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Old Immigrants
Definition: People from North and Western Europe of the British Isles, Germany, and Scandinavia who immigrated to the United States up until the 1880's. Were mostly protestant, and very few Catholics. |
My Definition: Protestant immigrants from North and Western Europe who immigrated to the U.S up until the 1880's.
Sentence: Old immigrants were well accepted unlike the overwhelming amount of New Immigrants, because they were able to assimilate to American society chiefly because of their acquaintance of the English language.
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New Immigrants
Definition: People from Southern and Eastern Europe who immigrated to the United States between 1890 - 1914. These people were of Italian, Greek, Croats, Slovak, Polish, and Russian decent. Were mostly of Catholic, Orthodox, or Jewish religion. |
My Definition: Wave of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe who immigrated to the U.S between 1890 and 1914.
Sentence: The New Immigrants into the US had a hard time gaining acceptance chiefly because of their religious conflictions with protestant Americans, and as a result they isolated themselves into ethnic based communities.
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Ellis Island
Definition: Immigration center opened in 1892 that required immigrants to pass medical and documental examinations for entry into the United States. |
My Definition: Immigration Center on an island ahead of New York Harbor that processed millions of new immigrants from 1892 up until the early 1900's.
Sentence: Women who were birthing were forced to stay in Ellis Island and give labor, and were only allowed to leave when they delivered. |
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Urbanization
Definition: Shift of common American people to live in the urban city. When populations of people grow, the population of a place may spill over from city to nearby areas. |
My Definition: Spill over of Americans from the country side to the cities, and from the cities to the sub-urban neighborhoods.
Sentence: The United States became the first Sub-Urban neighborhood as a result from the spillover from Urbanization. |
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Ethnic Neighborhoods
Definition: Distinct neighborhoods where each ethnic group could maintain its own language, culture, and religion. They were often crowded, unhealthy, and crime ridden neighborhoods. |
My Definition: Neighborhoods based off of ethnic ties.
Sentence: Ethnic Neighborhoods are still very relevant today in the U.S's multicultural society, and parts of town like Little Armenia and Korea Town are very ethnically uniform. |
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Tenements
Definition: Small windowless rooms in inner city apartments that would normally be jammed with people living in them. |
My Definition: Cheaply built and divided apartment buildings with unsatisfactory living conditions.
Sentence: Laws were passed to put an end to the unbearable living conditions for poor Americans in Tenement buildings. |
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Political Machine
Definition: Tightly organized group of politicians led by a party boss who asks for the support of its supporters in return for rewards. |
My Definition: Political tool used to gain support for holding important government positions using bribery and rewards to its supporters for loyalties.
Sentence: Although Political Machines may have offered many good services to poor Americans, they were most of the time greedy acting out of their own desires. |
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Party Boss
Definition: The top politician of a political machine who gives orders and jobs of his loyal supporters. |
My Definition: Head politician of a political machine.
Sentence: One of the most significant Party Bosses of the New York Political Machine was William M. Tweed. |
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Henry George, Progress, and Poverty
Definition: Book released in 1879 by a journalist from San Francisco who advocated for the placement of a single tax on property (land) as a solution to end poverty. He also called out the inequalities of wealth as a result of industrialization. |
My Definition: Author who advocated for the placement of tax on property (land).
Sentence: Henry George and Edward Bellamy both became influential for the rise of movements for the bettering of U.S society. |
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Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward
Definition: Book released in 1888 that was written by Edward Bellamy. The book envisioned an era in which a cooperative society successfully eliminated poverty, greed, and crime. Started reform movements and organizations based of his ideas. |
My Definition: Author who envisioned a cooperative American society.
Sentence: Henry George and Edward Bellamy both became influential for the rise of movements for the bettering of U.S society. |
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Settlement House
Definition: Early institutions that provided social services such as English lessons to immigrants, early childhood education, industrial arts, and theaters for music schools. |
My Definition: Early institutions that provided social services for people in need.
Sentence: One of the most notable settlement Houses was Hull House which was founded by Jane Adams. |
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Jane Addams
Definition: Founder of the Hull House Settlement House in the year 1889 |
My Definition: Founder of Hull House.
Sentence: Jane Adams was the founder of the Hull House. |
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Social Gospel Movement
Definition: Movement that emphasized on the importance of applying Christian principle to social problems. The leader of this movement was Walter Rauschenbusch. |
My Definition: Social movement that combined Christian moral values to correct social problems.
Sentence: The Social Gospel Movement was not the only of its kind with its emphasis on Christian principles. |
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Salvation Army
Definition: Social service that provided basic necessities of life for the homeless and poor people. |
My Definition: Social service that provided basic necessities to people in need.
Sentence: The Salvation Army, like the Social Gospel Movement, also applied religious morals to its work. It was also founded in England before it made its way to the US. |
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
Definition: Founded in 1874, and advocated for the abstinence of Alcohol. Was lead by Frances E. Willard. |
My Definition: Movement that advocated for the abstinence of Alcohol in American society.
Sentence: The WCTU was a group that had about 400,000 followers within its ranks. |
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Anthony Comstock
Definition: Founder of the Society of Suppression of Vice which put their efforts into the prevention of lude acts and prostitution. |
My Definition: Founder of the Society of Suppression of Vice.
Sentence: Anthony Comstock lead a movement that aimed for the preservation of moral values in society. |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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My Definition: Advocate for the evolution of law through time.
Sentence: Oliver Wendell Holmes believed that laws should change over time, and they should not be restricted by past court decisions. |
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Jazz
Definition: New form of popular music that combined African Rhythms with different instruments. |
My Definition: New form of African-American music that used western instruments.
Sentence: Jazz and other musical styles were growing increasingly popular amongst its own peoples in ethnic neighborhoods. |
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Joseph Pulitzer
Definition: Owner of the New York World newspaper company which used very captivating news for its mass newspaper circulation. |
My Definition: Owner of the New York World publisher company.
Sentence: Joseph Pulitzer used captivating headlines to gain the attentions of its millions of readers in order to achieve a height of a million newspapers in circulation. |
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William Randolph Hearst
Definition: New York newspaper publisher who used scandals and sensationalism to sell his newspapers. |
My Definition: Newspaper publisher of government corruption and scandals.
Sentence: Although William Hearst strategy helped him succeed in his profession, at times it would also result in some of his downfalls. |
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Spectator Sports
Definition: Professional sports of baseball, football, basketball, and boxing. National past time for many Americans that became popular and iconic of American culture. |
My Definition: Popular American sports/pass times.
Sentence: One popular boxer in the Spectator Sport of Boxing was John L. Sullivan. |