AP US History 9.4 - 9.6 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. Randolph Hearst an American newspaper publisher who created the nation's largest newspaper chain
  2. 4. expansion of cities and/or an increase in the number of people living in them
  3. 8. consumerism purchasing of goods and services with the purpose of impressing others
  4. 11. Island island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States
  5. 12. very tall buildings
  6. 14. Twain the pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemons, an American novelist and humorist
  7. 15. immigrants Southern and Eastern European immigrants who arrived in the United States in a great wave between 1880 and 1920
  8. 18. residential areas surrounding a city
  9. 20. pot" society in which people of different nationalities assimilate to form one culture
  10. 22. Pulitzer an influential American newspaper editor and publisher
  11. 23. multistory buildings divided into apartments to house as many residents as possible
  12. 25. type of show that included dancing, singing, and comedy sketches and became popular in the late nineteenth century
Down
  1. 1. Law Olmsted an influential American landscape architect best known for designing Central Park in New York City
  2. 2. Alger an American author who sold more than 20 million copies of novels that explored the rags-to-riches theme
  3. 5. belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens
  4. 6. Age term coined by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era as a facade of prosperity
  5. 7. Otis an American who invented the safety elevator in 1852
  6. 9. third-class accommodations on a steamship
  7. 10. inclination to favor native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants
  8. 13. a severe bacterial infection of the small intestine that causes dehydration, usually caused by drinking contaminated water
  9. 16. Exclusion Act 1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers
  10. 17. migrants people who move from an agricultural area to a city
  11. 19. Island immigrant processing station that opened in San Francisco Bay in 1910
  12. 21. culture similar cultural patterns throughout a society as a result of the spread of transportation, communication, and advertising
  13. 23. Pan Alley section on 28th Street in New York City that became the center of the music publishing industry in the late 1800s
  14. 24. transit public transportation systems that carry large numbers of people