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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jane Addams | social worker and reformer who founded hull house in Chicago in 1889. |
| settlement house | center that provides help for immigrants and poor |
| Jacob riis | newspaper reporter who wrote how the other half lives a book that reveled the living conditions of the poor in new York city |
| political machine | organization of people that controls votes to gain political power |
| boss William m.tweed | One of the leaders of the new York political grouped called Tammany hall. he stroll millions of dollars from the city of new York and was eventually sent to prison |