Chapter 16 The Lure of America

Who was the inventor of basketball.

Which of these were immigrants subjected to at Ellis Island?

Portraying Shakespeare's plays, __________ proved to be one of the most popular attractions of the 1860s and 1870s.

Poor apartment buildings that housed many poor city-dwellers in the late 1800s and early 1900s

When a city and its suburbs spread over the rural land it is known as what?

In 1903, the first World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Pilgrims.

About what percentage of New York City lived in tenements in 1900?

The new immigrants came to the U.S. from the 1880's to the 1910's. Where did most come from?

He (John Dewey) also emphasized art, __________, and science.

What did the Immigration Restriction League want to impose on all immigrants?

Besides steel frames, what invention allowed modern skyscrapers to be a reality?

Poorest accommodations in a ships lower levels.

By 1900, nobody lived in tenement apartments, and they were all torn down.

Throughout the Potato famine years, about how many Irish arrived in the U.S.?

Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead designed what?

What did John Dewey promote?

In the late 1800’s, no Americans spent their leisure time playing organized sports because they were too depressed.

Why did many immigrants flee Ireland?

Residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of a city are called what?

Today, most immigrants to the United States come from North and South America.

Where was the federal Immigration processing station on the west coast?

What was Scott Joplins nickname?

Prior to mass transit, the typical city covered about how many square miles?

Irish immigrant who led the "Workingmen's Party of California" and wanted rid of Chinese immigrants

What was Scott Joplins most famous work?

Where did Walter Camp play football?

What does the term "Nouveau Riche" refer to?

The act of spending money to publicly display one's wealth.

Where is Ellis Island?

In 1852, the mechanical elevator was invented by who?

Religious aid organizations that helped immigrants in cases of sickness, unemployment, or death

In the late 1800s, Basketball became known as the American pastime.

Popular actor, Edwin Booth, was the brother of what famous person?

Walter Camp made considerable contributions to football, and established many of its rules and principles.

Large, multi-story buildings that allow cities to expand upward

What did Compulsory Education Laws require parents to do?

Movement in the late 1800's that applied Christian principles to Social problems

If an immigrant had a criminal record, diseases, or mental problems, what happened to them?

Most immigrants who went through Angel Island were from where?

This movement stressed including public parks and attractive boulevards in designs of cities.

President Benjamin Harrison designated __________ as a federal immigration station?

U.S. cities got smaller during the late 1800s.

Where do most immigrants to the US come from today?

Women were discouraged from playing basketball.

Immigrants who came to the US before 1880 and were mostly protestants form Europe.

A popular cartoon inspired many critics to refer to the style of sensational reporting as Yellow Journalism.

Which is NOT an example of conspicuous consumption?

How big is Central Park?

Sensational reporting used by newspapers to attract readers.

In 1882, it denied citizenship to the Chinese and prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers

Immigrants who came to America never faced discrimination.

Baseball evolved in the 1800's from what British game?

The rules of baseball actually evolved in the early and mid-1800s from the British game called __________.

The expansion of __________ made newspapers and literature more important in the daily lives of many Americans.