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What was the immigration station in San Fancisco?
Angel Island
What was the goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Decrease Chinese immigration
What was the main goal of the Americanization movement?
Assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture
What was a row house?
Housing that shared side walls with other buildings
What group of people founded settlement houses?
Social reformers, educated women
What is graft?
The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called
What was Tammany Hall?
A New York City political machine
What is patronage?
Appointing a friend to a political position
What did the Stalwarts support?
Patronage/the spoils system
What did the Pendleton Civil Service Act say?
Applicants for government jobs to pass examinations
What was the Gentlemen's Agreement?
It decreased Japanese immigration
What was the purpose of the row house?
To provide single-family homes for working-class families
What was the purpose of the Social Gospel movement?
Social reform
How were settlement houses similar to the Americanization movement?
Tried to help immigrants
Who would not support a political machine?
Someone opposed to immigration
Who used the power of the presidency to clean up the New York Customs House but was unable to get support from Congress for civil service reform?
Rutherford B. Hayes
