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8th Grade
10/22/2010

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Emigrate
Definition
To Leave One's Homeland To Live Elsewhere
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Land Grant College
Definition
Originally An Agricultural College Established As A Result Of The 1862 Morrill Act That Gave The States Large Amounts Of Federal Land That Could Be Sold To Raise Money For Education
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Vaudeville
Definition
Stage Entertainment Made Up Of Various Acts Such As Dancing, Singing, Comedy, And Magic Shows
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Regionalism 
Definition
In Art Or Literature the practice of focusing on a particular region Of The Country.
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Ragtime
Definition
A Type Of Music With A Strong Rhythm And A Lively Melody And Accented Notes, Which Was Popular In the Early 1900's
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Realism
Definition
An Approach To Literature, Art, And Theater That Shows Things As They really Are 
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
Writing Which Exaggerates Sensational, Dramatic, And Gruesome Events To Attract Readers
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Settlement Houses
Definition
Institution Located In A Poor Neighborhood That Provided Numerous  Community Services Such As Medical Care Child Care Libraries And Classes In English
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The Gilded Age 
Definition
The Name Associated With America In the Late 1800's Referring To Extravagant Wealth of A Few And Terrible Poverty That Lay Underneath
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Suburbs 
Definition
Residential Areas That Sprang Up Close To or Surrounding Cities As A Result of Transportation 
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Slums
Definition
poor Crowded Or Rundown Urban Neighboorhood
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Tenement 
Definition
A Building In Which Several Families Rent Rooms OR Apartments, Often With Little Sanitation Or Safety
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Ethnic Group
Definition
Minority Tat Speaks A Different Language or Follows Different Customs Then the Majority Of The Country
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Steerage
Definition
Cramped Quarters On A Ships Lower Deck For Passengers Paying The Lowest Fares
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Assimilate
Definition
To Absorb A Group Into The Culture Of A Larger Popuation
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