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Newsies Terms Flashcards

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Above the Fold

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The prominent placement of an article on the front page of a newspaper; if a headline is above the middle fold, it is the first thing a reader will see when buying the paper.

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Acquitted

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Declared not guilty of a criminal charge.

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Alfred Dreyfus

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A French artillery officer who was charged with treason in a highly controversial trial in 1894; he was acquitted in 1899

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Am-scray

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Pig Latin for “scram;” a phrase telling someone to leave quickly

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Aptitude

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Innate or acquired ability or talent.

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Aspirin

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A drug that reduces inflammation, pain, and fever, invented by the firm Bayer and released in 1899.

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Auspicious

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Promising success.

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Begrudgingly

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Reluctantly or resentfully.

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Betsy Ross

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The creator of the first American flag

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Borough

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A district or municipality within a city; New York’s boroughs are Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island (known as Richmond in 1899).

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Bottle Alley

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An alley that was part of Mulberry Bend, an area in the Five Points neighborhood of Lower Manhattan that had particularly poor living conditions.

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Bowery

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A neighborhood in Lower Manhattan; in 1899, the Bowery was an immigrant neighborhood famous for its vaudeville-style plays and musicals.

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Brighton Beach

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An oceanside neighborhood in the southern portion of Brooklyn.

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Bulls

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Slang for “police officers.”

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Cavalry

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A group of mounted soldiers

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Congress

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The lawmaking wing of the U.S. federal government.

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Constituents

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People who authorize someone to act on their behalf.

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Destitute

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Lacking the basic necessities of life.

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Distribution Wagon

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The location (a window, historically) at which newsies would purchase their papers for the day; each newspaper publisher had its own distribution window.

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Excursionists

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Individuals who take short trips with a specific intent.

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Exploited

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Taken advantage of or used unfairly

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Fish-Eye

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A suspicious or unfriendly look.

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Flushing

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A neighborhood in Queens

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Gratis

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French for “free”

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Gripe

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A complaint

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Grand Central Station

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A major rail terminal in midtown Manhattan.

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Harlem

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A neighborhood in the northern section of Manhattan.

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Hawks

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Sells by calling aloud in public.

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Highfalutin

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Pompous or bombastic.

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Hoi polloi

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An Ancient Greek expression meaning “the many,” which refers to the masses; Race ironically uses this phrase incorrectly, referring to the elite.

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Impudence

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Disrespect

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Ingenuity

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Cleverly resourceful

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Joseph Pulitzer

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Publisher of the New York World from 1883 to 1911.

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Kingmaker

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A person who brings leaders to power through political influence.

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Mile-a-Minute Murphy

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Charles Minthorn Murphy, an American cyclist who in 1899 became the first man ever to bike a mile in less than a minute.

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Montreal Shamrocks

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An amateur men’s ice hockey club based in Canada that existed from 1886 to 1924. They became a permanent team in 1895 when they merged with the Montreal Crystals.

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Muckity-Mucks

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Slang referring to those in a position of authority or status

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Navy Yard

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The U.S. Navy Yard, also known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard; a shipyard located in Brooklyn on the East River, built in 1801 and in use until 1966.

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New Richmond tornado

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An 1899 tornado that left a 45-mile path of destruction in and around the city of New Richmond, Wisconsin.

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Newsies

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Young newspaper vendors who purchased their goods from the publisher and re-sold them for a profit; some newsies were as young as six years old and worked long hours on the streets of American cities.

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Nickelangelo Dervinci

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A misstatement and combining of the names of two separate famous Italian Renaissance artists, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.

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Nobbin’

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Slang for “hobnobbing,” or mixing socially.

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Nom de plume

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French for “pen name,” or a fake name used when publishing written work.

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Palomino

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A type of horse with a yellow or gold coat, originally bred in the southwestern U.S.

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Pastrami

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A meat product that is usually made from beef and often used in sandwiches.

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Polio

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A disease, usually affecting children and young adults, that can cause paralysis in all or parts of the body.

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Prospect Park

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A large public park in Brooklyn.

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Richmond

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One of New York’s five boroughs; now known as Staten Island.

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Sante Fe

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The capital city of New Mexico; it attracted a number of artists and writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to its cultural richness and natural beauty.

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Scabs

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A slang term for individuals who take work when the regular employees are on strike.

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Sheepshead Races

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The Sheepshead Bay Race Track, a horse racing facility in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn; opened in 1880 and operational until 1910, it was converted to an automobile racetrack in 1915.

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Skunks

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Slang term referring to defeating an opponent badly.

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Soak

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Slang for both “take money from” and “beat up.”

54
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Spanish-American War

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A war between Spain and the United States in 1898 as a result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban Revolution and the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in the Havana harbor

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Strike

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A refusal to work in order to compel an employer to agree to workers’ demands.

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Sweatshop

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A factory where manual workers receive low wages for long hours under poor conditions.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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A progressive reformer who was Governor of New York from 1899-1900 and President of the U.S. from 1901-1909.

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Trolley

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A passenger vehicle that runs on a track embedded in the street, also called a streetcar; New York had an extensive trolley system throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Troupers

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Members of a performing company.

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Union

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An association of employees that collectively bargains with employers to protect the interests of the workers.

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Vaudeville

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A theatrical genre popular between the 1880s and 1930s that involves performances made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts of varying types.

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Veve la résistance

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French for “long live the resistance.”

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William Randolph Hearst

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The founder of Hearst Communications, which published the New York Journal

64
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Woodside

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A neighborhood in western Queens.

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