Chapter 7
Steerage
Worst accommodation on the steam ship
Vaudeville
entertainment shows that were a medely of musical drama, songs and off color comedy
Nativism
A belief that native born white Americans were superior to newcomers
William Randolph Hearst
A newspaper writer who informed people and stired up controversy
Elisha Otis
Developed a safety elevator that wouldn't fall if lifting rope broke
Americanization
Helping newcomers learn English and adopt American dress and diet.
Mass Culture
Household, gadgets, toys and food preferences were the same from house to house
Joseph Pulitzer
Hungarian immigrant who fought in the civil war
Angel Island
Immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay for Chinese Immigrants
Ellis Island
Island in New York Harbor that served as immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving in the U.S. for European Immigrants; they had inspections here.
Frederick Law Olmsted
Landscape engineer to design Fairmount Park
Gilded Age
Last decades of the 19th century; the new lifestyle that middle class Americans adopted
Tenements
Most urban workers lived in the low cost multifamily having designed to squeeze in many family members
Horatio Alger
Novelist who focused on moral issues
Conspicuous Consumerism
People wanted and bought the many new products on the market
Mas Transit
Public system that could carry large numbers of people fairly inexpensive
Chinese Exclusion Act
The act that prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers which limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the U.S.
Suburbs
Residential areas surrounding a city
New Immigrants
Southern and European immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in a great wave.
Skyscrapers
Ten Story and taller buildings that had steel frames and used artistic designs to magnify their imposing height
Rural to Urban Migrants
The move from farm to factory
Urbanization
The number of cities and people living in the U.S that has increased dramatically
Melting Pot
White people of all different nationalities blended to create a single culture