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Chapter 5 1.2.3.4.
Chapter 5 Vocab
Word | Definiation | Acc/Pass/Date/Name/Block |
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New Immigrant | Southern and Eastern European immigrants who arrived in the United States in a great wave between 1880 and 1920. | AustinH16 |
Steerage | Third-class accommodations on a steamship, which were usually overcrowded and dirty. | austino11 |
Ellis Island | Island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States. | 1/21/13 |
Angel Island | Immigrant processing station that opened in San Fransisco Bay in 1910. | Austin Hammond |
Americanization | Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens. | 3rd Block |
"Melting Pot" | Society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture. | |
Nativism | Belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers. | |
Chinese Exclusion Act | 1882 Law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers. | |
Urbanization | Expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them. | |
Rural-to- Urban Migrant | A person who moves from an agricultural area to a city. | |
Skyscraper | A very tall building. | |
Mass Transit | Public Transportation systems that carry large number of people. | |
Suburb | Residential areas surrounding a city. | |
Tenement | Multistory building divided into apartments to house as many families as possible. | |
Gilded Age | Term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era which was characterized by a facade of prosperity. | |
Conspicuous Consumerism | Purchasing of goods and services for the purpose of impressing others. | |
Mass Culture | Similar cultural patterns in a society as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising. | |
Vaudeville | Type of show,including dancing, singing, and comedy sketches, that became popular in the late nineteenth century. |