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Chapter 16: The Transformation Of American Society Flashcards

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Steerage

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Poor accommodations in ship’s lower levels

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Settlement house

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Community service centers to help the poor communities

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Social Gospel

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Apply Christian principles to address social problems

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Ragtime

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Music created by African American; one hand rhythm and other melody

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Elisha Otis

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Developed mechanized elevator

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Mass transit

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Public transportation for workers

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Suburbs

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Residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of cities

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Jane Addams

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Started Hull House; was at the forefront of settlement houses

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Vaudeville

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Variety show

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Caroline Bartlett

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Organized peoples church

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Denis Kearney

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Leader of workmans party

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Conspicuous Consumption

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Spending money freely

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Benevolent societies

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Organizations that helped immigrants

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Compulsory Education Laws

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Required parents to send kids to school

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What did the immigration restriction league impose on all immigrants?

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Literacy test

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How did mass transit change urban life?

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Extended US cities outward

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Explain who made up the growing middle class?

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Doctors, lawyers, small business owners, teachers, accountants, clerks, engineers, managers, and sales people

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The literature that the nouveau riche read reflected the social standards of what?

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British social structure

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What was the primary goal of the Social Gospel?

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Apply Christian principles to address social problems

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What does yellow journalism refer to?

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Style of writing to stretch the truth. Sensational way of news reporting

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What sport were woman encouraged to play during Victorian era?

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Basketball

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What happened to people on Ellis Island who were found to have disease?

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They were sent back

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Why did people move to the outskirts of the cities?

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To live away from the built up cities

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What did the magazines say to encourage American women to leave their roles as homemaker and to strive to succeed in the business’s world?

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Unknown

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Were schools segregated during the 1800s?

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Yes

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