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Ch 5 vocabulary

WordDeffinition
"new" immigrant People from southern and eastern Europe.
steerage The worst accomodations on the ship.
Ellis Island European immigrants arrived in NY harbor and were processed here.
Angel Island Chinese and other Asian immagrants were processed here.
Americanization helped newcomers learn english and adopt american dress and diet.
"melting pot" white people of all differant nationalities blended to create a single culture.
nativism a belife that native-born americans were superior to newcomers.
Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited immigration by chinese laborers.
urbanization a time period in witch the number of cities and people living in them increased dramatically.
rural-to-urban migrant people who moved to cities.
skyscraper ten-story and taller buildings with steel frames.
Elisha Otis developed a safety elevator that wouldent fall if the lifting rope broke.
mass transit public systems that could carry large numbers of people fairly inexpensively.
suburb housing in a cleaner quieter perimiter.
Frederick Law Olmsted landscaper who designed fairmount park.
tenement low cost multifamily housing.
Mark Twain satirized american life in his novel the gilded age.
Gilded Age the new life style that middle class americans adopted.
conspicuous consumerism people wanted and bought many new products on the market.
mass culture household gadgets toys and food preferacnes
Joseph Pulitzer hugarian immagran who fought in the civil war.
William Randolph Hearst jernalist and competitor.
Horatio Alger wrote about characters who succeeded by hard work.
vaudeville musical drama songs and off color comedy.
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