A | B |
Old Immigrants | Came from Northern Europe during the mid-1800s. |
New Immigrants | Came from Eastern and Southern Europe in the late 1800s. |
Steerage | Area below ship's deck. |
Benevolent Societies | Aid organizations offering help to immigrants. |
Tenements | Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings. |
Sweatshops | Hot, stuffy workshops in which workers prepare materials for low wages. |
Chinese Exclusion Act | Law banning Chinese immigration for 10 years. |
Mass Transit | Public transportation designed to move many people. |
Suburbs | Residential neighborhoods outside of downtown areas. |
Mass Culture | Leisure and cultural activities shared by many people. |
Department Stores | Giant retail shops. |
Settlement Houses | Neighborhood centers in poor areas that offer education, recreation, and social activities. |
Hull House | Most famous settlement house of the period. |
Joseph Pulitzer | Added a color comic to his New World newspaper to increase sells. |
William Randolph Hearst | Publisher of the New York Journal. |
Frederick Law Olmsted | Designer of Central Park in New York City. |
Jacob Riis | Famous journalist & photographer exposed horrible conditions in tenements. |
Jane Adams | Created Hull House. |
Florence Kelley | Important reformer at Hull House. |
Advocate | To plead in favor of. |
Factor | Cause. |