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AMH 2.4 immigrants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "new" immigrants | Southern and Eastern Europeans immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in a great wave between 1880 and 1920 |
| steerage | Third-class accommodations on a steamship |
| Ellis Island | Island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the U.S. |
| Angel Island | Immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910 |
| Americanization | Belief that assimilating immigrants into America society would make them more loyal citizens |
| "melting pot" | Society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture |
| nativism | Inclination to favor native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants |
| Chinese Exclusion act | 1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers |