Gilded Age- Part 2

Immigration

Moving to a new country in order to live there

Prejudice

An unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc.

New immigrants

Southern, Central, and Eastern European immigrants who arrived in the US between 1880 and 1920

Push factor

A reason that causes immigrants to leave their home country

Pull factor

A reason that causes immigrants to want to come to the United States rather than to another country

Famine

Food shortage

Persecution

Mistreatment, especially on the basis of belonging to a particular group (race, religion, political party, etc.)

Steerage

The crowded and dirty lower decks of the ship

Ethnic neighborhoods

An area in a city with a large population of people from a foreign country or speaking a foreign language

Americanization

Teaching immigrants to adopt the behavior, language, and values of Americans

Settlement houses

A community center organized to provide social services to the urban poor

Nativism

A preference for white, native-born Americans over new immigrants

Native-born

Belonging to a country because of being born there

Urbanization

The expansion of cities and an increase in the number of people living in them

Internal migration

Moving within a country to live in a different region

Suburb

A smaller community within a short distance of a city

Skyscrapers

Very tall buildings

Tenements

Multi-story buildings with small, run-down apartments

Sanitation

Cleaning

Gilded Age

Term used to describe the post-Reconstruction Era as an illusion of prosperity

Conspicuous consumerism

Purchasing of goods and services with the purpose of impressing others

Vaudeville

Type of show that included dancing, singing, and comedy sketches that became popular in the late-19th century

Spoils system

A practice in which politicians rewarded their loyal friends, family, and party members with government positions, whether they were qualified or not

Civil service

Government departments and their non-elected employees

The Grange

A farmers' organization formed after the Civil War

Populist Party

A third-party formed in 1892 which sought to pressure the Democratic and Republican parties to consider their demands