Immigration
To leave one's homeland to live somewhere else
What is emigrate?
Of or like a city
What is urban?
The growth of public education was the greatest at this level.
What is high school?
Games watched for enjoyment in one's free time and grew in popularity during this time period.
What are spectator sports?
To hire people for jobs
What is recruit?
People who share a common culture or heritage
What is ethnic group?
What is slum?
This movement believed that children should learn by doing, not by memorizing facts.
What is progressive education?
A type of theatrical show, with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts
What is vaudeville?
Most middle-class families were able to settle this area during this time period.
What is a suburb?
Inexpensive quarters for passengers below the deck of a ship
What is steerage?
In the most crowded cities, the poorest people lived in these buildings in which several families rented rooms.
What is tenement?
These new schools admitted women and were started by funds that were made by selling land.
What are land-grant colleges?
DAILY DOUBLE
Short silent films that cost a nickel to see
What are nickelodeons?
Most Asian immigrants went through this processing center.
What is Angel Island?
To become part of a larger culture
What is assimilate?
These establishments offered many types of assistance to the poor - the most famous of which was Hull House in Chicago.
What are settlement houses?
One of the new themes in literature that arose during this time period that focused on the lives of ordinary people.
What is realism?
An American music style combining work songs, gospel music, spirituals, and African rhythms
What is jazz?
Type of journalism in which reporters would exaggerate the dramatic or shocking aspects of stories
What is yellow journalism?
Anti-immigrant
What is a nativist?
This famous park in NYC was designed by the "City Beautiful" movement who believed city dwellers should be able to enjoy nature's beauty.
What is Central Park?
One of the new themes that arose in literature that focused on a particular region of the country.
What is regionalism?
A type of music characterized by syncopation in the melody
What is ragtime?
The nickname for this time period because the rich grew richer and their wealth covered the poverty that lay beneath it.
What is the Gilded Age?