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old immigrants
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most of them were protestants
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new immigrants
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were from southern or eastern Europe
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benevolent societies
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societies helps immigrants in case of sickness unemployment or death
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steerage
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the part in the boat where the poorest people traveled
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benevolent societies
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religious and nonreligious societies
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denis kearney
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leader of an anti chinese group
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chineese exclusion act
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denied citizenship to people born in china
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immigration restriction league
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sought to impose literacy test on all immagrants
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grover cleavland
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he veatoed the literacy test
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skyscarpers
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tall buildings that seem to scrape the sky
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elisha otis
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invented the elevator
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suburbs
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residential areas
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conspicuous consumption
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rich people that spent their money to show off to others
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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
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jane adams
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was at the forefront of the american settlement house movement
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janie porter barret
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founded one of the first african american settlement houses
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social gospel
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called for people to apply christian solutions to social problems
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caroline bartlett
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organized peoples church
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