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14 Cards in this Set
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Ethnic Neighborhoods
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close-knit ethnic communities within the cities formed by nation groups; often called “immigrant ghettos”. Immigrants could find newspapers and theaters in their native languages, stores selling this native foods and organizations that provided links with their national pasts.
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“City Beautiful” Movement
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a movement led by architect Daniel Burnham which strove to impose a similar order and symmetry on the disordered life of cities around the country. Planners were rarely able to overcome the obstacles of private landowners and complicated urban politics.
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Skyscrapers
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buildings built that were modestly built and were ten or more stories high. First one was created in Chicago in 1884 and the result of the skyscraper launched a new era on urban architecture; was a new technology of construction.
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Assimilation
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Americans encouraged immigrants to assimilate in various ways:
public schools that taught English, employers insisted workers speak English on the job, non-ethnic stores sold American products |
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Tenements
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multiple-family rental buildings located in cities that usually had windowless rooms and little or no plumbing or heating and some were one-room apartments. Homes of the poor in cities.
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Consumerism
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the idea of mass production of goods. (Chain stores, departments stores) Chain stores offered a wider range of goods at lower prices than the small, local stores that they competed with could and the emergence of great department stores helped transform buying habits
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Nativism
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the idea of immigrants staying close with their native land and customs. An example of Nativism are the ethnic communities.
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Street Cars
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a new method of transportation that allowed people to travel to and in the cities on a car that was towed by continuously moving underground cables. They made travel to and around the cities much easier.
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Department Stores
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place deliberately designed to produce a sense of “wonder and excitement”. Appeared in larger cities and the emergence of department stores helped transform American buying habits.
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Ethnic Neighborhoods
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close-knit ethnic communities within the cities formed by nation groups; often called “immigrant ghettos”. Immigrants could find newspapers and theaters in their native languages, stores selling this native foods and organizations that provided links with their national pasts.
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“City Beautiful” Movement
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a movement led by architect Daniel Burnham which strove to impose a similar order and symmetry on the disordered life of cities around the country. Planners were rarely able to overcome the obstacles of private landowners and complicated urban politics.
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Skyscrapers
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buildings built that were modestly built and were ten or more stories high. First one was created in Chicago in 1884 and the result of the skyscraper launched a new era on urban architecture; was a new technology of construction.
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Assimilation
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Americans encouraged immigrants to assimilate in various ways:
public schools that taught English, employers insisted workers speak English on the job, non-ethnic stores sold American products |
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Tenements
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multiple-family rental buildings located in cities that usually had windowless rooms and little or no plumbing or heating and some were one-room apartments. Homes of the poor in cities.
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