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| Southern and Eastern European immigrant who arrived in the United States in a great wave between 1880 and 1920 |
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| third-class accommodations on a steamship, which were usually overcrowded and dirty |
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| island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States |
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| immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910 |
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| belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens |
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| society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture |
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| belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers |
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| 1882 law that prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers |
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| expansion of cities accompanied by an increase in the number of people living in them |
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| a person who moves from an agricultural area to a city |
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| very tall building built with modern materials like steel |
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| developer of a safety elevator that made skyscrapers more practical |
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| public transportation systems that carry large numbers of people |
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| residential area surrounding a city |
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| a landscape engineer who designed Central Park in New York City, and parks in other major U.S. cities |
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| multistory building divided into apartments to squeeze in as many families as possible |
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| a satirical novelist who wrote about American life in the late 1800s |
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| term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era which was characterized by a façade of prosperity |
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| purchasing of goods and services to impress others |
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| similar consumption patterns as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising |
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| an immigrant who became a publisher of sensationalistic newspapers |
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| a competitor of Pulitzer's who also published sensationalistic newspapers |
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| a novelist who wrote about characters who succeeded through hard work |
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| type of show, including dancing, singing, and comedy sketches, that became popular in the late 19th century |
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