NAME: _____________________________________________________________________
CP US HISTORY CHAPTER 7, SECTION 2 WORKSHEET
***Please define/describe the following vocabulary words/important people:
(EACH WORTH 1/20)
1) Skyscrapers-
2) Elisha Otis-
3) Mass transit-
4) Suburbs-
5) Nouveau riche-
6) Conspicuous consumption-
7) Tenements-
8) Settlement houses-
9) Jane Addams-
10) Janie Porter Barrett-
11) Social Gospel-
***Please answer the following questions in COMPLETE sentences:
(EACH WORTH 1/20)
1) What were some technological advances that altered the American urban landscape?
2) Who was Frank J. Sprague?
3) Who were 3 famous people who belonged to the nouveau riche?
4) In what ways did the American nouveau riche imitate British Victorian culture?
5) What was professionalization?
6) Why were women who worked in the home gaining more and more free time?
7) Describe life in the city for the poor.
8) DRAW A PICTURE OF A TENEMENT. (WORTH 2/20)