| A | B |
|---|
| urban | city |
| rural | farms, countryside |
| industry | factory |
| growth | to become bigger |
| urbanization | cities getting bigger and bigger |
| industrialization | more and more factories created |
| migration | moving from one area to another |
| immigration | moving from one country to another |
| a reason for urban growth | factories needed labor or workers |
| political machines | government leaders who became powerful and corrupt |
| Jane Addams | created Hull House to help immigrants |
| settlement houses | places where immigrants could learn English |
| tenement | an unsafe, unhealthy apartment |
| ghetto | a neighborhood where people are of the same race, religion, country |
| examples of ghettos | Little Italy, Chinatown, Mexicantown |
| corruption | taking money to not do your job |
| bribery | paying someone money to not do their job |
| William Boss Tweed | political machine leader who stole money in New York |
| challenges for immigrants | tenements, political machines |
| skyscraper, trolleys | physical additions to cities |
| skyscraper | tall buildings made of steel |
| trolley | electric train used in cities |
| poor sanitation | no running water or toilets |
| examples of unsafe housing | no windows, fire hazards |
| suburbs | living areas near cities |
