American History Ch4 Flashcards

A Time of Hope and Hardship

Industrialization, Immigration, suburbanization, nativism

540112960	immigrant	person who moves from one country to settle in another
540112961	push factor	reasons that force to people to LEAVE a country
540112962	nativist	disliked the newer immigrants
540112963	suburb	residential area surrounding a neighborhood
540112964	tenement	apartment building with several floors, crowded, not well kept
540112965	settlement house	privately run neighborhood center that provided services to help the poor.
540112966	political machine	well-organized, powerful political party that controls a city government or section of the city
540112967	grange	combined the buying and selling power of a group of farmers.
540112968	Populist Party	Group founded in 1892 to support people politically; ex. farmers and workers
540112969	depression	economic condition with little business activity, low wages, low prices, high unemployment
540112970	pull factors	reasons for people to go TO a new country to live.
540112971	class	level or division of society
540112972	sanitation	efforts to create cleaner conditions