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Vocab ch. 5
Term | Definition |
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"new" immigrant | In the 1870's, Irish and Germans were joined by new immigrants from southern and eastern Europe |
steerage | a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus. |
Ellis Island | an island in upper New York Bay: a former U.S. immigrant examination station. |
Angel Island | Asian immigrants crossed the Pacific Ocean, arriving in San Francisco Bar and were processed at Angel Island |
Americanization | programs that help newcomers learn English and adopt american dress and diet |
"melting pot" | a country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races, peoples, or cultures is taking place. |
nativism | a belief that native born white Americans were superior to newcomers |
Chinese Exclusion Act | extreme hostility towards Chinese workers make congress pass the act |
urbanization | a number of cities and people living in them increased dramatically |
rural-to-urban migrants | The move from farming to factory |
skyscraper | 10 story and taller buildings had steel frames and office space in cities that had no room left on the ground |
Mass transit | public systems that could carry large numbers of people fairly inexpensively |
suburbs | housing that were built in the cleaner and quieter part of town |
tenments | low-cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze in as many families as possible |
Gilded Age | the last decades of the nineteenth century |
conspicuous consumerism | people wanted and bought the many new products on the market |
mass culture | household gadgets, toys and food preference were often the same from house to house |
Vaudeville | shows that were a medley of musical drama, songs, and off color comedy |