Immigration/Urbanization Flashcards
Push Factor
Condition that drives people from their homes
Pull Factor
Conditions that attract immigrants to a new area
Nativists
People who want to limit immigration
Chinese Exclusion Act
Barred Chinese laborers from entering the country. (In addition, no Chinese person who left the U.S could return.)
Urbanization
The movement of a population to farms to cities
Skyscrapers
Tall buildings with many floors and lightweight steel frame construction.
Ellis Island
New York, immigrants mostly from Europe
Angel Island
San Francisco, California, immigrants mostly from Asia countries
Settlement House
Community centers that services the poor
Services Offered
Taught classes in American government and English, gave instruction on health care, provided nurseries for children and provided recreational activities
Building Codes
Set standards for construction
Social Gospel
Ministers called on their well to do members to do their duty as Christians by helping society’s poor
Compulsory Education
Laws that required children to attend school, up to sixth grade
Parochial Schools
Church sponsored schools
Joseph Pulitzer
Owned the NY world. To win readers he slashed prices and added comic strips
