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| Jane Addams | PP - established Hull House; first generation college woman; against war and expelled from daughter of revolution |
| Florence Kelley | PP - led women in protesting against sweatshops; a lifelong battler for the welfar of women, children, blacks and consumers |
| Mary Baker Eddy | PP -founded the Church of Christ; her book was Science and Health; founded an influential church; believed that the true practice of Christianity cures suckness and diseases |
| Charles Darwin | PP -English naturalist; wrote On the Origin of Species; set forth the thought that humans evolved from lower life forms; cast a doubt on the literal interpretation of the Bible |
| Booker T. Washington | PP -Called to head the blackk normal and industrial school in Alabama; taught black students useful trades so they could gain self-respect and economic security avoided social equality |
| W.E.B. Du Bois | PP - Demanded complete equality for blacks; helped to found the NAACP; |
| William James | PP - wrote Principles of Psychology which helped to establish the modern disciple of behavopral psychology; wrote Pragmatism; believed in action rather than theories |
| Henry George | PP - lectured about the maldistribution of wealth; "Progress and Property"'PP - landowners had an unfair advantage |
| Horatio Alger | PP - stressed that virtue, honesty and hard work would be rewarded with success and wealth. If you could follow this you could live out the American dream |
| Mark Twain | PP - Writer, newspaper man; did not take him self too seriously his approach was taking a realistic view of current events but that we shouldn’t take it too seriously. Twain typified a new breed of American authors in revolt against the elegant refinements of the old New England school of writing. |
| Carrie Chapman Catt | PP - took the suffarage movement in a new direction. Linked the ballot to a traditional definition of women’s roles. Under Catt the suffragists de-emphasized the argument that women deserved the vote as a matter or right; |
| Indian Question | 26 - now that the Indians are attacking everyone what do we do? And when we get the back on the reservation what should our policy be |
| Ethnicity | VO - Ethnic quality of affiliation; a member of a minority group who retains the custom, language, or social views of the group |
| Settlement House | VO - Became center of women’s activism and social reform (ex. Hull House) |
| Nativism | VO - a.k.a. antiforeignism; started by the Irish and German arrivals in the 1840s and 50 |
| Evolution | VO - Darwin’s theory; concept that we evolved from lower forms of life; went against the literal interpretation of the Bible |
| Philanthropy | VO - one who steals privately and gives publicly. Giving money to education; active effort to promote human welfare |
| Pragmatism | VO - William James; an idea should be expressed in action rather than just a theory |
| Yellow Journalism | VO - 1880s; began a time period where many of the newspapers were printing stories on the concept of sensationalism; Pulitzer and Randolph Hurst |
| New Immigration | TH - 1880s began to see immigrants from Italians, Slovaks, Croations, Greeks, Poles – new immigrants were in poverty |
| Social Gospel | TH - Walter Rauschenbusch and Washington Gladden both preached this; stated it was the responsibility of the church’s to take front in center in trying to solve the social issues of the day |
| American Protective Association | TH - claimed a million members. The first large group which was organized and against increased immigration in the United States. Urged voting against Roman-Catholic candidates for office. |
| Modernist | TH - refused to accept the Bible as science or history |
| Chautauqua Movement | TH - An attempt to bring education to adult’s |
| Morril Act | TH - Provided a grant of public to the states for a support of education |
| Comstock Law | TH - led by Anthony Comstock; led a crusade against immorality in the U.S.; he and his followers were not against going into buildings and whatnot and confiscating things that were immoral; wanted to establish sexual purity and move away from immorality |
| Women’s Christian Temperance Union | TH - Led by a small group of women; against the manufacture, sell, and use of alcohol; Carrie Nation, not against taking action; were successful to a great extent w/ the 18th amendment |
| George Dawes Severalty Act (1887) | 26 - An attempt to reform Indian policy; dissolved many tribes and basically eliminated tribal ownership of land; gave individual Indian families over 100 acres of land. |
| What factor led to the growth of American Cities in the post Civil War decades? | QU - The availability of Industrial jobs. |
| What was the MAIN reason for increased immigration after 1880? | QU - To seek a better life. |
| What was a “bird of passage”? | QU - The description given to an immigrant who worked for a short time and then returned to Europe. |
| What was the main concept behind the “social gospel”? | QU - the lessons of Christianity should be applied to solve the problems of the cities. |
| Why did labor unions favor immigration restriction? | QU - So they couldn’t take jobs that could’ve gone to Americans; also took lower paying jobs; business began to use them as strike breakers |
| What was the basic concept in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution? | QU - A literal interpretation of the Bible. |
| Why did Americans begin to support a free public education system? | QU - We cannot function without education. |
| What was the purpose of the Morrill Act of 1862? | QU - Gave government or public lands to support education. |
| What was the purpose of the Comstock Law? | QU - To impose their view of morality on America; wanted sexual purity |
| What was the purpose of the National American Women Suffrage Association? | QU - To obtain voting rights for women. |
| What was the purpose of the 18th Amendment? | QU - Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol. |
| What happened on June 25, 1876? | 26 - Battle of the little bighorn |
| Indian Question | 26 - now that the Indians are attacking everyone what do we do? And when we get the back on the reservation what should our policy be |
| George Dawes Severalty Act (1An attempt to reform Indian policy; dissolved many tribes and basically eliminated tribal ownership of land; gave individual I26 887) | 26 - Indian families over 100 acres of land. |
| Indian Reorganization Act (1934) | 26 - tried to restore the tribal basis of Indian life |
| The Homestead Act (1882 | 26 - allowed a settler to acquire as much as 160 acres of land; had to agree to live on the land for 5 years and make improvements; provide a stimulus for the value of the family farm |
| Role Of The “Sodbuster” | 26 - those who used sod to build houses rather than wood |
| The “Safety Valve” Theory | 26 - hoping a way to relief the overcrowding of cities because people would migrate to the frontiers; didn’t happen though |
| Golden McKinley v. Silver Bryan (1896) | 26 - McKinley won; important election because it turned out to be a big victory for big business and middle-class values; the last attempt to win the white house with agrarian vote |
