3.1 Vocab: Immigration and Urbanization

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Community centers in slums assisting locals, especially immigrants.

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Settlement Houses

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A poor, densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked by economic hardship and social restrictions.

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Ghetto

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Multi-family urban dwellings for immigrants, often poorly built and overcrowded.

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Tenements

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Immigration is the migration to a country of which one is not native.

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True

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Reasons immigrants came to the U.S.: work in factories, own land, voice in government, economic opportunity.

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Pull Factors

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Reasons millions of immigrants left their homeland: poverty, starvation, dictatorships, religious persecution.

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Push Factors

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Melting pot theory of assimilation:

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A blend of diverse cultures and races, abandoning native languages and customs.

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Fear or resentment of immigrants and those born outside the U.S.

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nativism

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Salad bowl theory of assimilation:

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Many cultures coexist while retaining their traditions.