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US History Chapter 5
Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Southern and Eastern European immigrants who arrived in the United States in a great wave between 1880 and 1920 | "new" immigrants |
| the worst accomodations on the ship | steerage |
| island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States | Ellis Island |
| immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910 | Angel Island |
| belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens | Americanization |
| society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture | melting pot |
| favortism towards the American citizens | nativism |
| 1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers | Chinese Exclusion Act |
| expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them | urbanization |
| a person who moves from an agricultural area to a city | rural-to-urban migrant |
| very tall building | skyscraper |
| public transportation systems that carry large numbers of people | mass transit |
| residential areas surrounding a city | suburb |
| multistory building divided into apartments to house as many families as possible | tenement |
| term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era which was characterized by a facade of prosperity | Gilded Age |
| purchasing of goods and services for the purpose of impressing others | conspicuous consumerism |
| similar cultural patterns in a society as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising | mass culture |
| type of show, including dancing, singing, and comedy sketches, that became popular in the late nineteenth century | vaudeville |