people who came from southern or eastern Europe, most likely Jews and Catholics who were often poor and unskilled. some came alone. most lived in cities rather than farms

lower decks of a ship were most immigrants traveled. no private cabins often crowded and dirty and illness spread causing some to die.

In New York, Europeans had to be healthy, have skill and money, or a sponsor to provide for them before they could enter the u.s.

were Asian immigrants came through San Francisco to enter into the u.s.

a program were people taught immigrants English and teaching them to adopt American dress and diet.

were white people (even different nationalities) blended into a single culture.

a belief adopted by some who thought native-born white Americans were superior to the new immigrants.

8. Chinese Exclusion Act

an act passed by congress to limit immigration towards the Chinese, remove their civil rights, and forbade the culture of chinese residents.

were cities and the people living in them dramatically grew.

10. rural-to-urban migrant

were farmers moved to the cities to work in factories and to make better money.

ten-story buildings, made from steel, often let architects show their artistic designs through out the major cities.

in 1850 invented the safety elevator, which would not fall if the lifting rope broke.

public transportation system that could carry people for cheap. reshaped many cities

housing in a cleaner part of a town, not quite in the middle of a city, but not as far out as a farmland.

15. Frederick Law Olmsted

a landscape engineer who designed Fairmount Park, also designed Central Park, and others in Detroit, Washington D.C., and Palo Alto.

cheap family homes designed to fit as many people as possible.

a novelist who ridiculed American life in his novel "The Gilded Age. (said it had a rotten core with gold paint over it)

middle class life style most Americans adopted :shopping, sports, and reading magazines and newspapers.

19. conspicuous consumerism

were people wanted and bought the new products on the market. Only the poorest were able to do and buy more than they used to in the past.

common items (ex. household toys, food, and appliances) that were often the same throughout every house.

a Hungarian immigrant who started the Evening World, which were cheap because many business supported it by paying for advertisement. wanted to inform the people and stir up controversy.

22. William Randolph Hearst

competitor of the Pulitzer, wrote the Morning Journal, and had the same tactics to sell its newspapers.

an author who wrote about character who were successful with hard work.

"play house" where musical drama, songs and often comedy were performed.

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1. "new immigrants"	people who came from southern or eastern Europe, most likely Jews and Catholics who were often poor and unskilled. some came alone. most lived in cities rather than farms
2. steerage	lower decks of a ship were most immigrants traveled. no private cabins often crowded and dirty and illness spread causing some to die.
3. Ellis Island	In New York, Europeans had to be healthy, have skill and money, or a sponsor to provide for them before they could enter the u.s.
4. Angel Island	were Asian immigrants came through San Francisco to enter into the u.s.
5. Americanization	a program were people taught immigrants English and teaching them to adopt American dress and diet.
6. "melting pot"	were white people (even different nationalities) blended into a single culture.
7. nativism	a belief adopted by some who thought native-born white Americans were superior to the new immigrants.
8. Chinese Exclusion Act	an act passed by congress to limit immigration towards the Chinese, remove their civil rights, and forbade the culture of chinese residents.
9. urbanization	were cities and the people living in them dramatically grew.
10. rural-to-urban migrant	were farmers moved to the cities to work in factories and to make better money.
11. skyscrapers	ten-story buildings, made from steel, often let architects show their artistic designs through out the major cities.
12. Elisha Otis	in 1850 invented the safety elevator, which would not fall if the lifting rope broke.
13. Mass transit	public transportation system that could carry people for cheap. reshaped many cities
14. suburbs	housing in a cleaner part of a town, not quite in the middle of a city, but not as far out as a farmland.
15. Frederick Law Olmsted	a landscape engineer who designed Fairmount Park, also designed Central Park, and others in Detroit, Washington D.C., and Palo Alto.
16. tenements	cheap family homes designed to fit as many people as possible.
17. Mark Twain	a novelist who ridiculed American life in his novel "The Gilded Age. (said it had a rotten core with gold paint over it)
18. "Gilded Age"	middle class life style most Americans adopted :shopping, sports, and reading magazines and newspapers.
19. conspicuous consumerism	were people wanted and bought the new products on the market. Only the poorest were able to do and buy more than they used to in the past.
20. mass culture	common items (ex. household toys, food, and appliances) that were often the same throughout every house.
21. Joseph Pulitzer	a Hungarian immigrant who started the Evening World, which were cheap because many business supported it by paying for advertisement. wanted to inform the people and stir up controversy.
22. William Randolph Hearst	competitor of the Pulitzer, wrote the Morning Journal, and had the same tactics to sell its newspapers.
23. Horatio Alger	an author who wrote about character who were successful with hard work.
24. vaudeville	"play house" where musical drama, songs and often comedy were performed.

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