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Vocabulary Words - Chp . 20
Chapter 20 . Vocab
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8th Grade
10/22/2010

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emigrated
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to leave one's homeland to live elsewhere
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ethic groups
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a minority that speaks a different language or follows different customs than the majority of people in a country
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steerage
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cramped quarters on a ship's lower decks for passengers paying the lowest fares
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assimilate
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to absorb a group into the culture of a larger population
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Tenements
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a buildings in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation of safety
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Slums
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Poor,crowed,and run-down urban neighborhoods
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Suburbs
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residential areas that sprang up close to our surroundings cities .
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
Style of Sensational Writing .
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Vauderville
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Variety shows with Dancing , singing , comedy and magic acts .
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The gilded age
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Suggested both the extravagant wealth of the time and terrible poverty that lay underneath
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Regionilism
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Writing that Focused on a particular region of the Country
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Rag time
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Music with a strong Rhythm and a lively melody.
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Settlement house
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Institution Located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services.
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Realism
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an approach to literature show things as they really are
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Lang- grants Colleges
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Originally an agricultural college ; 1862 Morril act gave states Large amounts of federal land that could be sold to raise money for education .
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