Vocab 11-12-13

Question 1

Emigrate

Answer 1

to leave ones homeland to live elsewhere

Question 2

Ethnic Group

Answer 2

a minority that speaks a different language or follows different customs than the majority of the people in that country

Question 3

Sweatshop

Answer 3

a shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions

Question 4

Steerage

Answer 4

cramped quarters on a ships lower decks for passengers paying the lowest fees

Question 5

Assimilate

Answer 5

to absorb a group into the culture of a larger population

Question 6

Tenement

Answer 6

a building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety

Question 7

The Gilded Age

Answer 7

the name associated with America in the late 1800’s, referring to the extravagant wealth of a few and the terrible poverty that lay underneath

Question 8

Settlement House

Answer 8

institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services such as medical care, child care, libraries, and classes in English

Question 9

Yellow Journalism

Answer 9

writing which exaggerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers, named fro stories that were popular during the late 1800’s

Question 10

Vaudeville

Answer 10

stage entertainment made up of various acts, such as dancing, singing, comedy, and magic shows