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Immigration & Progre
Immigration & Progressive Era Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assimilation | When people adapt or change to fit into another culture (language, dress, traditions) |
| Ellis Island | A federally-owned island in New York Harbor that was the busiest immigrant inspection station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, nearly 12 million immigrants were processed through Ellis Island |
| Immigrant Enclave | A community that has maintained strong ethnic or national identity, concentrated tightly within a specific neighborhood. |
| Melting Pot Theory | The idea is that the immigrants would adopt (accept) American culture and ideas. The immigrants wouldn’t lose their heritage, but in everyday life they should “act” American. |
| Muckrakers | Journalists who exposed problems in business, government, and society in hopes of bringing about change |
| Nativism | The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants |
| Progressive Era | A time period when people exposed problems in business, government, and society in order to bring about change and reform. |
| Pull Factor | A reason for going to a certain area |
| Push Factor | A reason for leaving a certain area |
| Reform | Changes and improvements to a law, social system, or institution |
| Salad Bowl Theory | This idea states that while immigrants do come to America, they do not, and should not lose their culture. |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | Passed in 1890 it was a landmark U.S. law that banned businesses from merging to form a monopoly. |
| Statue of Liberty | A copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States. After its dedication, the statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, seen as a symbol of welcome to immigrants arriving by sea. |
| Strike | When many workers stop working in protest. Strikes are usually done by a labor union to get better pay, hours, or working conditions. |
| Tenement | A tenement was a run-down apartment building. The tenements in Old New York were barely safe enough to live in — fire hazards, no air circulation, and no bathrooms, either. |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers. |
| Union | An organization of workers formed to protect the rights of its members concerning wages, benefits, and working conditions |
| Urbanization | When large amounts of people move into the cities for readily available jobs and greater opportunity |
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