Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Why did the old immigrants fit into society well?
|
Because they spoke english, they were protestant, and blended easily into american society
|
|
|
Immigrate
|
to live permenantly in a foreign country
|
|
|
Emigrate
|
To leave one's own country in order to settle permenently in another one
|
|
|
Ethnic neighborhood
|
to live in a neighborhood with only people of your ethnicity
|
|
|
middle class
|
those who lived in the suburbs, usually the families of specialists (doctors,detists, etc.)
|
|
|
tenement
|
an apartment building in the slums
|
|
|
slum
|
poor, run-down, overly-crowded urban nieghboorhoods
|
|
|
persecution`
|
to be mistreated because of your ethnicity or race
|
|
|
Ellis Island
|
an island in new york harbor where immigrants from europe were processed
|
|
|
Angel Island
|
an island in san francisco where mostly asian immigrants were processed
|
|
|
WHAT WAS THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882????
|
it stopped chinese workers from entering the united states untill 1902
|
|
|
who was frederick law olmstead?
|
he built cantral park
|
|
|
Immigration act of 1917
|
a law that said all immigrants had to be able to read and write in some language
|
|
|
The gentlemans agreement of 1907
|
Japans agreed to limit the number of immigrants that came into the U.S. while the U.S. agreed to behave fairly to the japanese
|
|
|
land-grant college
|
a university entitled to support from the government because of the Morrill Act
|
|
|
Vaudeville
|
theatrical sketch shows, like variety shows with all kinds of acts
|
|
|
ragtime
|
jazzy piano music
|
|
|
Jacob Riis
|
he wrote controversial book, How the Other Half Lives
|
|
|
street gangs
|
groups of people who go around beating people up
|
