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Organized attacks on Jews
Pogroms
Movement of people from the country to the cities
Urbanization
Speech and habits of a region
Local Color
Keeping older traditions while adapting to a new culture
Acculturation
Laws setting standards for construction
Building Codes
People who have anti-foreign feelings
Nativists
Requiring children to attend school
Compulsory Education
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
Yellow Journalism
1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act
A condition that drives people from their homes
Push Factor
A condition that drives immigrants to a new area
Pull Factor
Who created the Hull House?
Jane Addams
In 1880, the program for the poor set up by a Methodist minister in London expanded to the United States
Salvation Army
The __________ was preached by Protestant ministers who urged well-to-do people to help the urban poor.
Social Gospel
Tall buildings with many floors supported by a lightweight steel frame
Skyscraper
Residential area on or near the outskirts of a city
Suburbs
Variety show that included comedians, song-and-dance routines, and acrobats
Vaudeville
Name one way traffic problems were solved in the cities
Street cars, subways, elevated trains
This person created the first modern, mass-circulation newspaper—the New York World
Joseph Pulitzer
Who wrote about cruelty in mental hospitals?
Nellie Bly
Low-priced paperback stories that offered thrilling adventures
Dime Novels
The most famous and popular author of this period. He used local color to make his stories more realistic. Local color refers to the speech and habits of a particular region.
Mark Twain
The reason why states improved and expanded the public school system was because
The nation needed an educated work force
The strongest pull factor attracting immigrants to the United States was
Industrial Jobs
When hard times hit or prejudice led to violence in the South, many _____________________ went north hoping for a better life in northern cities.
African Americans