Immigration and Industrialization

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immigration

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The permanent movement of people from one country to another country.

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Ellis Island

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Government immigrant processing center in New York Harbor opened in 1892.

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nativists

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A person who is opposed to immigration and believes native-born Americans are superior.

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push factors

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Influence on immigrants from their homeland that forces them out of their native country.

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pull factors

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Influence on immigrants from a destination country that makes them want to move there.

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urbanization

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Movement of people from rural agrarian country land to urban industrial centers (Industrialization).

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tenements

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5-7 story buildings built quickly and cheaply only a few feet from neighboring buildings, crowded multi-family apartments, with little light or ventilation; deplorable living conditions.

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muckraker

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Reporters & politicians who exposed corruption & poor treatment of lower classes by big business.

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industrialization

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Shift to using mechanized production rather than making most products by hand; results in rise of big business, urbanization, and the new middle class.

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Bessemer process

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Henry Bessemer’s innovation in steel manufacturing that made steel an affordable building material.