Key Terms Unit 5

push-pull Factors

• reason why people migrate; “push” factors cause them to leave; “pull” factors make them come to a place

• an effort to immerse immigrants in what some people defined as American culture and transform them into “true” Americans

• discrimination, prejudice, and hostility against the Jewish people

• a large building that rents rooms and apartments, and which is usually overcrowded and badly maintained

  misleading ideas and information that are spread in order to influence people’s opinions or advance an organization or party’s ideas

  theatrical show that involved singing and dancing acts

 

Americanization

• a large building that rents rooms and apartments, and which is usually overcrowded and badly maintained

• discrimination, prejudice, and hostility against the Jewish people

• an effort to immerse immigrants in what some people defined as American culture and transform them into “true” Americans

•  a community near or on the outskirts of a city

Anti-Semitism

• theatrical show that involved singing and dancing acts

• discrimination, prejudice, and hostility against the Jewish people

• misleading ideas and information that are spread in order to influence people’s opinions or advance an organization or party’s ideas

• large store that provides a wide variety of merchandise organized into different departments but all under one roof

Tenements

• The separation of different groups of people, usually based on race

• reform movement from 1890 to 1920 that sought to make state and national politics more democratic and government more efficient

• measures such as sewers to protect public health

• a large building that rents rooms and apartments, and which is usually overcrowded and badly maintained

Propaganda

• misleading ideas and information that are spread in order to influence people’s opinions or advance an organization or party’s ideas

• laws established after the Reconstruction period that enforced racial segregation across the southern states

• a part of a law that excludes certain people and things because of conditions that existed before the law was passed

• a political organization in which one person or a small group is able to maintain control over a city or a state

Vaudeville

• a vehicle that runs on rails through city streets and carries passengers

•  an election where the people vote directly on specific measures

• theatrical show that involved singing and dancing acts

• reform movement from 1890 to 1920 that sought to make state and national politics more democratic and government more efficient

 

Streetcars

• measures such as sewers to protect public health

•  an election where the people vote directly on specific measures

• a vehicle that runs on rails through city streets and carries passengers

• a part of a law that excludes certain people and things because of conditions that existed before the law was passed

Suburbs

• a community near or on the outskirts of a city

• The separation of different groups of people, usually based on race

• a part of a law that excludes certain people and things because of conditions that existed before the law was passed

Department Stores

• laws established after the Reconstruction period that enforced racial segregation across the southern states

  laws established after the Reconstruction period that enforced racial segregation

• The separation of different groups of people, usually based on race

• a part of a law that excludes certain people and things because of conditions that existed before the law was passed

• Large store that provides a wide variety of merchandise organized into different departments but all under one roof

 

Sanitation

• a part of a law that excludes certain people and things because of conditions that existed before the law was passed

• measures such as sewers to protect public health

• a part of a law that excludes certain people and things because of conditions that existed before the law was passed

• reform movement from 1890 to 1920 that sought to make state and national politics more democratic and government more efficient