Yellow Journalism

Sensational writing that attracted

readers

Settlement House

Provided services like medical care and

libraries to people In poor neighborhoods

Steerage

The only quarters on ships that most

immigrants could afford

Panama Canal

Roosevelt organized and financed a revolt to obtain

this

Socialists

Believed the government should own major

industries to be operated on behalf of all the people

Political Machines

Corrupt organizations that controlled local

politics

Ellis Island

Center where immigrants were

processed before being allowed in the country

Progressives

Believed industry should be regulated by the

government

Julia Clifford Lathrop

Helped found the Immigrants’ Protective

League

Progressive Education

Shaped students’ characters and taught them good citizenship

Land-Grant Colleges

Admitted women students

Frederick Law Olmsted

Leader in the City Beautiful movement

Patronage

System in which political supporters are rewarded with

jobs and favors

Chinese Exclusion Act

Passed in response to navitism

Referendum

Gave voters the opportunity to accept or reject acts

passed by the legislature

Conservation

The protection and preservation of natural

resources

“New” immigrants

Came from southern and eastern Europe

Plessy v. Ferguson

Legalized segregation

tenement

Apartment building in the slums with small, dark

rooms

John Philip Sousa

Composed distinctively American

marches