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32 Cards in this Set
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immigrant
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a person coming to a country
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emigrant
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a person leaving a country
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assimilation
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the adoption of a culture
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nativist
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a person who cares more about native people than immigrants
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Chinese Exlusion Act
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prohibited all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials from entering the U.S.
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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agreement by the government of Japan to limit Japanese emigration to the U.S.
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Pogroms
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an organized attack on a group of people
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Urbanization
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the growth of cities
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Tenement
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a run-down apartment building
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Settlement House
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community center providing assistance to residents, mostly immigrants in a slum neighborhood
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Jane Addams
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established settlement houses to help immigrants founder of Chicago's Hull House in 1889
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slums
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thickly populated neighborhood, dirty, run-down, poor living conditions
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Americanize
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to make or become American
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stereotype
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a biased opinion of someone because of their race, religion, or culture
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push factor
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a factor that makes someone leave their country
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pull factor
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a factor that encourages someone to come to a country
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naturalization
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the process of getting citizenship
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steerage
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a lowest class on a ship - most immigrants traveled in this
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ethnic group
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a group from a certain country or culture
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row houses
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a single-family dwelling that shares side walls with other similar houses
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ellis island
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U.S. immigration center in New York
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old immigration
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immigration before 1885 - most were from northwestern Europe
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new immigration
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immigration after 1885 - most were from southeastern Europe
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discrimination
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treating some people better than others without any fair reasons
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Angel Island
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west coast U.S. immigration center
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Mark Twain
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an author who wrote many books like, Huckelberry Finn. Real name was Samuel Clemens.
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Realism
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the showing of things as they really are in a form of art (realist, not romance)
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vaudeville
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entertainment that has short performances, including songs, dances, and comedy routines
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ragtime
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music in which the styles of African American spirituals and European music were blended
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Joseph Pulitzer
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was owner of the newspaper, "World"
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William R. Hearst
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owner of the New York public, "Journal"
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yellow journalism
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exaggeration reporting by the newspapers or magazines to attracrt readers
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