| A | B |
|---|
| immigration | entry into a new nation for the purpose of permanent residence |
| Ellis Island | Chief immigration station of the US in New York Harbor |
| New immigrants | European immigrants that came to America after 1890 |
| Southern and Western Europe | Area from which the new immigrants came |
| Chinese Exculsion Act | Act that prohibited Chinese workers from entering the US |
| Angel Island | Chief immingration station on the West Coast. |
| Melting Pot | Belief that immigrant groups lost much of their cultural heritage due to Americanization |
| Urbanization | People flocked to the cities to work in the factories |
| Ghetto | Crowded slum area, dilapidated, disease-breeding housing with high rent |
| tenements | Apartment buildings that often did not meet high standards for sanitation and safety |
| Dawes Act | Act that encouraged Native Americans to live more like white settlers and farm plots |
| Northeast | Area where America's industrial development took place in the late 1800s |
| Statue of Liberty | Symbol of hope and refuge |
| Emma Lazarus | author of the New Colossus poem |
| urban | city |
| rural | country, farm area |
| settlement house | reformers set these up in cities to provide a safe haven for immigrants and city dwellers |
| Jane Addams | established a settlement house in Chicago |
| Hull House | Jane Addams' settlement house |
| San Francisco Bay | location of Angel Island |
