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CH 20 Immigration
8th Grade US History - NY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assimilation | The process of becoming part of another culture; immigrant children often found it easier to adapt to a new culture and customs than did adult immigrants |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Prohibited the immigration of Chinese workers from 1882-1902 |
| Ethnic group** | A group of people who share a common culture; often associated with groups of immigrants living together in the same sections of a city |
| Immigration Act of 1917 | Restricted immigration by requiring immigrants to be able to read and write a language |
| Nativism | The belief that immigrants are the cause of problems in society |
| Pull factors** | The conditions that attract people to leave their homeland to settle in a new country, for example for freedom of speech or better jobs |
| Push factors** | The conditions that push people to leave their homelands to permanently settle in a new country; for example, famine or religious persecution |
| Realism | Literature, art, and theater that shows things as they really are |
| Regionalism | In art or literature, the practice of focusing on a particular region of the country |
| Settlement house | Provided community services such as medical care, childcare, libraries, and classes in English |
| Suburbs** | The area between the city and the country which grew rapidly in the 1950’s with families of the baby boomers buying houses; car & highways became more important; suburbs also grew in the late 1800s and were made up of mostly middle class |
| Tenement | a run-down building, usually located in the slums, where poor families lived, often with the entire family living in one room |
| The Gilded Age | Term for the late 1800s, taking its meaning from something that is coated with a thin layer of gold; this refers to the extravagant wealth of the late 1800s and the terrible poverty that lay underneath |
| Why did cities grow in the late 1800s? ** | Cities grew in the late 1800s because of industrialization (more and bigger factories) and the flood if immigrants who took up residence; people came looking for jobs |
| Skyscrapers** | Tall buildings that were built due to the lack of space in downtown city areas |
| Melting Pot** | The belief that the US should accept immigrants and the immigrants should assimilate or adopt the American culture and customs instead of their own cultures and customs |
| Multiculturalism** | The belief that the US has a variety of cultures; each is unique and welcomed |
| Ghetto** | A section of a city in which members of a minority group lived because of social or economic pressures – often contained rundown housing |
| Old Immigration** | Immigrants from Northwest Europe arriving in the EARLY 1800s |
| New Immigration** | Immigrants from Southern and Eastern European countries and Asia arriving in the LATE 1800s |
| Emigrate | To exit or leave a country |
| Immigrate | To come into a country |
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