream American society by learning its values and behaviors
5. Formed in 1890 by leaders of the Farmers Alliance and referenced as the "People's Party"
6. an organization usually controlled by a strong leader or "boss", that gets citizens to vote for its candidates on election day
10. In 1890, this law required the federal government to purchase a large amount of silver each month
11. the belief that native-born Americans are superior to others, and the immigrants were undesirable
12. inflated currency, used when most farmers were in debt
14. the most corrupt politician of his day and amassed a personal fortune from city contracts and "kickbacks"
16. drop in prices, farmers loan payments were hard to pay
17. A law that placed a ban on the immigration of Chinese skilled and unskilled laborers to the U.S. for a period of 10 years
20. created in 1907, the Japanese government agreed to prevent further immigration of workers from Japan to the U.S.
21. low-cost rental housing barely meeting minimal living requirements
22. immigrant children or people made similar to other Americans
23. organized the "Grange Movement"

1. focused on local politics and was created by Grange members
3. the act marked the first step towards federal regulation towards federal regulation unfair business practices
4. Most immigrants arrived in New York City and landed here for medical examinations and to be processed for admission into the U.S.
7. centers larger towns and cities
8. A national association of farmers' social clubs
9. most famous political machine in New York City and founded in 1789
13. where immigrants settled down in urban neighborhoods with other immigrants of the same nationality
15. Chinese immigration that remained was processed here
18. satirical artist that attacked boss tweed and tammany hall in his political cartoons
19. the movement of people from the countryside into urban centers