| A | B |
|---|
| skyscrapers | Tall buildings constructed of steel |
| suburbs | area located on the outskirts of the city |
| department store | sells a variety of goods in one location |
| vaudeville | variety show - comedians, singing, dancing, acrobats... |
| ragtime | lively, rhythmic music |
| Scott Joplin | ragtime composer |
| John Philip Sousa | wrote marches |
| compulsory education | required children to attend school |
| parochial | church sponsored schools |
| chautauqua Society | camp that provided instruction in politics, art & philosophy, sent out traveling companies |
| yellow journalism | type of reporting that uses crime, scandal, gossip to attract readers |
| dime novels | low priced paperbacks |
| realists | people who tried to show life as it really was in their writing or art |
| local color | speech & habits of a particular region |
