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31 Cards in this Set
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Old immigrants
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protestants from norhtwestern eurpoe
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new immigrants
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from southern or eastern europe
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steerage
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poorest accomodations
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benevolent societies
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residents in many cities formed religious and non religious aid organizations
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Denis Kearney
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the partys leader was himself an irish immigrant
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Denied citizenship to people born in china and prohibited the immigration of chinese 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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President, vetoed it calling it illiberal narow and un american
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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 elevator.
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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 consumption
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a kinda of behavior
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riche
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french term meaning 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 servise centers in poor neighbor hoods
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jane addams
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its a girl
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janie porter barrett
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foundeed one of the first african american settlement houses
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social gospel
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called for people to apply christian principles to address social problems
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caroline bartlett
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organized peoples church in kalamazzo.
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compulsory education laws
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requiring parents to send childern to school
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John Dewey
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one of the main reformers
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yellow journalism
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style of sensational reporting
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Fredrick law olmsted
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landscape architect
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City beautiful movement
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american planning movement
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Walter camp
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Played football for yale in the late 1870's
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James Naismith
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a physical educator in springfied
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Edwin booth
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proved to be one of the most popular attractions of the 1860's and 70's
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Vaudeville
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A french word for light play
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Ragtime
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a new form of music
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Scott Joplin
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known as the king of ragtime
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