Urbanization at the Turn of the Century

Port of entry into the United States for most Southern and Eastern European immigrants, as well as some immigrants from Central and South America; 17 million immigrants enter the US through this port

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Hull House

• Tenements

Reaction of many new immigrants to the United States due to unfamiliar languages and customs

• Tenements

• Social Gospel Movement

• Settlement Houses

• Culture Shock

An area of a city (generally founded by immigrants) that has maintained a strong cultural identity

• Culture Shock

• Tenements

• Settlement House

• Ethnic Community

Port of entry into the United States for most Asian immigrants; much harsher restrictions and detainments on entry

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Tenements

• Nativism

The process of teaching immigrants English, social etiquette, and the skills needed for citizenship in the United States

• Nativism

• Americanization

• Culture Shock

• Exclusion Act

Unsanitary, overcrowded apartment buildings in America’s cities

• Settlement Houses

• Tenements

• Political Machines

• Angel Island

Preserving status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to immigrants

• Americanization

• Social Gospel Movement

• Nativism

• Political Machines

Movement that applied Christian ethics to social problems and in helping the less fortunate

• Settlement Houses

• Political Machines

• Nativism

• Social Gospel

Community centers that provided educational, cultural, and social services

• Tenements

• Settlement Houses

• Political Machines

• Ethnic Communities

Organization developed to create opportunities for young men living in cities to develop a healthy body, mind, and spirit

• Settlement Houses

• Political Machines

• Ellis Island

• YMCA