Chapter 15 vocab. Flashcards
What is a pull factor
Are attraction that draw them to another place
What is a push factor
Problems that cause people to move out
What is arable land
Land suitable for growing crops
What are America letters
Letter from immigrants sent back home saying how wonderful America was.
What is a steerage
The cheapest way to travel the open area below the main deck of the ship crowded and stinky
What was Ellis Island Immigration Station
The part of entry for most European immigrant arriving in New York between 1892 and 1954
What is deportation
A forced return of immigrants to their home country
What is a contract labor
An immigrant who signed a contract in Europe to work for an American employer often to replace a striking worker.
What is a settlement house
A community center that provided a variety of services to the poor, especially to immigrants
What are political bosses
Powerful leaders who ran powerful politics
What is Americanization
Pushing immigrants to accept American values and traditions
* kids study U.S history/Civics and want to fit in
What is nativism
The policy of favoring the interest of native born Americans over those of immigrants
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
Law prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers skilled or unskilled for a period of 10 years
What was the Angel Island Immigration Station
Became know as the “Ellis Island of the West” exclusion act by keeping new Chinese/Asians arrivals isolated from friends and relatives on the mainland and preventing them from escaping
