21 - Urban Society Vocabulary

To become part of a larger group (for this unit, specifically American Culture).

• Assimilate

• Tenement

• Nativist

• Recruit

A place in large cities where people get assistance with social problems and challenges related to urban life.

• Settlement House

• Tenement

• Skyscraper

• Land-Grant College

A very tall building with many stories

• Settlement House

• Skyscraper

• Tenement

• Vaudeville

A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety.

• Skyscraper

• Tenement

• Land-Grant College

• Slum

State colleges funded by the the sale of lands given to states by the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.

• Vaudeville

• Land-Grant College

• Yellow Journalism

• Recruit

A type of theatrical show, with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.

• Ragtime

• Jass

• Vaudeville

• Emigrate

A person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants.

• Middle Class

• Emigrate

• Nativist

• Immigrant

A social class occupied by comfortable but not wealthy people.

• Middle Class

• Nativist

• Recruit

• Ethnic Group

A type of music characterized by syncopation in the melody.

• Ragtime

• Jazz

• Hip Hop

• Swing

To leave one's country or homeland and settle in another.

• Yellow Journalism

• Emigrate

• Urban

• Slum