Immigration and Urbanization in America

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Angel Island

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Inspection station for immigrants arriving on the West Coast; mostly Asian immigrants coming into the US

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Ellis Island

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Immigration processing center in New York where most European immigrants came into the US

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1st Wave of Immigration

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NW Europeans from countries like England and Scotland; mostly Protestant and skilled

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Chain Immigration

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Pull factor for immigration whereby a family member sponsors others to come to America

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Americanization Programs

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Programs that helped newcomers learn English and adopt American dress and diet

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Tenements

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Poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived

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Ghettoes

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Communities of immigrants in and around cities

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Nativism

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Ideological belief that native-born whites were superior to newly arrived immigrants

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers and denied civil rights

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Electric Trolleys

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Allowed people to live outside the inner city while still working and pursuing leisure activities within it