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Chapter 20
immigration
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History
8th Grade
10/22/2010
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Land-Grants Colleges
 Definition
Originally an agricultural collage established as a result of the 1862 Morrill act that gave states large amounts of Gederal lad that could be slod to raise money for education
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Yellow Journalism
 Definition

Writing which exaggerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers, named for stories that were popular during the late 1800's

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A type of sensational biased and often false refortiny
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Tenements
 Definition
A building in which several families rent rooms or apartment often with little sanitation or saftey
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Settlement Houses
 Definition
Institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided community service, such as medical care, child care, libraries and classes in english
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Ethic Group
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