Immigration and Urbanization

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Across
  1. 2. the process through which individuals and groups of differing heritages acquire the basic habits, attitudes, and mode of life of an embracing culture
  2. 6. A law enacted in 1882, that prohibited all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials from entering the United States
  3. 7. the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
  4. 8. a community center providing assistance to residents- particularly immigrants- in a slum neighborhood
  5. 10. multifamily urban dwelling, usually overcrowded and unsanitary
  6. 12. s a geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity
  7. 13. the ability of families or individuals to move into a higher social class
  8. 15. antiwar activist and a spokesperson for racial justice; advocated for quality of life issues, from infant mortality to better care for the aged; was a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931
  9. 16. the organization of people into social classes by wealth
  10. 18. an island in the San Francisco Bay that was the entry point for many Asian immigrants to the United States beginning in 1910
  11. 19. the movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location
Down
  1. 1. restricted the number of immigrants admitted from any country annually to 3% of the number of residents from that country living in the United States as of the 1910 Census
  2. 3. A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific built from the west. The Central Pacific laborers were predominantly Chinese, and the Union Pacific laborers predominantly Irish
  3. 4. a 19th-century reform movement based on the belief that Christians have a responsibility to help improve working conditions and alleviate poverty
  4. 5. a mixture of people from different cultures and races who blend together by abandoning their native languages and cultures
  5. 9. an island in New York harbor that was the chief immigration station in the United States from 1892-1924
  6. 11. a 1907-1908 agreement between the U.S. and Japanese governments to limit Japanese immigration to the United States
  7. 14. favoring the interests of native- born people over foreign- born people
  8. 17. transportation systems designed to move large numbers of people along fixed routes