Social Studies Quiz

Tenements

a building in which several families rented rooms.

Settlement houses

provided medical care, playgrounds, Libraries, nurseries and class.

Assimilate

become a part of American culture.

gilden age

suggested both the extravagant wealth of the time and the terrible poverty that laid underneath.

Regionalism

writing that focus on a particular region.

Yellow journalism

a name that came from the paper's popular comic strip.

Ethnic groups

minorities that spoke different languages or followed different customs.

Land grant college

money given from the states to make schools.

Steerage

cramped noisy quarters on the lower decks.

Ragtime

dominant force in popular music,

Vaudeville

variety shows with dancing, singing, comedy, and magic acts.

Realism

approach to literature that sought to describe the real lives of people.