Urbanization Review Vocab

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Ellis Island: A New York island for European immigrants' entry to America.

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An island that is part of New York, where European immigrants checked in to America.

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Americanization

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Programs to help newcomers learn English, dress, and diet like Americans.

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What is a "Melting Pot"?

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Where people from different countries come together to form one culture.

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Urbanization:

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Increase in cities and population.

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Idea of Mass Transit?

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public systems that can carry large numbers of people for cheap

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Suburbs:

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Cleaner, quieter part of an industrial city.

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Nativism

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Belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers.

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Angel Island

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Opened in 1910 in San Francisco for processing Chinese and Asian immigrants.

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Immigrant means...

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a person who moved to another country

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Reason for migration from South to cities:

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Escape prejudice and mistreatment.