US II 9.0 Vocab Review

Southern and Eastern European immigrants who arrived in the United States in a great wave between 1880 and 1920

• New Immigrants

• Steerage

• Melting Pot

third-class accommodations on a steamship

• New Immigrants

• Steerage

• Melting Pot

society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture

• New Immigrants

• Steerage

• Melting Pot

island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Chinese Exclusion Act

immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Chinese Exclusion Act

belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens

• Americanization

• Nativist

• Melting Pot

a person who favors native-born inhabitants over immigrants

• Americanization

• Nativist

• Melting Pot