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Vocabulary
100
A large statue symbolizing hope and freedom on Liberty Island in New York Harbor
What is the Statue of Liberty
100
Small apartment in a city slum building
What is a tenement.
100
Build skyscrapers.
How did city planners and architects combat the city problem of "not enough space"?
100
Newspapers offered less news and more scandal every day.
What were the complaints of newspaper critics.
100
Variety show made popular in the late 1800's that included comedians, song-and-dance routines, and acrobats.
What is Vaudeville
200
An organized attack on Jewish communities in Eastern Europe.
What is Pogrom
200
Movement of population from farms to cities.
What is urbanization.
200
Sports created an escape from the pressures of work.
Why did sports become popular in the late 1800'2?
200
Children must attend school.
What was the significance of the Compulsory Education Laws?
200
Residential area on the outskirts of a city.
What is a suburb
300
An 1882 law that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. and also prohibited any Chinese person who left the U.S. from returning.
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act
300
Immigrants were looking for factory jobs.
Why did most immigrants settle in the cities between the 1860's and 1890's?
300
Subways and elevated trains were built.
How was the traffic problem solved in cities?
300
They added articles on family life, health, fashion, and homemaking.
How did newspapers attract women readers?
300
Writer or author who shows life as it really is.
What is a realist?
400
Immigrants adapted to a new culture while holding on to old traditions (acculturation).
What is how did immigrants adapt to life in the U.S?
400
Building codes were established. Garbage collectors were hired. Zones were created for the factories. Police and fire crews were hired.
How did reformers try to solve city problems?
400
Vaudeville
What type of entertainment most appealed to city dwellers and immigrants?
400
American's increased education and desire to know more.
What caused the newspaper boom?
400
News reporting, often biased or untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines.
What is yellow journalism?
500
"Immigrants steal jobs from people who were born in this country."
What would a nativist say about immigrants?
500
Farmers decided to try for A BETTER LIFE with a factory job.
What did farmers migrate to the cities?
500
Orchestras and Operas
What type of entertainment most appealed to the rich?
500
The need for an educated work force.
Why was there a push for education after the Civil War?
500
A traveling adult education program in the 1800's
What was the Chautauqua Society?
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