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new immigrants southern and european immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in 1880 and 1920.
steerage the worst accomodations on the ship
ellis island in new york that served as immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving in the U.S.
angel island immigrant process station that opend in san francisco bay in 1910
americanization helped newcomers lean english and abopt the english way of life
melting pot when whites from all nations blended to create a single culture
nativism a belief that native born whit americans were superior to newcomers
chinese exclustion act 1882 law that prohibited the immigration of chinese laborers
urbanization when the number of cities and the people livng in them increased dramatically
rural to urban migrants a person who moves from an argicultural area to a city
skyscrapers ten story or taller buildings
elisha otis developed the saftey elevator that would not fall if the lifting rope broke.
mass transit pblic systems that could carry large numbers of people and reshaped the nations cities
suburbs residential area surrounding a city
tenements low cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze as many families in as possible
mark twain satirized american life in 1873 novel, the gilded age
gilded age the new lifestyle the middle class americans adopted during this age
conspicuous consumerism people who wanted and bought the many new products on the market
mass culture effects of the spread of transportation and communication
joseph pulitzer hungarian immigrant who fought in the civil war
william randolph hearst whose morning journal employed the same tactics as pulitzer
horatio alger wrote about characters who succeeded by hard work
frederick law olmsted a landscape engineer that developed many parks
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