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| TENEMENT | A BUILDING IN WHICH FAMILIES RENT ROOMS OR APARTMENTS WITH LITTLE SANITATION OR SAFETY.
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| SLUM | POOR CROWDED AND RUNDOWN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS
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| SUBURB | RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT SPRANG UP CLOSE TO CITIES AS A RESULT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION.
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| THE GILDED AGE | A PUBLISHED NOVEL IN 1873 BY MARK TWAIN AND CHARLES DUDLY WARNER
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| SETTLEMENT HOUSE | AN INSTITUTION LOCATED IN A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PROVIDED COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE MEDICAL CARE, CHILD CARE, LIBRARIES AND CLASSES IN ENGLISH.
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| LAND-GRANT COLLEGE | ORIGINALLY, AN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THE 1862 MORRIL ACT THAT GAVE STATES LARGE AMOUNTS OF FEDERAL LAND THAT COULD BE SOLD TO RAISE MONEY FOR EDUCATION.
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| YELLOW JOURNALISM | WRITING THAT EXAGERATES DETAILS OF EVENTS TO ATTRACT READERS - NAMED FOR STORIES THAT WERE POPULAR DURING THE LATE 1800'S.
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| REALISM | AN APPROACH TO LITERATURE, ART AND THEATER THAT SHOWS THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE.
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| REGIONALISM | IN ART OR LITERATURE, THE PRACTICE OF FOCUSING ON A PARTICULAR REGION OF THE COUNTRY.
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| RAGTIME | A TYPE OF MUSIC THAT WAS POPULAR IN THE EARLY 1800'S.
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| VAUDVILLE | STAGE ENTERTAINMENT MADE UP OF VARIOUS ACTS, LIKE DANCING, SINGING, COMEDY AND MAGIC SHOWS.
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| NATIVIST | SOMEONE BORN IN AMERICA WHO THINKS HE/SHE IS BETTER THAN SOMEONE NOT BORN IN AMERICA.
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