Gilded Age Flashcards

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Push Factors immigration Gilded Age

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Reasons that drove people to leave their home countries during the Gilded Age. Farm poverty; wars; religious persecution; overpopulation

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Pull Factors immigration Gilded Age

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Reasons that attracted immigrants to the United States during the Gilded Age. Plenty of land; Democracy/Freedoms; Opportunity;

Jobs

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"old v. new" immigrants Gilded Age

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Comparison between earlier immigrants (Old) and newer immigrants (New) during the Gilded Age. Old: Western and Northern Europe - New: Eastern and Southern Europe

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Nativism

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Policy of favoring native-born individuals over immigrants.

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Ellis Island

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Primary immigration station for European immigrants in the United States during the Gilded Age. 1892-1954; New York City; ~12 million in total

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Angel Island

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Immigration station in California, primarily for Asian immigrants during the Gilded Age. Open from 1910-1940; ~500,000; sometimes took weeks.

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Jacob Riis

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Journalist and photographer who exposed the living conditions of the urban poor during the Gilded Age.

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Thomas Nast

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Political cartoonist known for exposing corruption, especially in Tammany Hall.

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Asian Immigration Gilded Age

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Immigration of Asians, particularly Chinese, to the United States during the Gilded Age. Lots of Nativism - West Coast.

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Chinese Exclusion Act 1882

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Law that prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States.