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Early movie houses called this

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Nickelodeons

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A name given to the movement that wanted to exclude immigrants

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Nativists movement

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Many of the newcomers to America were of these two religions

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Jewish and catholic

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Referred to as the building of commerce

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Woolworth building

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Birthplace of jazz

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New Orleans

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Why would Scott Joplin not have been asked to the metropolitan opera house

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He was a jazz musician

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When children went to schools to lean how to be part of the American society

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Assimilation

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The leading spokesperson for progressive education

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John Dewey

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College to train native Americans for future jobs

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Carlisle university

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This man’s generosity resulted in libraries

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Andrew Carnegie

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The author of luck and pluck

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Alger

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Famous college that was started by booker t. Washington

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Tuskegee

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Book written by mark twain

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The gilded age

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A book that criticized the rich Americans and their way of life while also criticizing the rest of America

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The Gilded Age

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The reporter that said that gangs were a byproduct of the tenements

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Jacob Riis

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A place where you could see dancing, singing, magic shows, and other acts

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Vaudeville

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A tactic that Hearst and Pulitzer used to attract more readers for their newspapers

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Yellow journalism

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The type of writing that Mark Twain and some other authors used.

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Realism

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He wrote about the joys and the sorrows of the rich

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Wharton

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He wrote Maggie and The Red Badge of Courage

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Crane

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He painted southern farmers and stormy sea scenes

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Homer

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The style of painting that decorates the classroom

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Impressionism

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Artist that painted warm scenes of southern families

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Tanner

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He made paintings one was called the whistler’s mother and another was called gray and black

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Whistler

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He painted the American west

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Remington

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Artist that painted hospital scenes

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Eakins

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Gave skyscrapers style former teacher

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Sullivan

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He designed and created Central Park

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Olmstead

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Created the first skyscraper

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Jenney

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Invented the first safety elevator

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Otis

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She used Impressionism

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Mary cassette

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Joplin’s most famous song

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Maple leaf rag

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Leisure time

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Bycicling, baseball, basketball, football

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Rich sports

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Golf and tennis

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Who invented basketball

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Dr. James Naismith

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