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21 Cards in this Set
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difference between old and new immigrants |
Old came from the north and new come from thesouth. Old were richer and new were poorer. |
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immigration |
The movement of people into a destination country to which they are not native ordo not possess its citizenship in order to settle or reside there |
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emigration |
The act of leaving one's native country with the intent to settle elsewhere |
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migration |
is the movement by people from one place to another with the intentions of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location |
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Ellis island |
Ellis Island is an island that is located in Upper New York Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey, United States. |
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nativism |
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. |
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jews |
a member of the people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who trace their origins through the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham. |
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anti-semitism |
hostility to or prejudice against Jews. |
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 |
It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. |
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melting pot |
a place where different peoples, styles,theories, etc., are mixed together. |
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social darwinism |
is a modern name given to various theories of society that emerged in the United Kingdom, North America, and Western Europe in the 1870s, which claim to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics. |
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tenement housing |
a run-down and often over crowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city |
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great chicago fire |
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10 |
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san francisco earthquake |
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI. Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days. |
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mass transit |
public transportation, especially in an urban area. |
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boss tweed and tammany hall |
William Marcy Tweed – often referred to as William Marcy Tweed, and widely known as"Boss" Tweed – was an American politician most notable for being the"boss" of Tammany Hall, |
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political machines |
A political organizationin which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses |
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graft |
a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap. |
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salvation army |
The Salvation Army is a Christian denominational church and an international charitable organization |
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settlement houses |
an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community. |
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hull-house jane adams |
wasa type of settlement house, community center in a slum neighborhood that provided assistance to people in the area provided educational, cultural, and social services |
