Immigration/urbanization Flashcards
Push Factor
Condition that drives people from their home.
Pull Factor
Condition that attracts immigrants to a new area.
Nativists
People who want to limit immigration.
Ellis Island
In New York, immigrants were mostly European
Angel Island
In San Francisco California, Immigrants were mostly from Asian countries
Chinese Exclusion act
Banned Chinese laborers from entering the country, and to Chinese person who left the U.S could return
Urbanization
the movement of a population from farms to cities.
Skyscrapers
Tall buildings with many floors and lightweight steel frame construction.
Parochial
Church sponsored school
Dime novels
Low priced paperback many stories were about the wild west
Realists
Tried to show the harsh side of life as it was
Settlement House
Offered Services such as daycare, education, and health care to needy families living in slums
Who created the Hull House
Jane Addams
Tenement Apartments
Apartments that are poorly designed, overcrowded, and unsafe
What services did settlement houses offer
education, and health care to needy families living in slums. Taught English to foreign immigrants.
