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Dhruv Rathod

U.S. HISTORY CHAPTER 5

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1. "new" immigrants Immigrants who came from southern and eastern Europe with the German and Irish.
2. steerage Lowest deck of a ship, which was crowded and dirty.
3. Ellis Island Most European immigrants that arrived at New York docked here first to be analyzed.
4. Angel Island Chinese immigrants would come here on their way to western U.S.
5.Americanization Programs that helped immigrants learn English and learn American culture.
6. "melting pot" A theory of all white people around the world grouping together to create American culture.
7. Nativism Theory that native born Americans were superior than others.
8. Chinese Exclusion Act Limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the U.S.
9. Urbanization Where the population rises drastically within a city.
10. Rural-To-Urban Migrant People who lived in a rural area moved to an urban area.
11. Skyscrapers Ten story or taller buildings made from steel.
12. Elisha Otis Developed a safety elevator that would not fall if the lifting rope broke.
13. Mass Transit Public systems that could carry large numbers of people fairly inexpensively.
14. Suburbs Houses built in the cleaner and quieter area right outside of a city.
15. Fredrick Law Olmsted Designed Fairmount Park.
16. Tenement low-cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze in as many families as possible.
17. Mark Twain Wrote The Gilded Age.
18. The Gilded Age The lifestyle that middle-class Americans adopted during this period-shopping, sports, and reading magazines.
19. Conspicuous Consumerism People who bought new products in a market.
20. Mass Culture Same culture in a home to many others.
21. Joseph Pulitzer Hungarian immigrant who fought in the Civil War.
22. William Randolph Hearst Pulitzer's competition , whose Morning Journal employed the same tactics.
23. Horatio Alger Wrote about characters who succeeded by hard work.
24. Vaudeville medley of musical drama
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