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Social Studies Chp. 18

Terms

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Mark Twain pen name
Samuel Clemens
monopoly
a company that controls all buisnesses in a particular industry
by 1900
half the newspapers in the world were printed in U.S.
Alexander Bell
invented the telephone
assimilation
becoming part of another culture
Joseph Pulitzer
created the first modern mass-circulation newspaper, New York World
2/3 immigrants
settled in cities
In ethnic neighborhoods
immigrants could speak their language and celebrate traditional holidays
Westward Expansion
made raw materials readily avaliable
bridges and public transportation
helped speed up the growth of suburbss
Bessemer process
allowed people to make stronger steel at a lower cost
corporation
buisnesses owned by many investors
nativists
sought to preserve the country for native born Americans
John Rockefeller
created a trust in the oil industry
by 1918
all children had to go to school
altruism
giving to others
entrepreneur
someone who sets up a buisness to make a profit
yellow journalism
writing style originated from New York Times
spread of education and urbanization
caused the nespaper boom
jobs, industry, excitement
people were attracted to cities because of
Andrew Carnegie
steel magnate, donated money to charities
Thomas Edison
opened first electrical power palnt in NYC, 1882
Mark Twain
captured dialect of south through his stories
Jane Addams
opended the Hull House
realists
writers that try to show life as it is
1917 law
Congress passed a law that denied entry to immigrants who could not read their own language
Russian Jews suffered from
religious presecution form government
states improved schools
because of heed of educated workforce
urbanization
the rapid growth of city populations
bleak
tentament life was
patent
documents giving someone the sole right to make and sell an invention
The Chautauqua Society
offered summer school for Bible teachers and gave lectures to the public
Many Americans associated
imigrants with anarchy, violence, crime
universities
offered low-cost or free higher education
collective barganing
unions negotiate with management for workers as a group
tentaments
buildings divided into many tiny apartments
many bestsellers were
paper backs about the "Wild West" or fairytales
trust
a group of corporations run by a single board of directors
employment opportunities
a reason for migration
police, fire station, sanitary station
cities provided
compulsory education
have to go to school untill age 16
Many Mexicans
were driven from heir homes because of political unrest (revolution)
Eastern and Western Europeans
were the largest population of immigrants
oil refining methods
crude oil refined into lubricants for machines and gas to power engines and cars
wealthy citizens funded
the building of libraries in cities and towns
hospitals, clinics, food
religious groups provided
government policies
congress gave land grants and other subsidies to railroads / kept tariffs high made foreign goods expensive
settlement houses
reformers provided/centers for offereing help to the urban poor

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