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U.S. History Test 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| new immigrants | Southern and Eastern European immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in a great wave between 1880 and 1920 |
| steerage | Third class accommodations on a steamship, which were usually overcrowded and dirty |
| Ellis Island | Island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving in the U.S. |
| Angel Island | Immigrants procession station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910 |
| Americanization | Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens |
| melting point | Society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to for one culture |
| Name two Push Factors | 1. Famine and Wars, 2. Religious and Persecution |
| Name two Pull Factors | 1. Inexpensive land and employment opportunities, 2. Religious freedom |
| urbanization | Expansion of cities and/or an increase in number of people living in them |
| skyscraper | very tall building |
| Elisha Otis | Developed a safety elevator that would not fall if the lifting rope broke |
| Mass Transit | Public transportation systems that carry large numbers of people |
| Frederick Law Olmsted | Landscape engineer who designed Fairmont Park, NYC's Central Park, and similar parks. Designed grounds at Biltmore and UNA |
| Tenement | Multistory building divided into apartments to house as many families as possible |
| Mark Twain | Novelist who satirized American life in his 1873 novel, The Gilded Age. He depicted American society as gilded, or having a rotten core covered with gold paint. |
| Gilded Age | Term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post reconstruction era which was characterized by a façade of prosperity |
| Mass Culture | Similar cultural patterns in a society as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising |
| Joseph Pulitzer | He started the morning paper, the World. He also published the Evening World. His papers were sensationalistic, filled with exposes of political corruption, comics, sports and illustrations. |
| William Randolph Hearst | He published the Morning Journal that also used the sensational style. |
| Vaudeville | Type of show, including dancing, singing, and comedy sketches, that became popular in the late nineteenth century. |
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