| A | B |
| Passport | Identification document needed for a person to travel outside their home country |
| Urbanization | The growth of cities |
| Jane Addams | Founded the Hull House |
| Oppresive | Harsh and unfair |
| Ellis Island | Immigration processing center in NY |
| Rural | Farming/ agricultural |
| Tenements | Poorly built overcrowded apartments |
| Suburban | Area surrounding an urban center |
| The Hull House | A Chicago settlement house |
| Old Immigrants | Came to the US before the 1880s |
| New Immigrants | Came to the US after 1880s |
| Corruption | Using illegal practices to maintain power |
| Ghetto | Area of a city where immigrants lived with people of the same ethnicity |
| Urban | City |
| Citizen | A native or nauralized person |
| Settlement Houses | Neighborhood centers where new immigrants could take part in recreational activities |
| Political Machine | A political party organization that remains in power illegally and attended to the problems of new immigrants |
| Steerage | Area on a ship’s lower level |
| Naturalization | Steps immigrants must take to become citizens of the US |