Key Terms Study Guide - US History
Key Terms Study Guide
Immigration:
Americanization – belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens
Assimilation - the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Angel Island – immigrants processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) – law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers
Ellis Island – island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States
“Gentlemen’s Agreement” – pact between the United States and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in San Francisco public schools; in return, Japan agreed to limit the immigration of its citizen to the United States
Ghetto - a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
Melting Pot – society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture
Salad Bowl – concept suggests that the integration of the many different cultures of United States residents combine like a salad
Nativism- belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers
New immigrants – Southern and Eastern European immigrants who arrived in the United States in a great wave between 1880 and 1920
Old immigrants – Irish and German immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1820 and 1860
Pogrom – an organized persecution of ethnic group
Push Factors – factors that motivate people to leave their home countries
Pull Factors – factors that attract people to a new location
Quarantine – isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
Restrictive Covenants – An agreement between parties limiting or restricting the use of land owned by one of the parties
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