Social Studies Unit 5 Topic 2 Vocabulary

the change from an agricultural economy to manufacturing

• budget

• income

• Ellis Island

• industrialization

immigration station in New York where immigrants registered

• budget

• income

• Ellis Island

• industrialization

a plan for spending and saving money

• budget

• income

• Ellis Island

• industrialization

money you make through working, gifts, etc.

• budget

• income

• Ellis Island

• industrialization

immigration station in San Francisco where immigrants registered

• Angel Island

• expense

• opportunity cost

• melting pot

money you spend

• Angel Island

• expense

• opportunity cost

• melting pot

what you give up when make a different choice

• Angel Island

• expense

• opportunity cost

• melting pot

term used to describe how immigrants moved to America and “melted” into the American culture giving up their own culture and beliefs

• Angel Island

• expense

• opportunity cost

• melting pot

small pieces of culture making up a larger overall culture (like a puzzle)

• cultural mosaic

• american dream

• great migration

• diversity

a term used to describe the idea of a better life for a family

• cultural mosaic

• american dream

• great migration

• diversity