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Immigration Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Urbinization | Growth of cities resulting from industrialization. |
| Tenement | An apartment building that is usually run down and over crowded. |
| Slum | A thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people. |
| Social Gospel | A movement aimed at improving the lives of the poor. |
| Jane Addams | Was a pioneer, settlement social worker, public philosipher, sociologist, author, and leader in wemon's suffrage and world peace. |
| Hull House | Founded in 1889, a model for other settlement houses at the time. |
| Ellis Island | The first stop in the U.S. for most immigrants coming from Europe. |
| Melting Pot | A place where cultures blend. |
| Assimilation | the process of blending into society. |
| Angel Island | The first stop in the U.S. for most immigrants coming from Asia. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | enacted in 1882, this law banned Chinese immigration for years. |
| Booker T. Washington | Was an U.S. educator who was born a slave but became educated, and founded a college at Tuskegee AL. |
| Mass Culture | A common culture experiaced by large numbers of people. |
| Department Store | A store that sells anything from clothing to furniture to hardware. |
| Mail- Order Catalogs | A publication that contains pictures of items so the people can order by mail. |
| Leusure | Free time. |
| Ragtime | A blend of African American songs and European songs form. |
| Statue Of Liberty | A large monumental statue symbolizing Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay. |
| Deatainee | A person held in custody, especially for political reasons. |
| Ticket Office | An office or kiosk where tickets are sold for entertainment events, or travel accomadations. |
| Money Exchange | When immigrants would trade their money for American dollars. |
| Kissing Post | A post on Ellis Island where families would reunite. |
| Steam Ship | A ship that runs on steam. |
| Plessy vs. Fergison | When railroads sued each other. |