Module 21 Vocabulary

Question 1

old immigrants

Answer 1

an immigrant who arrived in the United States before the 1800s

Question 2

new immigrants

Answer 2

a term often used for an immigrant who arrived in the United States begining in the 1880s

Question 3

steerage

Answer 3

the area on a ship where the lower levels were the steering mechanisms were located and where the cramped quarters were provided for people who could only afford cheap passage

Question 4

benevolent societies

Answer 4

organizations created by immigrants to help each other in times of sickness, unemployment or other troubles

Question 5

tenements

Answer 5

poorly built overcrowded apartment buildings

Question 6

sweatshops

Answer 6

small shops or mills where immigrants worked for long hours in hot, unhealthy conditions

Question 7

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 7

law banning Chinese people from moving to the United States

Question 8

mass transit

Answer 8

public transportation designed to move many people

Question 9

suburbs

Answer 9

residential neighborhoods outside of downtown areas

Question 10

mass culture

Answer 10

leisure and cultural activities shared by many people

Question 11

Joseph Pulitzer

Answer 11

American journalist and newspaper publisher, he established the Pulitzer prize for public service and advancement of education

Question 12

William Randolph Hearst

Answer 12

American journalist famed for sensational new stories known as yellow journalism, that stirred feelings of nationalism and formed public opinion for the spanish-amerian war

Question 13

department stores

Answer 13

giant retail shops

Question 14

Fredrick Law Olmsted

Answer 14

American landscape architect who promoted the idea of recreational parks across the nation and helped design central park in nyc

Question 15

Jacob Riis

Answer 15

Photographer and journalist who took shocking pictures of the lives of poverty stricken immigrants, sweatshop workers, and tenement dwellers. These photos were published in this books, How the other half lives

Question 16

settlement houses

Answer 16

neighborhood centers in poor areas that offered education, recreation, and social events

Question 17

Jane adams

Answer 17

american social worker and activist, she was the co-founder of hull house, an organization that focused on the needs of immigrants. she helped found the american civil liberties union and won the nobel peace prize in 1931