Vocabulary
True or False: Urban is a synonym for and means the countryside.
False
Small shops in which children often worked for low pay, long hours, and in poor conditions
sweatshop
True or False: Most immigrants were able to enter America in the early 1900s
True
Is the following a Push or Pull Factor:
War or Terrorism in my country
Push Factor
True or False: Children were not able to work in the 1800s in America
False
Dirty, crowded apartment buildings that often housed immigrants
Tenements
The name of the most famous Settlement House in Chicago that helped 2,000 immigrants a week.
The Hull House
Immigration Station outside of New York City which most European immigrants went through
Ellis Island
Name one difference between the old and new waves of immigration.
Old Wave New Wave
1800-1860 Mid-late 1800s
from Northern Europe from Eastern/Southern E.
Similar More diverse
skilled laborers. took unskilled work
The difference between emigrate and immigrate
leaving one country vs. entering another
The process of adopting American culture (becoming American)
Assimilation
Neighborhood centers that provided social activities, education, and helped immigrants assimilate
Settlement Houses
Immigration station off the coast of California which processed many immigrants from Asia
Angel Island
Photojournalist who documented and wrote about the harsh living conditions of tenements
Jacob Riis
Reformer who pushed for child labor improvements
Florence Kelley
This law prohibited immigrants from China from entering the US for 10 years
Chinese Exclusion Act
What are two reasons people moved into cities in the late 1800s?
seeking Jobs, fleeing discrimination, railroads for transportation
Part of a ship where many immigrants booked rooms for passage to the United States
Steerage
fear of losing jobs, prejudice, changing American culture, etc.
Woman who started a settlement house in Chicago
Jane Addams
Immigrant aid groups meant to help other immigrants with support, needs, and jobs
Benevolent Societies
List 3 problems many people faced in the cities
Overcrowded, lack of running water, indoor plumbing, garbage, drinking water, diseases, etc.
Immigrants from China who paid for false documents claiming they were related to someone already in the United States
Paper Sons and Daughters
The Statue of Liberty was often viewed as a sign of hope as referenced in Emily Lazarus's poem The New Colossus,
Fill in the blanks
"I lift my lamp beside ___ ________________ ____________"
The Golden Door
List 3 Old Immigrant countries, and 5 New Immigrant countries
Old - Ireland, UK, Germany, Sweden
New - Italy, Poland, Greece, Russia, Hungary