Old Immigration - European immigrants who “came mainly from Northern and Central Europe, New Immigration - Catholic and Jewish immigrants from southern and eastern Europe , Settlement House - organizations that provided support services to the urban poor and European immigrants, Hull House - was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, Ellis Island - is a federally owned island in New York Harbor that was the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station, Angel Island - Immigration Station in San Francisco, California, Chinese Exclusion Act  - was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States, Tenements  - low-rise apartment buildings–many of them were all too often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation, Nativist/Nativism  - the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants, Melting Pot  - a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole, Americanization  - is the process of an immigrant to the United States becoming a person who shares American values, beliefs, and customs by assimilating into American society, Jacob Riis - was an American newspaper reporter, social reformer, and photographer., Jane Addams - Progressive reformer who founded the settlement house called Hull House,

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