Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 5 vocab 8/26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "new" immigrant | southern and eastern European immigrants who arrived in the US in 1880-1920 |
| Steerage | 3rd class accommodations on a steamship which were overcrowded and dirty. |
| Ellis Island | island in New York Harbor that served as an immigrant station for millions of immigrants arriving to the US |
| Angel Island | immigrant processing station. |
| Americanization | belief that assimilation immigrants into american society would make them more loyal citizens. |
| "melting pot" | society in which people are different nationalities assimilate to form one culture |
| Nativism | belief that the native born white-american are superior to newcomers |
| Chinese Exclusive Act | 1882 law that prohibits the immigration of Chinese laborers |
| Urbanization | expansion of cities and an increase in the number of people living in them |
| Rural-to-urban migrant | a person who moves from an agriculture area to a city |
| 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. |
| Suburb | residential areas surrounding a city |
| Frederick Law Olmsted | landscape engineer |
| Tenement | multistory building divided into apartments to house as many families as possible |
| Mark Twain | Novelist who wrote The Gilded Age. |
| Gilded Age | term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-reconstruction era which was characterized by a facade of prosperity |
| Conspicuous consumerism | purchasing of goods and services for the purpose pf impressing others |
| Mass culture | similar culture patterns in a society of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising. |
| Joseph Pulitzer | Hungarian immigrant who had fought in the Civil War. He knew a lot about the newspapers |
| William Randolph Hearst | He wrote Morning Journal. |
| Horatio Alger | he wrote about characters who succeeded by hard work. |
| Vaudeville | type of show, including dancing, singing, and comedy sketches, that became popular in the late 19th century |
Created by:
balletqt654
Popular U.S. History sets