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old immigrants
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most of them were protestants from northwestern europe.
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new immigrants
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were from southern or eastern europe.
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steerages
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most traveled in the poorest accommodations
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benevolent societies
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to help immigrants in cases of sickeness, unemployment, and death
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denis kearney
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the party's leader, was himself and irish immigrant.
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chinese exclusion act
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which denied citizenship to people born in china and prodibited the immigration of chineese laborers.
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immigration restriction league
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sought to impose a literacy test on all immigrants.
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grover cleveland
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vetoed it calling it "illiberal. narrow and unamerican ove thte next several years congress tried several times immigration continued.
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skyscrapers
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large, multistory buildings
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elisha otis
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developed a mechanized elecator
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mass transit
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extended u.s. cities outward.
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suburbs
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residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of a city.
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conspicuous consumtion
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social scientist thorstein veblen labeled this behavior.
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nouveau riche
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a french term maning "newly rich."
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tenements
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poorly built apartment buildings
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settlement houses
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community service centers inters in poor neighborhoods.
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jane addams
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was at the forefront of the american settlement-house offered neighborhood residents educational opportunities
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janie porter barrett
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foounded one of the first african american settlement house
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social gospel
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which called for people to apply chrisitan principles to address social problems.
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caroline barrtlett
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organized people's church in kalamazoo, michigan, according to the social gospel.
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john dewey
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chicago philosopher
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compulsory education laws
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laws requiring parents to send children to school.
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yellow journalism
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cartoon inspired many critics to refer to the world's an the journal's style
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frederick law olmsted
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designed central park in new york city.
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city beautiful movement
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the movement adopted a number of ideas from a british planning movement.
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walter camp
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played football for yale during the late 1870s.
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james naismith
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a physical educator in spingfield, massachusetts, invented the game of basketball in 1891
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edwin booth
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proved to be on eof the most popular attractions of the 1860s
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vaudeville
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the french word for "lightly play"
show of short performances |
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ragtime
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a new form of music proved poplar with audiences. created by african american
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scott joplin
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born nto a family of musicians form east texas in 1868. king of ragtime.
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