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SS vocab
ch 20 review sheet
Question | Answer |
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push factors | conditions that drives people to leave their homes for a new area. |
pull factors | conditions that attract people to a new area. |
pogroms | when the russians massacred lots of jews. |
welcom symbol | the statue of liberty |
ellis island | the place where immigrants took tests to get in to america. |
old immigrants | north and western eurpoe |
new immigrants | eastern and southern europe,asians |
ethnic group | group of people who share a common culture. |
chinese exclusion act | act barring the immigration oh chinese for 10 years. |
assimilation | process of becoming part of another culture. |
tenements | apartment in a six or seven story building in a city. |
yellow journalism | sensational style of reporting used by some newspapers in the late 1800s. |