Vocabulary
music with a lively rhythmic sound
ragtime
Which city was the first to build a subway
Boston
What led people to complain about the stories being written in newspapers?
Yellow Journalism
Laws that made children attend school
Compulsory Education Laws
Immigration station on the West coast
Angel Island
process of holding on to traditions while adapting to a new culture
acculturation
Housing where 2-3 immigrant families would live
tenements
Who created the journal
William Randolph Hearst
What led to the building boom in the late 1800's
Skyscrapers (steel)
Example of a push factor
Political or religious persecution
Scarce land
Poverty
variety show that includes different forms of entertainment
Vaudeville
The most well known settlement house
Hull House
Who created World magazine?
Joseph Pulitzer
As factories began using machines, people were able to....
enjoy more leisure time, watching baseball or football
Example of Pull Factors
Freedom
Jobs
Family
movement from population from farms to cities
Urbanization
Who created Central Park
Frederick Law
Portraying the problem of the poor in writing represented this genre of writing
Realism
Who created the Hull House
Jane Addams
1st national ban of a people group in the US
Chinese Exclusion Act
reference to the speech and habits of a particular region
local color
This community center was created in 1865 in London
YMCA
What is Mark Twain's real name
Samuel Clemens
Most famous ragtime composer
John Phillips Souza
The date on the Statue of Liberty's book
July 4th 1776