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Chapter 21 1 2 3 4 Flashcards

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What is Urbanization

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movement of population from farms to cities

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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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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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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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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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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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What was made for poor people living in urban cities

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tenements

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What diseases raged through tenements

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Typhoid, Cholera, and Tuberculosis (biggest killer)

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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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How did the rich live

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in gated mansions on the outskirts of the city

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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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Who made “How the Other Half Lives”

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Jacob Riis

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What set standards for construction and safety

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building codes

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What were new buildings required to have

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fire escapes and decent plumbing

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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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Who helped the poor

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Religious Groups/Organizations

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Who made the Salvation Army

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William Booth

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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
Jane Addams
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What did the Hull House do
offered a variety of service to help immigrants and poor and campaigned for reform
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What is a push factor
condition that drives people from their homeland
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what is a pull factor
condition that attracts people to move to a new area
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What is a steerage
on a ship, the cramped quarters for passengers paying the lowest fares
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What is the Statue of Liberty
a large statue symbolizing hope and freedom on Liberty Island in New York Harbor
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What is acculturation
process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to a new culture
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What is nativism
antiforeign belief opposed to immigration
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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act
1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States
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What push factors pushed people out of countries
persecution, political unrest, religious unrest
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What pull factors brought people to the country
Farmland opportunity, industrial jobs, freedoms, stability, food
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Where did immigrants landing on the east coast land
Ellis Island (New York City)
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Where did immigrants landing on the west coast land
Angel Island (San Franscico)
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Who made up "Old Immigrants"
The early wave of English, Irish, Germans, and Scandinavians
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Who made up "New Immigrant"
The later wave of people from Southern and Eastern Europe (Italians, Poles, Greek, Russians, and Hungarian), Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Philippians )
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What opposition appeared against immigrants
Nativists causing hate
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What did the Nativists form
the American Protective Association
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What is a skyscraper
a tall building with many floors
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What is a Suburb
residential area on the outskirts of a city
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What is a department store
large retail store with a variety of goods organized in separate departments
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What is Vaudeville
variety show made popular in the late 1800s that included comedians, song-and-dance routines, and acrobats
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What was Ragtime
popular music of the late 1800s that had a lively, rhythmic sound
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What is Compulsory Education
the requirement that children attend school
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What does Parochial mean
church sponsored
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What is Yellow Journalism
news reporting, often biased or untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines
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What is a Dime Novel
low priced paperbacks`
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What is a Realist
writer or artist who shows life as it really is
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What is Local Color
speech and habits of a particular region
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Where was the first skyscraper built
Chicago
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What was a problem that occurred because of skyscrapers
traffic
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Where was the first American subway built
Boston
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Who planned Central park
Fredrick Law Olmsted
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Who opened Macy's in New York
R. H. Macy
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What was the most popular sport in the nation
baseball
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Where did football grow out from
European soccer
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Who invented basketball
James Naismith
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What people contributed to Vaudeville
The Marx Brothers and Will Rogers
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When did American Education advance
late 1800s and 1900s
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What are the 3 Rs
Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic
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What did early schools emphasize
discipline and obedience
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What changed in education
woman started getting an education, higher education expanded (universities and private schools), and special types of education became more common
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What rised with education
reading
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Who made the first modern mass-circulation newspaper
Joseph Pulitzer
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What are 2 realist authors
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Kate Chopin

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