Development Of West & Immigration Flashcards
Homestead act
An 1862 federal law that granted tracts of land called homesteads to western settlers who agreed to work the land and live on it for 5 years
Populism
Favors the common persons interest over those of wealthy people
Exoduster
African Americans who migrated from the south to the Great Plains following the civil war
Assimilation
The absorption of people into the dominant culture
Deflation
a decrease in the amount of available money or credit in an economy that causes prices to go down
Inflation
a continual increase in the price of goods and services
Dawes act
An 1887 law distributing land to individual Indians rather than to tribes, thereby encouraging Indians to become assimilated
Steerage
The open area below a steamships main deck, where most immigrants lived during the Atlantic crossing
Chinese exclusion act
An 1882 law prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years and preventing Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens; the first US immigration restrictions based solely on nationality or race
Settlement house
A community center that provided a variety of services to the poor, especially to imigrants
Tenement
A rundown apartment building
Ellis island/angle island
Ports of entry for European and asian immigrants arriving in New York and San Francisco between 1892-1954
Nativism
The policy of favoring the interest of nativeborn Americans over those of immigrants
Ghost dance
A group dance that American Indians messianic cult believed to promote the return of the dead
Farmers Allianz
Was a organized agrarian movement
