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| Where did most of the "old" immigrants--those who came before 1890--come from? | northern & western Europe (Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland) |
| Where did most "new" immigrants come from after 1890? | southern and eastern Europe (Italy, Russia, Poland) |
| What was one of the effects of increased immigration to the United States in the late 1800s? | cheap labor, urbanization, ethnic neighborhoods |
| Which act was a result of nativism? | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| What type of housing did poor immigrants in urban areas live in during the late-1800s? | tenements |
| What term is used to describe the efforts to oppose foreign immigration? | nativism |
| What were the organizations that controlled local and state political parties in the late-1800s called? | political machines |
| Which individual became infamous for corruption as the boss of New York City's Tammany Hall political machine? | William M. "Boss" Tweed |
| Which act was passed to end the corruption caused by the spoils system? | Pendleton Civil Service Act |
| What did reformers like Jane Addams establish to aid immigrants in urban areas? | settlement houses |
| Political machines grew in power by attracting the support of which group? | immigrants |
| What problems were caused by urbanization in the United States during the late-1800s? | overcrowding, sanitation, fires, crime |
