part 1
workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay
sweatshops
fire the took place in 1911 at the triangle shirtwaist factory that ended 150 lifes
triangle fire
a condition that drives people from their homeland
push factor
an American who was against immigration and wanted America for whites, native-born protestants
Nativists
replacement for a striking woker
strikebreaker
license for a new invention
patent
a condition that attracts people to move to a new area
pull factor
1882 law that barred Chinese labors from entering the U.S
Chinese Exclusion Act
person who opposes organized goverment
anarchist
crossing or spanning the Atlantic ocean
transatlantic
in eastern Europe, an organized attacked on a Jewish community
pogrom
Why was the statue of liberty so special to immigrants
it was special because it was a symbol of hope, peace, freedom, and so many other things
association of workers in a specific trade formed to gain higher wages and better working traditions
trade union
method of production in which workers stay in one place as products pass along a track or moving belt
moving assembly line
on a ship, that were cramped and often filled with diseases
steerage
a process in which a union representing a group of workers with negotiation
collective bargaining
process of making large quantities of a product cheaply and quickly
mass production
process of holding on to old traditions while adapting to new culture
acculturation