Ch. 7.1:Why did immigrants come to the US?Where did immigrants come from?What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?Ch. 7.2Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's? Immigrants filled them up really fast.What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population? Made laws to clean up the streets and the houses.What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?Chlorination and filtration. Sanitation.Ch. 7.3Gilded is to be covered with gold.What was the political machine and what did they do for a city? an orginized group that controlled the activities of a political party and also offeredsercices to voters and businesses in exchange for politicalor finantial support. organized like a pyrimid.Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring. a Democratic political machine in 1868. was a corrupt group of polititians.What caused all this corruption in government? tweedWhat laws came about to reform government?Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?
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