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Laws requiring parents to send their children to school
compulsory education laws
Style of sensational reporting used by newspapers to attract readers
yellow journalism
"Light play"; type of variety show that featured a wide selection of short performances
vaudeville
Style of music created by African American pianists in the 1890s who played a driving rhythm with one hand and an improvised melody with the other
ragtime