Vocab

Question 1

Conditions that drive people from their home

Answer 1

Push factors

Question 2

Conditions that attract immigrants to a new area

Answer 2

Pull factors

Question 3

Organized attacks on Jewish villages

Answer 3

Pogroms

Question 4

Airless rooms below deck

Answer 4

Steerage

Question 5

Giant statue dedicated in 1886 and stood as a symbol of hope and freedom

Answer 5

Statue of Liberty

Question 6

The process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to a new culture

Answer 6

Acculturation

Question 7

Americans that sought to limit immigration

Answer 7

Nativists

Question 8

Act passed by Congress in 1882 that barred chinese laborers from entering the country

Answer 8

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 9

The movement of populations from farms to cities

Answer 9

Urbanization

Question 10

Small Apartments

Answer 10

Tenements

Question 11

Rules that set standards for construction and safety of buildings

Answer 11

Building codes

Question 12

Movement with Protestant ministers

Answer 12

Social gospel

Question 13

Formed by William Booth, offered food and shelter to the poor.

Answer 13

Salvation Army

Question 14

Provided Social Activities, encouraged good citizenship, and helped Jewish families preserve their culture.

Answer 14

Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA)

Question 15

Community centers that offered services to the poor

Answer 15

settlement houses

Question 16

Settlement house opened by Jane Addams

Answer 16

Hull House

Question 17

Tall buildings with many floors supported by lightweight steel frames.

Answer 17

Skyscrapers

Question 18

Residential area on or near the outskirts of a city

Answer 18

Suburb

Question 19

Stores that sold all kinds of goods in different sections, or departments

Answer 19

Department Stores

Question 20

A variety show that included comedians, song-and-dance routines, and acrobats

Answer 20

Vaudeville

Question 21

A new kind of music with a lively, rhythmic sound

Answer 21

Ragtime