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Gilded Age
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Urbanization | Rapid growth of the city |
| Migration | Movement within the same country. People moved from rural (country/farms) to urban (city) for industrial jobs in the Northeast |
| Immigration | Moving from one country to another |
| Old Immigrants | From Northern and Western Europe (Great Britain, France). Accepted by Americans because they were literate, educated, skilled laborers and Christian |
| New Immigrants | From Southern and Eastern Europe (Russia, Italy). Nativists dislike them because they are uneducated, unskilled workers and Eastern Europeans are Communist/Anarchists. |
| Political Machine | Corrupt system ran by Political Boss |
| Political Boss | In exchange for votes helps immigrants find jobs and tenement housing. Makes improvements to urban infrastructures. Gets wealthy from overbids on government contracts. |
| Nativists | Americans who want American for Americans. They dislike immigrants and support immigration restriction laws |
| Labor Unions | Workers join labor unions in hopes of getting better working conditions, standard work hours and safer working conditions |