US History Nativism

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Nativism
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Favoritism toward native-born Americans, caused immigrants issues with jobs and adapting to the new culture and language
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Urbanization Problems
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(Growth of cities) Sanitation, Water Contamination, no indoor plumbing
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Tenements
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Multi family urban dwellings, overcrowded, unsanitary
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Reasons for Moving to City
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Racial Discrimination, Job Opportunities, First Thing when Entering
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Social Gospel Movement
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Preaches salvation through service to the poor
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Political Machine
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Controls politics in a city, gives services to voters in exchange for votes (precinct captains, ward bosses, city bosses)
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Graft
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Illegal use of political influence for personal gain
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William M. Tweed
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Head of Tammany Hall in NYC, defrauds city of millions of dollars
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Thomas Nast
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Cartoonist that exposed Tweed through his drawings
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Tweed and Nast Relationship
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Tweed defrauded millions of dollars, and Nast was the cartoonish that created cartoons to expose Tweed for his true intentions
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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Appointments based on exam score, not based just off of who you know