History 1302

Week Four Assignment

1. Before 1880, most immigrants were from ________________________

and ______________________ Europe.
2. After 1890, most foreign immigrants were _____________________ and
__________________________.
3. _______________________ saw immigrants as a threat to the
American way of life.
4. The American Protection Association sought to keep immigrants out
of mainstream society through restrictions on immigration, more
stringent naturalization requirements, workplaces that refused to
employ aliens or Catholics, and the teaching of the “American”
________________________ in the schools.
5. The _____________________ suffered more from immigration
restriction than any other people group.
6. Middle-and upper-class urban Americans in the nineteenth century
spent much of their leisure time involved in activities that revolved
around the ___________________________.
7. The most popular and the most diverse form of theatrical
entertainment in the late nineteenth century was
_____________________.
8. Saloons are considered by many to have been largely arenas for
drinking and socializing. But according to your textbook, man of the
saloons were also considered to be in effect
____________________________ ________________________ because they
offered a haven and fellowship to people who worked long days and
long work weeks.
9. For many in urban America in the late nineteenth century, the
___________________________ were the prime location for outdoor
entertainment due to cost restraints.
10. Most women who engaged in recreational activity in the
nineteenth century were ____________________________.
11. Basketball was invented by Dr. _____________________________
____________________________ in 1891 at a Men Christian’s Association
in the state of Massachusetts.
12. The father of organized baseball is known as
________________________ _________________________.
13. Settlement house workers often focused on
______________________________, that is to say the practical needs of
the poor, when attempting to help those in need.
14. One of the big reasons that women’s employment rates
skyrocketed in comparison to previous decades in the late
nineteenth century was due to fact that the _____________________
work and _____________________ jobs became more attainable for
women.
15. Between 1887 and 1897, the efforts by state and territorial governments to protect
workers were hindered by ___________________________________
_____________________________.
16. _______________________ _____________
_____________________ brought to the Whitehouse a new style
of uprightness, in sharp contrast to the graft and corruption
practiced by members of the Grant administration.
17. The __________________ were a faction of the Republican Party
that supported the “spoils system” during the administration of
Rutherford B. Hayes.
18. The Pendleton Civil Service Act provided for appointment to a number of government
jobs on the basis of _______________________ __________________________.
19. The assassination of James Garfield led to _________________________
___________________________ becoming President.
20. The “mongrel tariff” of 1883 was so named because of its different rates for
_______________________ ____________________________.