Ch. 6 Growth of Cities Vocab

4. most famous inventor and innovator during the late 1890s and early 1900s.
10. owned by one company, with branches in many towns and cities
13. Location of the first built skyscraper
14. Believed in making cities more attractive to tourists by adding parks, waterfronts, and etc..
16. which means to be absorbed in the main cultural group
17. hatred and persecution of jews
19. the movement of people into cities
20. Name of the popular sport created in the early 1900s because of the growth of cities and populations
21. large compartments below deck on a ship

1. was a community center providing services to the poor
2. Entry station of immigrants through New York
3. which banned Chinese laborers from arriving at the United States
5. the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people or groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, or sexual orientation.
6. the main form of public transportation before the gas powered vehicle
7. areas that would often match their own culture and languages.
8. people who come from another place to live in a new one
9. name of the giant park in New York made by Frederick Olmstead
11. Entry station of immigrants through San Francisco
12. organization of a political party that granted favors in return for votes
15. were apartment houses where large families shared one or two rooms
18. Name given to the electric form of transportation in the cities