Chapter 21 Exam Flashcards
What is assimilation
The act of becoming part of a larger culture
What is industrialization
The development of industries in a country or region on a large scale
What is Urbanization
The process of making an area more urban (making cities)
What is immigration
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
What are push factors
The reasons that immigrants leave their homeland (such as religious persecutions)
What is progressive education
This is the new educational philosophy that children learn by doing developed by John Dewey
What is yellow journalism
A term for the sensational reporting style pioneered by Pulitzer and Hearst
What are pull factors
Reasons immigrants come to a country such as opportunities or promises
What is realism
A type of writing based on the lives of ordinary people
Who are old immigrants
Immigrants from northern and Western Europe who were mostly Protestants although a small percentage were Catholic
Who were the New immigrants
Immigrants who came primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe and other parts of the world most likely to be Catholic or Jewish
Who are Nativists
Citizens of America who opposed immigration claiming immigrants did not want to assimilate to American cultures and posed a threat to American values
What is a tenement
A run down and often overcrowded apartment house often in a poor section of a large city
Who is Jane Addams
The founder of a settlement house in Chicago called hull house trained and mentored hundreds of women who lived in the slums and offered legal assistance to the poor
What is Ellis Island
A government reception center in New York City
