What is a dime novel?

low-priced paperbacks offering adventure stories

What is yellow journalism?

News reporting, often biased or untrue, sensational stories

What is compulsory education?

Requirement that children go attend school

What is the Young Men's Hebrew Association?

community services to Jewish neighborhoods

What is Chautauqua Society

Traveling adult education program in the late 1800s

What is a settlement house?

Community center organized to offer services to the poor

often used to refer to church-sponsored schools

Writer or artist who shows life as it really is

Speech and habits of a particular region

What is a Hull House?

Settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams

What is urbanization?

Movement of population from farms to cities

What is social gospel?

attempted to apply biblical teachings to society’s problems.

What are building codes?

Standards for construction and safety of building

Small apartment in a city slum building

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Social Studies-Chapter 21 Vocabulary

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What is a dime novel?
Speech and habits of a particular region
low-priced paperbacks offering adventure stories
Writer or artist who shows life as it really i
often used to refer to church-sponsored schools
2
Condition that attracts people to move to a new area
push factor
pull factor
3
What is yellow journalism?
Speech and habits of a particular region
Writer or artist who shows life as it really is
Traveling adult education program in the late 1800s
News reporting, often biased or untrue, sensational stories
4
A residential area on the outskirts of a city
department store
suburb
skyscraper
vaudeville
5
the cramped quarters for passengers paying the lowest fares
pogrom
push factor
steerage
pull factor
6
What is compulsory education?
Traveling adult education program in the late 1800s
Requirement that children go attend school
low-priced paperbacks offering adventure stories
Speech and habits of a particular region
7
What is the Young Men's Hebrew Association?
attempted to apply biblical teachings to society’s problems.
Community center organized to offer services to the poor
Settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams
community services to Jewish neighborhoods
8
What is Chautauqua Society
News reporting, often biased or untrue, sensational stories
Traveling adult education program in the late 1800s
Requirement that children attend school
Writer or artist who shows life as it really is
9
What is a settlement house?
Settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams
Community center organized to offer services to the poor
attempted to apply biblical teachings to society’s problems.
community services to Jewish neighborhoods
10
Popular music of the late 1800s that had a lively, rhythmic sound
skyscrapper
ragtime
suburb
vaudeville
11
Large retail store offering a variety of goods organized in separate departments
ragtime
suburb
vaudeville
department store
12
an organized attack on a Jewish community
pull factor
steerage
push factor
pogrom
13
Process of holding onto older traditions while adapting to a new culture
pull factor
push factor
nativist
acculturation
14
What is parochial?
News reporting, often biased or untrue, sensational stories
Speech and habits of a particular region
Writer or artist who shows life as it really is
often used to refer to church-sponsored schools
15
A tall building with many floors supported by a lightweight steel frame
suburb
skyscraper
vaudeville
ragtime
16
What is a realist?
Traveling adult education program in the late 1800s
Requirement that children attend school
Speech and habits of a particular region
Writer or artist who shows life as it really is
17
Condition that drives people from their homeland
push factor
pull factor
18
Variety show that included comedians, song-and-dance routines and acrobats
vaudeville
suburb
skyscrapper
ragtime
19
What is local color?
News reporting, often biased or untrue, sensational stories
Writer or artist who shows life as it really is
Traveling adult education program in the late 1800s
Speech and habits of a particular region
20
What is a Hull House?
attempted to apply biblical teachings to society’s problems.
to offer services to the poor
to provide community services to Jewish neighborhoods
Settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams
21
What is urbanization?
attempted to apply biblical teachings to society’s problems.
Movement of population from farms to cities
Standards for construction and safety of building
Community center organized to offer services to the poor
22
1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States
acculturation
Statue of Liberty
Chinese Exclusion Act
steerage
23
What is social gospel?
Settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams
provide community services to Jewish neighborhoods
Community center to offer services to the poor
attempted to apply biblical teachings to society’s problems.
24
A large statue symbolizing hope and freedom on Liberty Island in New York Harbor
pull factor
Statue of Liberty
nativist
acculturation
25
What are building codes?
Movement of population from farms to cities
Small apartment in a city slum building
Standards for construction and safety of building
Settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams
26
What is a tenement?
Settlement house founded by Progressive reformer Jane Addams
Movement of population from farms to cities
Standards for construction and safety of building
Small apartment in a city slum building
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Sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for native- born white Protestants
pull factor
nativist
steerage
push factor

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