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| Irish | These people settled in the great ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. |
| Irish | By 1900, there were more people from this group in America than in their homeland. |
| Germans | Many of the following traditions that are now part of today's American culture come from this group. Some of these traditions are Christmas trees, marching bands, kindergarten, and frankfurters. |
| Irish | After disease attacked the potato crop, this group emigrated to America. |
| Germans | The people in this group were skilled as farmers and artisans. |
| Germans | Many of these immigrants became successful in starting new industries. |
| Irish | The people from this group survived by doing unskilled work. |
| emigrate | This word means to leave one's country to go to another. |
| Horace Mann | Massachusetts named this man as head of the first Board of Education. |
| newspaper | As a result of improved technology, each American was able to receive news in the form of the _____. |
| famine | This is a severe shortage of food. |
| Mt. Holyoke | This was the the first college for women. It was founded in 1837 in Massachusetts. |
| prejudice | You are being _________ when you form an unfair opinion about someone without the facts. |
| Democratic | Many Irish joined this political party. |
| reform | This was one of the effects of the Second ,Great Awakening. |
| culture | The immigrants would enrich the country with this . |
| Dorothea Dix | This reformer helped the prisoners and the mentally ill. |
| steerage | Immigrants usually traveled on the lowest deck of the ship called _____. |
| barred | African-Americans were often _____ from attending public schools. |
| John Russwurm | This man was the first black college graduate. He graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine. |
| Samuel Howe | He founded the Perkins School for the blind. |
| 1.shorter workday,2. better wages, and 3.better working conditions | What 3 improvements did reformers want for factory workers? |
| build hospitals | What was the improvement Dorothea Dix wanted for the mentally ill? |
| 1.separate jails for children, 2.better treatment for adult prisoners, and 3.a focus on rehabilitation | What 3 improvements did reformers wish to make in the area of jails? |
| 1.to urge people to give up drinking alcohol, and 2.to get states to ban the sale of alcohol | What were the goals of reformers in the Temperance movement? |
| to provide free public education for all children | What was the main goal of reformers in the area of public education? |
| 1.rapid growth of population which led to overcrowded land and a scarcity of jobs, 2.poor harvests, and 3.political and religious persecution | What were the factors that pushed people out of Europe? |
| hope for a better life 1. economic opportunity - jobs and land and 2. freedom | What factors pulled them to America? |
