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Chapter IV Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "New" Immigrants | immigrants that came to the United States between 1880 and 1920 |
| Steerage | third-class accommodations on a dirty |
| Ellis Island | an island in New York Harbor that served as a station for millions of immigrants |
| Angel Island | immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco bay in 1910 |
| Americanization | belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens |
| Melting Pot | society in which many different nationalities come together to make 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 | taking on the characteristics of a city |
| Rural-to-Urban migrant | a person who moves from an agricultural area to the a city |
| Skyscraper | a very tall building |
| Mass Transit | pubic transportation systems that carry large numbers of people |
| Suburb | residential areas surrounding a city |
| Tenement | multistory building that's divided into apartments made to house many families at once |
| Gilded Age | term used to describe the post-Reconstruction era |
| Conspicuous consumerism | purchasing of goods and services for the purpose for the purpose of impressing others |
| Mass Culture | similar cultural patterns in a society as a result of the spread of transportation |
| Vaudeville | a type of show including dancing, singing, and comedy sketches that became popular in the late nineteenth century |
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