American Nation: Chapter 16
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Old immigrants | Protestants from Northwestern Europe who came to the US from 1800-1880 |
| New immigrants | People from southern and eastern Europe who came to the US to escape poverty or persecution |
| Steerage | The poorest accomodations of a steamship where immigrants traveled to get to the US |
| Benevolent societies | Religious and nonreligious organizations formed to help immigrants in sickness, unemployment, and death |
| Denis Kearney | Leader of the Workingmen's party, |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Denied citizenship in the US to people born in China and prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers. |
| Immigration Restriction League | Anti-immigration organization founded in 1894 by wealthy Bostonians that sought to impose literacy tests on all immigrants |
| Grover Ceveland | President who vetoed anti-immigrations legislations and stating that they were illiberal |
| Skyscrapers | Large, multistory buildings |
| Mass Transit | Forms of public transportation such as electric commuter trains, subways and trolley cars that expanded cities outward. |
| Suburbs | Residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of a city |
| Nouveau Riche | New class of wealthy city dwellers. French term meaning newly rich |
| Conspicuous Consumption | Behavior labeled by social scientist Thorstein Veblen where the newly rich spent their money freely to show off their wealth. |
| Tenements | Poorly built apartment buildings where immigrants lived in NYC. |
| Settlement Houses | Community service centers established by reformers to confront the problem of urban poverty. |
| Elisha Otis | Developed a mechanized elevator |
| Jane Addams | Woman at the front of the settlement house movement. Her goals were to provide educational and cultural opportunities to the poor and to improve their living conditions. Founded Hull House. |
| Janie Porter Barrett | African American teacher who founded one of the 1st African American Settlement houses: the Locust Street Settlements |
| Social Gospel | Calls for people to apply Christian principles to address social problems |
| Caroline Bartlett | Organized People's Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan according to the social gospel and became a unitarian minister |
| Compulsory Education laws | Laws requiring parents to send children to school |
| Yellow journalism | Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers |
| Vaudeville | French word meaning light play. Variety show that featured a wide selection of short performances. |
| Ragtime | New form of music performed in vaudeville shows created by African American artists in the 1890s |
| John Dewey | Education reformer and philosopher who opened a Laboratory school at the University of Chicago that emphasized art, history and science. |
| Frederick Law Olmsted | Landscape Architect who designed Central Park in 1857 |
| City Beautiful movement | Movement inspired by the completion of Central Park. Called for inclusion of parks and attractive boulevards in city designs. |
| Walter Camp | Football player at Yale in the 1780s who established many of the rules and principles of the game. |
| James Naismith | Physical Educator who invented the game of basketball in 1891 while trying to find something to occupy of group of unruly students. |
| Edwin Booth | Premier actor of 1860s and 70s who portrayed Shakespeare's heroes |
| Scott Joplin | King of ragtime, piano player |
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