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 Immigrant |
A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in anotherAn Immigrant most often goes to different country for a better life
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 Emigrate |
To leave your homelandImmigrants that came to America had to emigrate from many different coutries
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 Tenements/slums |
Building in which several familes rented roomsTenements were not required to have ventilation in each room
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 Assimilation |
To become part of another culture Many immigrants changed their names as a form of assimilation.
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 Push Factors |
Reasons people left or were "pushed" from their homeland Push factors included poor harvest and droughts
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 Pull Factors |
Opportunities for immigrants that "pulled" them to america Pull factors included jobs, safety and education
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 Ethnic Groups |
People who share a common cultureMany ethnic groups immigrated to the US in late 1800's
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 Chinese Exclusion Act |
Prohibited Chinese workers from entering the US for 10 yearsThe Chinese Exlusion Act was passed in 1882
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 Nativism |
The belief that those born in a country are superior to immigrantsThe Know Nothing political party practiced nativism
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 Gilded Age |
Shows how the extravagant wealth of the time covered the terrible poverty that lay underneath.The term "gilded age" was coined by Mark Twain in is book of the same name
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 Settlement House |
An institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided many community servicesMany settlement houses are still active today
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 Hull House |
One of the most famous settlement houses The Hull House now operates asa museum
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 Angel Island |
The west coast immigaration center.Angel Island was referred to as the Ellis Island of the west
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 Ellis Island |
The east coast immigration processing centerIn 1998, The US Supreme Court decided that most of Ellis Island is part of New Jersey
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 Emma Lazarus |
Wrote a sonnet in 1883, that was engraved on a plaque on the pedestal of the Statue Of Liberty in 1903The name of the Emma Lazarus' poem was The New Colussus
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