| A | B |
| Push Factors | Conditions that drive people to leave their homes |
| Pull Factors | Conditions that attract people to a new area |
| Ethnic Group | A group of people who share a common culture |
| Assimilation | The process of becoming part of another culture |
| Tenements | A building 6 or 7 stories high that is divided into small apartments |
| Settlement House | A community center that offers services to the poor |
| Vaudeville | A variety show that included comedians, song-and-dance routines, and acrobats |
| Ragtime | A new kind of music with a lively, rhythmic sound |
| Yellow Journalism | Newspapers that wrote about scandals, crime stories, and gossip |
| Dime Novel | Paperback books that offered low-priced adventure stories |
| Realist | Reporters who wanted to show life just as it was |