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Chapter5 Immigration
Chapter 5
Term | Definition |
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1) "new" immigrants | Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe; increased during WWI |
2) steerage | third-class accommodations on a steamship; overcrowded and dirty |
3) Ellis Island | island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station |
4) Angel Island | immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910 |
5) Americanization | helped newcomers learn English and adopt American dress and diet |
6) melting pot | white people of all different nationalities blended to create a single culture |
7) nativism | belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers |
8) Chinese Exclusion Act | 1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers |
9) urbanization | the number of cities and people living in them increased dramatically |
10) rural-to-urban migrant | a person who moves from an agricultural area to a city |
11) skyscraper | tall buildings made of steel frames; provided room in cities |
12) mass transit | public systems that could carry large numbers of people fairly inexpensively |
13) suburb | cleaner, quieter perimeter |
14) tenement | low-cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze in as many families as possible |
15) Gilded Age | describes post-reconstruction era |
16) conspicuous consumerism | purchasing of goods for the purpose of impressing others |
17) mass culture | similar cultural patterns in a society as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising |
18) vaudeville | type of show, that became popular in the late 19th century |