Histoire Americaine

AMERICANIZATION: assimilation to american culture or society, learning its values and behaviors./Children of the immigrants was the first to be “americanized”/

The influence of the U.S. on the culture of other countries. /Also refers to the process of acculturation by immigrants or annexed populations to American customs and values./led to conflicts between generations/attending publics schools immigrants childs learned english and american ways.

ANGEL ISLAND: The immigration station on the west coast where Asian immigrants, mostly Chinese gained admission to the U.S. at San Francisco Bay./ after 1910, asians generally were processed there in SF and they faced even longer delays, sometimes several months/Between 1910 and 1940 50k Chinese immigrants entered through Angel Island. Questioning and conditions at Angel Island were much harsher than Ellis Island in New York.

BOSS TWEED: the most corrupt politician of his day, amazed a personal fortune from city contracts and “kickbacks”/politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall, ran the New York City Democratic party in the 1860s and swindled $200 million from the city through bribery, graft, and vote-buying. He was eventually jailed for his crimes and died behind bars.

CHINESE-EXCLUSION ACT :1882, Federal legislation that prohibited most further Chinese immigration to the United States. This was the first major legal restriction on immigration in U.S. history./ Passed in 1882; banned Chinese immigration in US for 10 years, because the United States thought of them as a threat. Caused Chinese population in America to decrease.

CROSS OF GOLD SPEECH:1896 :presidential election campaign :Populists and democrats focused on “bimetallism”- Basing money on silver as well as gold to raise prices and make it easier for farmers to repay their depts./Speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former U.S. Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. In the address, Bryan supported bimetallism or "free silver", which he believed would bring the nation prosperity. ELLIS ISLAND: The gateway for millions of immigrants to the U.S. as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954./ immigrants were given a medical examination and only allowed in if they were healthy/ europeans in “steerage” class were processed there and could be sent back if didn’t pass examination test. GENTLEMEN’S AGREEMENT:An agreement with Japan where Japan agreed to limit immigration, and Roosevelt agreed to discuss with the San Francisco School Board that segregation of Japanese children in school would be stopped. The agreement prevented a war that would have been caused by California, who was in Japan's eyes, oppressing their children/ Japanese americans began arriving at the end of the century ; their immigration was cut off by it. GHETTO: most immigrants went live in ethnic neighborhoods in cities/they lived with others who spoke the same language and practiced same traditions./Ethnic neighborhoods + couldn’t adapt to american traditions/ cut off from the american traditions/poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority eth. goup linked together by economic hardship +social restriction.

GRANGE MOVEMENT :National association of farmers social clubs-served social and educational purposes./ the Grange later organized politically

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