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Pruitt Chapter 5
Immigration, Rural Life Changes, Women's Rights
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| immigrant | A person that moves from a foreign country |
| Great Migration | movement of millions of African Americans to the northern US between 1915 and the 1940's in search of work and fair treatment |
| settlement house | center that provides help for immigrants and the poor |
| political machine | organization of people that controls votes to gain political power |
| mechanization | using machines to do work |
| tenement | building divided into small apartments |
| manual labor | work done by hand without machines |
| tenant | person who pays rent to use land or buildings that belong to someone else |
| urbanization | movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| suffrage | right to vote |