| A | B |
|---|
| Ellis Island | Site where Europen Immigrants entered the U.S. |
| Angel Island | Site where Asian immigrants entered the U.S. |
| Culture Shock | confusion and anxiety from entering a culture that you dont understand |
| Melting Pot | A mix of people and cultures blended together |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Banned entry to the U.S. for most chinese citizens |
| Urbanization | Growth of cities |
| Americanization Movement | Schools & communtiy centers teaching immigrants about American culture, language and government |
| row houses | single family homes that shared a common wall with the next door house. |
| Social Gospel Movement | Reform movement that preached salvation through service to the poor. |
| Political Machine | Organized poilitical group that controlled the politcal activites of a political party in a city. |
| Graft | Illegal use of political influence for financial gain. |
| kickbacks | payments made to government official for their assitance in getting contracts. |
| Tamanny Hall | KMost powerful political machine in the U.S |
| Boss Tweed | Leader of Tamanny Hall |
| Thomas Nast | NY POst political cartoonist who helped bring Boss Tweed & Tamanny Hall down. |
| Civil Service | Government administration |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | U.S. President who tried to put an end to the spoiols system |
| Pendleton Act | Law that ordered the creation of a civil service commssion to oversee the handing out of civil service jobs. |
| Chester Arthur | U.S. President who signed the Pendleton Act into law. |
