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Chapter 20
Review Terms
| Question | |
|---|---|
| emigrate | to exit your native country to go to another one |
| ethnic neighborhood | neighborhood where everyone is of the same culture and ethnicity |
| middle-class | the general people; the average joe |
| suburbs | residential areas that sprang up close to or surrounding cities as a result of improvements in transportation |
| tenement | a building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety |
| slum | poor, crowded, and run-down urban neighborhoods |
| persecution | the treating of someone harshly because of that person's beliefs or practices |
| Ellis Island | the entrance of the East for immigrants |
| Angel Island | the entrance of the West for immigrants |
| Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 | an act passed in 1882 that restricted people of China to immigrate to the U.S. |
| Frederick Law Olmstead | designed Central Park and other parks in Boston |
| Immigration Act of 1917 | act passed in 1917 that required immigrants to be able to read and write in their native language |
| Gentleman's Agreement 1907 | agreement in 1907 that limited the number of Japanese immigrants |
| quota | the maximum or minimum for something, in this case the limits of immigration into the U.S. |
| settlement house | institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services such as medical care, child care, libraries and classes in English |
| Hull House | famous settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams in 1889 |
| Jane Addams | founder of the Hull House, a famous settlement house in Chicago (1889) |
| Joseph Pulitzer | in 1883, purchased the New York World and created new type of newspaper with big headlines and cartoons to grab reader's attention |
| Morrill Act | act passed in 1862 that gave the states large amounts of federal land that could be sold to raise money for education |
| land-grant college | schools built form funds from the Morrill Act |
| vaudeville | stage entertainment made up of various acts, such as dancing, singing, comedy and magic shows |
| ragtime | type of music witha strong rhythm and a lively melody with accented notes, wich was popular in the 1900's |
| Jacob Riis | man who would report about gangs in NYC |
| "old" immigrants | immigrants who came before 1865, from northern and western Europe, spoke English and were Protestant; blended easily into he American society |
| "new" immigrants | immigrants who came after 1865 from eastern and southern Europe, mainly Catholic and Jewish, did not speak English and did not blend easily into American society |
| "push" factors | reasons in which immigrants left their home country |
| "pull" factors | reasons in which immigrants came to America |
| Gilded Age | name associated with America in the late 1880's, referring to the extravagant wealth of a few and the terrible poverty that lay underneath |
| steerage | |
| ethnic group | |
| assimilation | |
| ethnocentrism | |
| ubanization | |
| "melting pot" theory | |
| "salad bowl" theory | |
| yellow journalism | |
| nativism | |
| spectator sport | |
| cultural plurasim | |
| immigrate | to move into another country |
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