| A | B |
|---|
| push factor | a condition that drives people from their homeland |
| pull factor | a condition that draws people to a new land |
| pogrom | an organized attack on Jewish people in Eastern Europe |
| steerage | the cramped quarters for passengers paying the lowest fares on a ship |
| acculturation | process of holding on to old traditions while adapting to a new culture |
| nativist | an American who sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for white "native-born" protestants |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | 1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the US |
| urbanization | the movement of peoples from farms to cities |
| tenement | a small apartment in a city slum building |
| building code | a standard set by the government for building safety and construction |
| Social Gospel | movement within American Protestantism in the late 1800's that attempted to apply biblical teachings to societies problems |
| settlement house | a community center, organized beginning in the late 1800's to provide services to the poor |
| Hull House | a settlement house founded by Jane Addams in 1889 in Chicago |
