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Vocab
Arrival
Immigration
Leisure
Misc
100
To leave your homeland
Emigrate
100
Once in this country an immigrant’s greatest challenge was
to find a job
100
Many immigrants lived in urban apartment slums called
Tenements
100
New type of Music that is a blend of gospel, christian, and African American Rhythms
Jazz
100
What part of the world were "New Immigrants mainly from"
Southern and Eastern Europe
200
To become part of a culture
Assimilate
200
What symbol of hope greets immigrants at the New York Harbor?
Statue of Liberty
200
This was America’s first law limiting immigration.
Chinese Exclusion Act
200
Moving pictures were invented by
Thomas Edison
200
William Randolph Hearst’s journalism style was known as
Yellow Journalism
300
Places new immigrants could find help
Settlement House
300
This is where nearly all immigrants entered the United States on the West Coast.
Angel Island
300
What legislation required that immigrants be able to read and write in some Language?
Immigration Act of 1917
300
Jazz music which incorporates elements of gospel music, spiritual songs, and African American rhythms was created where?
New Orleans
300
What New York bridge opened in 1883?
Brooklyn Bridge
400
Cramped, noisy quarters, on the lower Decks of ships, where most immigrants Traveled on their journey to the USA
Steerage
400
This is where nearly all immigrants entered the United States on the East Coast.
Ellis Island
400
Founded by Jane Addams, one of the most famous settlement houses was
Hull House
400
Wrote the American classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
400
Who argued that schools should relate learning to the interests, problems, and concerns of students?
John Dewey
500
Person who wanted to end Immigration
Nativist
500
You could be sent back to your home country in the 18 and 1900's and even today if you have______
a contagious disease
500
Why was it harder to limit immigration from counties in Eastern and Southern Europe than from Asia
Deep European roots on East Coast, Already established communities from these counties.
500
How much did it cost for see a Moving Picture when they were first invented?
5 cents
500
What government Act gave away land to states to create land grant colleges that include present day Stanford University?
Morrill Act