Unit 1 American Studies Review by Tyler Rothenberger

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What is a reform?

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changes resulting in improvement

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What is conservation?

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is the federal government protects the land but it can be used responsibly and sustainably

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What is a settlement house?

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A community center that offered social services such as adult education, job skills training, help to find jobs, childcare, etc.

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What is a tenement?

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small, cheap, apartments in run-down, neglected buildings

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What is suffrage?

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having the right to vote

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What is a flapper?

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one of the free-thinking young women who embraced the new fashions, and urban attitudes of the 1920s

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What is a segregation?

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the separation of people based on race

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What is poll tax?

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an annual tax that formerly had to be paid in some southern states by anyone wishing to vote

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What is the K.K.K?

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Ku Klux Klan secret society whose goal was to keep black Americans in the role of submissive laborers

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What was the Hull House?

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One of Chicago's settlement houses was founded by Jane Addams.