Chapter 16: The Transformation Of American Society

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Old Immigrants

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Most of them were Protestants from northwestern Europe.

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New Immigrants

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Were from southern or eastern Europe, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish Russian, and Slovak were among the nationalities represented.

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Steerage

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Most traveled in the poorest accommodations called this

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benevolent societies

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to help immigrants in cases of sickness, unemployment, and death.

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Denis Kearney

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The party's leader, was himself an Irish immigrant.

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Chinese Exclusion Act.

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which 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 that vetoed the Immigration Restriction League.

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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, which allowed people and materials to be transported more easily.

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Mass transit

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Included forms of public transportation such as electric commuter trains, subways and trolley cars.

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suburbs

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Residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of a city.

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Nouveau Riche

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A French term meaning the newly rich.

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conspicuous consumption

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Social scientist Thorstein Veblen labeled this behavior.

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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--in poor neighborhoods residents in the forefront of the American sttlement-house movement.

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Jane Addams

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was at the forefront of the American settlement-house movement.

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Janie Porter Barrett

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founded one of the first African American settlement houses

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Social Gospel

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which called for people to apply Christian principles to address social problems.

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Caroline Bartlett

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organized People's Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, according to the Social Gospel.

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Compulsory Education laws

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laws requiring parents to send children to school.

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John Dewey

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One of the main reformers was this philosopher.

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yellow journalism

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The hugely popular cartoon inspired many critics to refer to the World's and the Journal's style of sensational reporting as this.

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Frederick Law Olmsted

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designed Central Park

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City Beautiful movement

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Olmsted's success helped spur an American planning movement known as this.

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Walter Camp

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played football for Yale during the late 1870's

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James Naismith

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A physical educator in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Edwin Booth

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proved to be one of the most popular attractions of the 1860's and 1870's.

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Vaudeville

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The French word for light play

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Ragtime

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proved popular with audiences

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scott joplin

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born into a family of musicians from east texas