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19 Cards in this Set
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Statue of Liberty
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The symbol of hope and freedom to America.
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Nativist
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Antiforeign belief opposed to immigration.
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Ellis Island
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An island where immigrants from Europe go before entering New York.
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Angel Island
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An island where immigrants from Asia go before entering San Fransisco.
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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1882 law that barred chinese laborers from entering the U.S.
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Push Factor
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Condition that drives people from their homeland.
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Pull Factor
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Condition that attracts people to move to an new area.
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Pogrom
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In eastern Europe an organized attack on a Jewish community.
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Steerage
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On a ship, the cramped quarters of passengers paying the lowest fares.
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Acculturation
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Process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to a new culture.
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Settlement House
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Community center organized in the late 1800s to offer services to the poor.
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Building Code
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Standards for construction and safety of building.
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Tenement
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Small apartment in city slum building.
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Urbanization
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Movement of population from farms to cities.
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Hull House
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Settlement house founded by progressive reformer Jane Addams in Chicago in 1889.
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Jane Addams
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She build a place in Chicago for the poor.
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Young Men's Hebrew Association
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Organization founded in Baltimore in 1854 to provide community services to Jewish neighborhoods.
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Salvation Army
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An international charitable organization.
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Social Gospel
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Movement with in American protestanism in the late 1800s that attem
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