| A | B |
| Steerage | Worst accommodations on ships |
| Melting Pot | White people of all different nationalities blended to create a single culture |
| Nativism | Belief that native born white Americans were superior to newcomers |
| Urbanization | Number of cities increase and amount of people increase as well |
| Mass Transit | Public systems that could carry large amounts of people and were fairly inexpensive |
| Tenements | Low- cost multi family housing designed to squeeze many people in as possible |
| Guilded Age | Last decade of the 19th century |
| Vaudeville | Shows which were a melody of musical drama, songs and off color comedy. |
| Mass Culture | Household gadgets, toys and food which were similar from home to home |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers. |