Immigrate/Urbanization Flashcards
Push Factor
Conditions that drive people from their home.
Pull Factor
Conditions that pull people from their home.
Nativist
People who are against or want to limit immigration.
Ellis Island
New York Immigration port for Europeans
Angel Island
San Fransico Immigration port for Asians
Chinese Exclusion Act
Barred Chinese laborers from entering the country in addition no Chinese Person who left the U.S could return
Urbaniztion
the movement of a population from farms to cities
Skyscrapers
Tall buildings with many floors and light weight steel frame construction.
Suburbs
residential areas outside the city
Settlement Houses
Community centers that offered services to poor.
Social Gospel.
Ministers called on their well-to-do members to do their duty as Christians by helping society,
Salvation Army
Spread Christian teachings offered food and shelter to the poor.
Young Man’s Hebrew Association
provided social activities, encouraged good citizenship and helped Jewish families
Vaudeville
VARIETY SHOW.
Compulsory Education
laws that required children to attend school up to sixth grade.
