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8635382180Chicago schoolA school of architecture dedicated to the design of buildings whose form expressed, rather than masked, their structure and function.0
8635382181mutual aid societyAn urban aid society that served members of an ethnic immigrant group, usually those from a particular province or town. The societies functioned as fraternal clubs that collected dues from members in order to pay support in case of death or disability.1
8635382182race riotA term for an attack on African Americans by white mobs, triggered by political conflict, street altercations, or rumors of crime.2
8635382183tenementA high-density, cheap, five- or six-story housing unit designed for working-class urban populations.3
8635382184vaudevilleA professional stage show popular in the 1880s and 1890s that included singing, dancing, and comedy routines; it changed live entertainment from its seedier predecessors like minstrel show to family entertainment for urban masses.4
8635382185ragtimeA form of music, named for its "ragged rhythm", that became wildly popular in the early twentieth century among audiences of all classes and races and that ushered in an urban dance craze.5
8635382186bluesA form of American music that originated in the Deep South, especially from the black workers in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta.6
8635382187yellow journalismWilliam Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer published sensational stories and used this form of journalism to promote the Spanish-American War.7
8635382188political machineA well-organized party whose candidates remained in office on the strength of their political clout and popularity among urban voters.8
8635382189National Municipal LeagueA political reform organization that advised cities to elect small councils and hire professional city managers who would direct operations like a corporate executive.9
8635382190progressivismA loose term for political reformers working to improve the political system, fight poverty, conserve environmental resources and increase government involvement in the economy.10
8635382191"City Beautiful" movementMovement that advocated landscape beautification, playgrounds, and more and better urban parks.11
8635382192social settlementA community welfare center that investigated the plight of the urban poor, raised funds to address urgent needs, and helped neighborhood residents advocate on their own behalf.12
8635382193Hull HouseOne of the first social settlements founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in Chicago.13
8635382194Pure Food and Drug ActA 1906 law regulating the conditions in the food and drug industries to ensure a safe supply of food and medicine.14
8635382195National Consumer's LeagueGroup organized in 1899 in New York dedicated to improving wages and working conditions for industrial workers.15
8635382196Women's Trade Union LeagueA labor organization founded in New York in 1903 that brought elite, middle class, and working-women together to support unions among garment workers.16
8635382197Triangle Shirtwaist FireMarch 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside locked exit doors; nearly 50 ended up jumping to their death, while 100 died inside the factory. Many factory reforms, including increasing safety precautions for workers, came from the investigation of this incident.17
8635382198muckrakersJournalists who published exposes of political scandals and industrial abuses.18
8635382199private cityAn urban environment shaped by individuals and profit-seeking businesses.19
8635382200Tammany HallPolitical machine in New York, headed by Boss Tweed.20

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