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What is Urbanization

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movement of population from farms to cities

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2
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What is a tenement

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small apartment in a city slum building

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What is a building code

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standards for construction and safety of buildings

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4
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What is Social Gospel

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movement within American Protestantism in the late 1800s that attempted to apply biblical teachings society’s problems

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5
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What is the Salvation Army

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an international charitable organization

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What is the Young Men’s Hebrew Association

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(YMHA) organization founded in Baltimore in 1854 to provide community services to jewish neighborhoods

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7
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what is a settlement house

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community center organized in the late 1800s to offer service to poor

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What is the Hull house

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settlement house founded by progressive reformer Jane Addams in Chicago in 1889

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9
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What was the biggest fire

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The Chicago Fire

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What gave cities a population boost

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immigrants and people moving from farms

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11
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What was made for poor people living in urban cities

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tenements

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12
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What diseases raged through tenements

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Typhoid, Cholera, and Tuberculosis (biggest killer)

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13
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How did the urban middle class live

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in urban sprawl (rows of neat houses where disease broke out less frequently)

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14
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How did the rich live

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in gated mansions on the outskirts of the city

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15
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What were problems in cities

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crime, fires (in tenements especially), pollution, garbage pickup, viruses, overcrowding

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16
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Who made “How the Other Half Lives”

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Jacob Riis

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17
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What set standards for construction and safety

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building codes

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18
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What were new buildings required to have

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fire escapes and decent plumbing

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19
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What did zoning laws do

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kept factories out of neighborhoods to reduce pollution

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What improved the safety of cities

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improved water systems, street lights, public transportation, police and fire companies (building codes and zoning too)

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21
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Who helped the poor

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Religious Groups/Organizations

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22
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Who made the Salvation Army

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William Booth

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23
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What did the Salvation Army do

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spread Christian teachings and provided food and shelter

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What did the YMHA (Young Men’s Hebrew Association) do

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provided social activities, encouraged good citizenship, and helped Jewish families preserve their culture

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Who was a leading figure in the settlement house movement

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Jane Addams

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What did the Hull House do

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offered a variety of service to help immigrants and poor and campaigned for reform

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What is a push factor

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condition that drives people from their homeland

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what is a pull factor

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condition that attracts people to move to a new area

29
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What is a steerage

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on a ship, the cramped quarters for passengers paying the lowest fares

30
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What is the Statue of Liberty

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a large statue symbolizing hope and freedom on Liberty Island in New York Harbor

31
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What is acculturation

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process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to a new culture

32
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What is nativism

A

antiforeign belief opposed to immigration

33
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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act

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1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States

33
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What push factors pushed people out of countries

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persecution, political unrest, religious unrest

33
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What pull factors brought people to the country

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Farmland opportunity, industrial jobs, freedoms, stability, food

33
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Where did immigrants landing on the east coast land

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Ellis Island (New York City)

33
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Where did immigrants landing on the west coast land

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Angel Island (San Franscico)

33
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Who made up “Old Immigrants”

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The early wave of English, Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians

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Who made up “New Immigrant”

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The later wave of people from Southern and Eastern Europe (Italians, Poles, Greek, Russians, and Hungarian), Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Philippians )

33
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What opposition appeared against immigrants

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Nativists causing hate

34
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What did the Nativists form

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the American Protective Association

35
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What is a skyscraper

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a tall building with many floors

36
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What is a Suburb

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residential area on the outskirts of a city

37
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What is a department store

A

large retail store with a variety of goods organized in separate departments

38
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What is Vaudeville

A

variety show made popular in the late 1800s that included comedians, song-and-dance routines, and acrobats

39
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What was Ragtime

A

popular music of the late 1800s that had a lively, rhythmic sound

40
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What is Compulsory Education

A

the requirement that children attend school

41
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What does Parochial mean

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church sponsored

42
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What is Yellow Journalism

A

news reporting, often biased or untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines

43
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What is a Dime Novel

A

low priced paperbacks`

44
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What is a Realist

A

writer or artist who shows life as it really is

45
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What is Local Color

A

speech and habits of a particular region

46
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Where was the first skyscraper built

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Chicago

47
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What was a problem that occurred because of skyscrapers

A

traffic

48
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Where was the first American subway built

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Boston

49
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Who planned Central park

A

Fredrick Law Olmsted

50
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Who opened Macy’s in New York

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R. H. Macy

51
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What was the most popular sport in the nation

A

baseball

52
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Where did football grow out from

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European soccer

53
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Who invented basketball

A

James Naismith

54
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What people contributed to Vaudeville

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The Marx Brothers and Will Rogers

55
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When did American Education advance

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late 1800s and 1900s

56
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What are the 3 Rs

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Reading, ‘riting, ‘rithmetic

57
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What did early schools emphasize

A

discipline and obedience

58
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What changed in education

A

woman started getting an education, higher education expanded (universities and private schools), and special types of education became more common

59
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What rised with education

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reading

60
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Who made the first modern mass-circulation newspaper

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Joseph Pulitzer

61
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What are 2 realist authors

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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Kate Chopin

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