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Ch 5 Vocab Terms
Immigration and Urbanization 1865-1914
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. "New" Immigrant | Southern and Eastern European immigrants who arrived in the United States in a great wave between 1880 and 1920 |
| 2. Steerage | Third-class accomodations on a steamship, which were usually overcrowed and dirty |
| 3. Ellis Island | Island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States |
| 4. Americaniztion | Belief that assimilating immigrants into America society would make them more loyal citizen |
| 5. Angel Island | Chinese and other Asian immigrants crossing Pacific Ocean arriving in San Francisco Bay |
| 6. "Melting Pot" | Society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture |
| 7. Nativism | Belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers |
| 8. Chinese Exclusion Act | Prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the United States and forbade the naturalization of Chinese residents |
| 9. Urbanization | Expansion of cities and/or an increase number of people living in them |
| 10. Rural-to-Urban-Migrant | A person who moves from an agricultural area to a city |
| 11. Skyscrapers | Very tall building |
| 12. Mass Transit | Public systems that could carry large numbers of people fairly inexpensively |
| 13. Suburb | Residential areas surrounding a city |
| 14. Tenement | Low-cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze in as many families as possible. |
| 15. Gilded Age | Termed coined by Mark Twain to describ the post-Reconstruction era which was characterized by a facade of prosperity |
| 16. Conspicuous Consumerism | Purchasing of goods and services for the purpose of impressing others |
| 17. Mass Culture | Similar culture patterns ina society as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising |
| 18. Vaudeville | Type of show, includung dancing, singing, and comdey sketches, that became popular in the late nineteenth century |