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| southern and eastern European immigrants who arrived in the US between 1880 adn 1920 |
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| 3rd class accommodations on a steamship, which were usually overcrowded and dirty. |
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| island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving in the US from Europe |
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| immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco bay in 1910 |
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| belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens |
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| society in which people from different nationalities assimilate to form one culture |
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| belief that native born white Americans are superior to newcomers |
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| 1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers |
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| expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number people living in them |
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| a person who moves from an agricultural area to a city. |
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| invented the safety elevator |
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| public transportation systems that carried large numbers of people |
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| residential areas surrounding a city |
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| designed Central Park in NY |
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| multistory building divided into apartments to house as many families as possible |
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| popular American author that coined the phrase 'gilded age' |
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| term describing the post-Reconstruction era which was characterized by a facade of prosperity |
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| purchasing of goods and services for the purpose of of impressing others |
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| similar cultural patterns in a society as a result of the spread of transportation, communications and advertising |
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| Hungarian immigrant who started the Morning World, and Evening World newspapers |
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| created newspapers lie the Morning Journal that used sensationalism to attract readers |
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| author who wrote about characters that succeeded through hard work |
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| type of show, including dancing , singing, and comedy sketches, that became popular in the late nineteenth century |
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