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30 Cards in this Set
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IN 1833 purchased the New York World and created a new kind of paper
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Joseph Pulitzer
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The name associated with Americain the late 1800s referring to the extravagent wealth of a few and the terrible poverty that lay underneath
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Gilded Age
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To absorb a group into the culture of a larger population
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Assimilation
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A minority that speaks a different language or follows different customs that the majority of people in a country
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Ethnic Group
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Cramped quarters on a ship's lower decks for passangers paying the lowest fares
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Steerage
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In art or literature, the practice of focusing on a particular region of the countyr
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Regionalism
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An approcach to literature, art and theatre that shows things as they really are
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Realism
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To enter into another country
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Immigrate
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To leave one's homeland to live elsewhere
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Emigrate
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People of the same ethnic group who formed communities in America
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Ethnic neighborhood
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families of professional people (doctors, lawyers)
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Middle-class
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Residential areas that sprang up close to or surrounding cities as a result of improvements in transportation
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suburbs
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A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or security
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tenement
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Poor, crowded and run-down urban neighborhoods
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slum
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treating someone harshly because of their beliefs or practices
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Persecution
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A government reception center(processing center) in NY harbor, where immigrants passed through
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Ellis Island
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A government Processing (reception) center in San Francisco Bay, where immigrants passed through
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Angel Island
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Law that prohibited Chinese workers from entering the US for ten years
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Chinease Exclusion Act 1882
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Designed Central Park as well as other parks in Boston
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Federick Law Olmstead
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Immigrants had to be able to read and write to enter the U.S.
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Immigration Act of 1917
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Japanese Agreed to limit the number of japanese immigrants to the U.S.m while Americans agreed to treat Japanese that were already here fairly
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Gentleman's Agreement 1907
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An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country
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quota
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Institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided humerous community services such as medical care, child car, libraries, and classes in English
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settlement houses
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One of the most famous settlement houses located in Chicago, founded by Jane Addams in 1889
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Hull House
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founded the Hull House in 1889
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Jane Addams
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The leading spokesperson for progressive education, criticized schools for overemphasizing memorization of information. Instead he argued schools should relate learning to interests, problems, and concerns of students
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John Dewey
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A law in 1862 that gave states large amounts of federal land that could be sold to raise money for education
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Morrill Act
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A type of music with a strong rhythem and a lively melody with accented notes, which was popular in the early 1900s
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Ragtime
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Stage entertainment made up various acts, such as dancing, singing, comedy, and magic shows
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vaudeville
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Originally an agricultural college established as a result of the 1862 Morrill Act that gave states large amounts of federal land that could be sold to raise money for education
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Land-grant college
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