| A | B |
|---|
| Ellis Island | The immigration station located in New York Harbor. |
| Angel Island | The immigration station located in San Fransico Bay. |
| melting pot | A mixture of people of different cultures and races who blended together. |
| nativism | Overt favoritism toward native-born Americans. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | It banned entry to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials. |
| Gentlemen's Agreement | Japan's government agreed to limit immigration of unskilled workers in exchange for repealling the San Fransico segregation order. |
| Mass transit | moving large ammounts of people around the city by bus or subway |
| Tenement | Run down, overcrowded apartment building |
| Urbanization | Growth of cities |
| Americanization | Trying to blend immigrants into Americans |
| Water | City issue because it was dirty and not everyone had indoor plumbing |
| Fire | Big problem due to heaters, lack of water and volunteers |
| Housing | Run down, overcrowded |
| Sanitation | Disease, sewage and trash in the streets |
| Crime | Not enough police |
| Travel | Steamship made it faster but traveling conditions were tough |
| immigration processing | Immigrants had to pass medical and legal inspection |
