| A | B |
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| Steerage | The least expensive accommodation on a steamship. |
| Ellis Island | A small island in New York Harbor, it served as a processing center on the east coast after 1892 |
| Angel Island | In California. Asian immigrants waited sometime for months for their results of immigration hearings. |
| Ethnic Neighborhoods | City neighborhoods that were separated into ethnic groups. |
| 5 reasons people were drawn to the United States | Employment, Religious Freedom, Chance to move up Social Ladder, Avoid Military Service, Few immigration restrictions. |
| What traits and or skills were important for the immigrants success? | Had a skill, Came w/money, learned to speak English, Live in Ethnic Neighborhoods, Adapted to American Culture |
| Nativism | An extreme dislike for foreigners by native-born people and a desire to limit immigration. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese already living in America from becoming citizens. |
| Tenement | Dark over-crowded multi-family apartments. |
| Political Machine | An informal political group designed to gain and keep power. |
| The Gilded Age | Refers to a period of growth, beneath the surface however there was corruption, poverty, and a huge difference between the rich and poor. |
| Individualism | Belief that regardless of your background, you could rise in society. |
| Social Darwinism | Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection and applied it to human society. |
| Gospel of Wealth | Those who profited off of society should give something back. |
| Philanthropy | Using fortunes to further social progress. |
| Americanization | Becoming knowledgeable about American culture. |
| Horatio Alger | wrote over 100 novels about rags-to-riches stories. |
| Herbert Spencer | first proposed the idea of Social Darwinism. |
| 2 Theories on how world was created | Theory of evolution and Creationism |
| Popular culture in the late 1800’s. | Saloons, Sports, Ragtime, Coney Island, Vaudeville |
