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Immigration Urban
Pages 352-363
Term | Definition |
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Immigrant | one who enters and becomes established in a country other than that of his or her original nationality |
Nativism | hostility toward immigrants be native-born people |
Skyscraper | a very tall building |
Tenement | multifamily apartments, usually dark, crowded,and barely meeting minimum living standards |
Political Machine | an organization linked to a political party that often controlled local government |
Party Boss | the person in control of a political machine |
Graft | the acquisition of money in dishonest ways, as in bribing a politician |