| A | B |
|---|
| * Angel Island | San Fransisco Bay receiving station for immigrants |
| Pogrom | organized attacks on Jewish villages |
| * Ellis Island | New York harbor recieving station for immigrants |
| Assimilation | process of becoming part of another culture; learn English, learn new customs, etc. |
| Natavism | wanted to limit immigration and preserve the country for native born |
| Push Factor | conditions that drive people from their homes (countries) |
| Pull Factor | conditions that attract immigrants to a new area (country) |
| Steerage | airless room below deck were immigrants were forced to stay on their way to the US |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Congress's response to anti-Chinese feelings; stated no Chinese laborer could come to the US or come back after they left the country |
| Urbinization | movement of a population from farms to cities |
| * Tenements | where the poor lived in the center of the city; no windows, heat or indoor plumbing; many diseases |
| Building Codes | laws that set standards for how structures should be built; fire escapes, decent plumbing, etc. |
| * Settlement House | a community center that offers services to the poor; Jane Addams set up one in Chicago |
| Salvation Army | spreaded Christian teachings along with giving food and shelter to the poor |
| Skyscrapers | tall buildings that were made because of the lack of space in downtown areas |
| Yellow Journalism | newspaper stories dealing with scandel, crime and gossip |
| Vaudeville | a variety show that included comedians, song-and-dance, and acrobats |
| Public Schools | education was improving due to more schools and the addition of high schools in cities and towns |
| Horatio Alger | popular writer who wrote stories about poor boys becoming rich due to hard work and honesty |
| Realist | wanted to show life how it really was, even when it was harsh |
| * 1880s- 1900s most Immigrants Came From | Southern and Eastern Europe |
| * Baseball | most popular sport during the beginning of the 20th Century |
| * Mark Twain | humorist who wrote Huckleberry Finn |
