american history 3

Visa

a government issued authorization that grants a foreigner permission to enter, stay, or leave a country for a special purpose and duration.

Push factor

Factors that push people out of a country

Pull factor

Factors that pull someone into a country

“New immigrant”/ “old immigrant”

New= Southern and Eastern Europe

Old= Northwest Europe

Steerage

3rd class accommodations on a steamship

Ellis island

Island in nyc Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the us.

Angel island

Immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910

“Melting pot”

Society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture

Nativism

Inclination to favor native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers

1907 Gentleman’s Agreement

regulate the numbers and type of Japanese immigrants to the United States

Urbanization

Movement of people from rural to urban areas, expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them

Rural-to-urban migrant

People who move from an agriculture area to a city

Skyscraper

Very tall buildings

Elisha Otis

An American who invented the safety elevator. “safety hoist” was designed for freight but was soon adopted for passenger services. First installed in New York City in 1857 also developed steam powered elevator.

Mass transit

public transportation systems that carry large numbers of people

Suburb

residential area on the edge of a city or large town

Fredrick’s Law Olmsted

an influential American landscape architect best known for designing central Park. He also contributed to the preservation of the Yosemite Park in California, the park spaces around Niagara Falls, and a large system of public parks.

Tenement

multi storage buildings divided into apartments to have as many residents as possible

Cholera

a severe bacterial infection of the small intestine that causes dehydration, usually caused by drinking contaminated water