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9/5/13 Vocabulary
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History
11th Grade
09/05/2013

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Steerage
Definition
The most basic and cheapest accomodations on a steamship
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Nativism
Definition
Extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people and a desire to limit immigration
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Skyscrapers
Definition
Tall steel frame buildings
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Tenements
Definition
Dark crowded multifamily apartment
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Political Machine
Definition
An informal political group designed to gain and keep power
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Party Bosses
Definition
Those who ran Political Machines
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Graft
Definition
Getting money through dishonorable means
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Philanthropy
Definition
Using money to further social progress
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Realism
Definition
Attempts to portray people realistically
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Vaudeville
Definition
French theater adapted with American flavor
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Ragtime
Definition
Honky tonk, riverside, saloon pianist, banjo playing, syncopated rhyths using patterns of African Americans.
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Naturalism
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Literature that critisized industrial society.

 

Stated that some people failed in life due to circumstances.

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Settlement Houses
Definition
Establishments where middle class residents lived and helped poor residents, mostly immigrants
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Americanization
Definition
To assimilate to American culture
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