A | B |
prejudice | to dislike someone because of their race or culture |
barrios | early neighborhoods of people from Mexico |
tenements | apartment houses |
naturalization | the process of becoming a citizen |
allegiance | loyalty |
Angel Island | an immigration station in San Francisco Bay where immigrants from Asian countries were checked for health problems |
Ellis Island | an immigration station in New York Bay where European immigrants were checked for health problems |
settlement house | a community center where people could learn new skills |
skyscraper | tall, steel-framed building |
migration | a voluntary or forced movement of people from one place to another |
Exodusters | A group of African Americans who moved from the South to Kansas |
Chicago Defender | newspaper owned by African Americans |
The Great Migration | the huge movement of African Americans from the South to the North |
Jacob Lawrence | an African American painter and writer |
Hull House | a community center in Chicago that helped people |
Janie Porter Barrett | an African American who started a community center in Hampton, Virginia |
cable car | passenger car (bus) pulled along the street by cables |
trolley car | streetcar (bus) ran by electricity |
Jane Adams | the founder of Hull House |
immigrant | a person who comes to live in a contry from his or her home country |