| A | B |
|---|
| Old immigrants | 1800-80's Protestants from Northwest Europe |
| New Immigrants | Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Jewish; from South or East Europe |
| Benevolent Societies | Religious & Non religious societies fromed to help immigrants in case of sickness, unemployment of death |
| Grover Cleveland | 24th President from 1893 to 1897 who vetoed literacy tests for immigrants |
| suburbs | Residential neighborhoods in the outskirts of a city |
| Nouveaux riche | French term meaning newly rich |
| Conspicious consumption | Wealthy who spent money fully so that they would be known. |
| Jane Adams | Wealthy daughter of abolitionist started Hull House in Chicago |
| Social Gospel | People requested to apply Christian principles to address social problems |
| Caroline Bartlett | Organized People's Church in Michigan according to Social Gospel principles; Unitarian minister. |
| tenements | Poorly built apartment buildings housing poor in urban areas like New York in 1900's. |
| Settlement houses | Community service centers. |
| Compulsory Education laws | Laws passed by states in late 1800's requiring parents send children to school. |
| Yellow journalism | Began with a cartoon of yellow dressed tenement dweller depicting stereotypical American feelings |
| vaudeville | French word for light play". Variety show with range of performances. |
| ragtime | Created by African Americans. Performed in vaudeville |
| John Dewey | Education reformer that stressed learning by doing. Adaptation of methods slow acceptance |
| Scott Joplin | King of Ragtime who concentrated on syncopated music |
| Frederick Olmstead | Landscape architect who designed Central Park in New York where goal was rural setting in city. |
| mass transit | Forms of public transportation such as electric commuter trains, subways and trolly cars. |
| skyscrapers | Tallest buildings built within city appearing to touch the sky. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Passed in 1882, denied citizenship to people born in China & prohibited immigration of Chinese laborers. |
