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City Life

TermDefinition
old immigrants immigrants who had come to the US before the 1880s from Britain
new immigrants immigrants who had come to the US after the 1880s from southern and eastern Europe
steerage an area below a ship's deck where immigrants often traveled
benevolent societies societies that offered help to immigrant families
sweatshops places where workers labored long hours under poor conditions for low wages
tenements Poorly built
Chinese Exclusion Act law banning immigration by Chinese people for ten years
Mass transit public transportation systems that carry large numbers of people
suburbs residential areas surrounding a city
Joseph Pulitzer publisher of the New York World newspaper
department stores larger stores that are organized into many separate departments and offer many product lines
Frederick Law Olmsted landscape architect who designed Central Park in New York City and the Tome School Port Deposit campus
Jacob Riis photographer and journalist who exposed the horrible conditions in New York City tenements
Settlement Houses neighborhood centers in poor areas that offered education
Jane Addams co-founder of Hull House
Hull House Chicago's most famous settlement house
William Randolph Hearst publisher of the New York Journal
assimilation the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Florence Kelley reformer who worked to pass child labor laws
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