Vocab
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| "New" Immigrant | Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
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| "Steerage" | The worst accommodation on a ship
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| Ellis Island | An island where immigrants European were processed
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| Angel Island | An island where Asian immigrants were processed
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| Americanization | Helping newcomers learn English and adopt American dress and diet
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| "Melting Pot" | White people of all different nationalities blended to create a single culture
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| Nativism | A belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers
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| Chinese Exclusion Act | Prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the US, and forbade the naturalization of Chinese residents
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| Urbanization | The number of cities and people living in them increased dramtically
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| Rural-To-Urban migrant | The move from farm to factory
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| Skyscrapers | Ten-story and taller building that had steel frames and used artistic designs to magnify their imposing height
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| Mass Transit | Public systems that could carry large numbers of people fairly inexpensively
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| Suburbs | Cleaner, quieter perimeter, known as streetcar suburbs
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| Tenements | Low-Cost multifamily housing designed to squeeze in as many families as possible
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| Gilded Age | The new lifestyle that middle-class Americans adopted during the nineteenth century
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| Conspicuous Consumerism | Where people wanted and bought the many new products on the market
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| Mass Culture | Household gadgets, toys, and food p references were often the same from house to house
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| Vaudevilee | Shows that were a medley of musical drama, songs, and off-color comedy
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