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The Modern City and Immigrants

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Old ImmigrantsImmigrants that came from Western Europe and were generally wealthier.
New ImmigrantsImmigrants that came from Eastern Europe and were generally poor.
NativismA belief that people originating from a country is better than people coming in to it.
Boss TweedThis man was the mind behind the Political Machine of Tammany Hall.
Jim Crow LawsA set of laws in the South to depress the newly gained African-American rights.
TenementsCrowded, unsanitary apartments in which multiple families lived in.
Plessy v. FergusonA court case that ruled seperate but equal IS constitutional.
Ellis IslandWhere most immigrants came through to gain entry to the U.S.
Chinese Exclusion ActThis stopped Chinese Immigration to the U.S. for almost 50 years.
SkyscrapersThese were able to be build due to steel and new architectural ideas.



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