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Angel Island: an immigrant station for people coming from Asia.
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assimilate: to absorb a group into the culture of a larger population.
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Chinese Exclusion Act: the law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese workers from entering the U.S.
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Ellis Island: an immigrant station for people coming from Europe.
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emigrate: to leave one's homeland to live elsewhere.
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ethnic group: a minority that speaks a different language or follows different customs than the majority of people in a country.
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Frederick Law Olmstead: a leader in the "City Beautiful" movement who designed New York's Central Park.
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George Washington Carver: a scientist who developed hundreds of products from the peanut - including plastics, shaving cream and paper
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Horatio Alger: wrote many successful book series based on hard work and honesty.
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Immigration Act of 1917: a bill passed to make sure immigrants could read and write
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Jacob Riis: a New York City newspaper reporter and photographer whose stories & pictures called attention to the living conditions in poor sections of the city.
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Jazz: music developed by African American musicians in New Orleans in the late 1800s. It combined elements of gospel music, spirituals, and African American rhythms.
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John Phillip Sousa: a bandleader who composed many rousing marches.
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Joseph Pulitzer: creator of the "New York World;"cut the prices so people could afford it; featured color comics and yellow journalism
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land grant colleges: were funded by the Morrill Act and they started to pop up everywhere after the Act passed.
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Morrill Act: a law that gave the states large amounts of federal land that could be sold to raise money for education.
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ragtime: very similar to jazz. Was very popular around the turn of the century.
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Scott Joplin: one of the best-know ragtime composers.
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settlement house: institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services such as medical care, child care & libraries.
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suburb: residential areas that sprang up close to or surrounding cities as a result of improvements in transportation.
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tenement: a building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety
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The Gilded Age: the name associated with America in the late 1800s, referring to the extravagant wealth of a few and the terrible poverty that lay underneath.
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vaudeville: variety shows with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.
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William Randolph Hearst: Wrote for, and owned, the New York Morning Journal. He was Pulitzer's rival, and tried to outdo Pulizter in the use of yellow journalism.
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yellow journalism: writing which exaggerates the story to make people buy it
