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| Ellis Island | Beginning in 1892, immigrants were processed at Ellis Island, in New York. There, they must show that they were healthy and had money, a skill, or a sponsor to provide for them. |
| Nativism | A belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers. |
| "Melting Pot" | American Society became known as a "melting pot" due to all of the different nationalities blended to create a single culture. |
| Urbanization | In the late nineteenth century, this took place. Urbanization is a period in which the number of cities and people living in them increase dramatically. |
| Tenements | These were low-cost multifamily housing situations designed to squeeze in as many families as possible. |
| The Gilded Age | A nickname coined for the last decades of the nineteenth century. It was named after a book written by Mark Twain that satirized American life. |
| Conspicuous Consumerism | The culture in which people wanted and bought the many new products on the market. |
| Mass Culture | A phenomenon in which household gadgets, toys, and food preference are often the same from house to house. |
| Joseph Pulitzer | This man was a Hungarian Immigrant who contributed greatly to the wide circulation of newspapers. He made them interesting to the readers and was able to produce them inexpensively due to the support received by businesses that payed to place ads in the papers. |
| Vaudeville Shows | These shows were a medley of musical drama, songs, and off-color comedy. They were an example of some of the forms of entertainment that took place in the cities. |
