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American History
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Undergraduate 1
03/05/2009

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What was the strenuous life?
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The idea that you should test your physical strength through sports and outdoor activities. Hiking, football, hunting ect
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Who came up with the strenuous life?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who were the targets for the strenuous life?
Definition
Wealthy Americans
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What was the social gospel?
Definition
That Christians should do work for the social good
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Who came up with the social gospel?
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Walter Rauschenbush
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What did immigrants in the 1890s do to make their lives more bearable?
Definition
Develop things like churches, synagouges, fraternal societies, foreign languague newspapers
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Who were the preservationists?
Definition
They believe there should be no human interference with nature because that could destroy it
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Who were the conservationists?
Definition
They believed that our natural resources should be conserved in an economic way.
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What is consumer cultural democracy?
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that cultural and artistic expression can be purchased.
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What is people's capitalism
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The idea that everyone could own a part of American’s corporations. That consumer durables were available to all Americans
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what is the difference between people's capitalism and consumer culture democracy?
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Consumer culture democracy is that the people decide whats cool by buying it, while people's capitalism is the corporations decide what you can buy.
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What is commercialized leisure?
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Activities like amusement parks, department stores, professional sports, movies, cabarets, that were located in cities
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What is commercialized amusements?
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Attractions like dime shows, dance halls, music halls, and Amusement parks emerged as entertainment for the working class
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What is the difference between commercialized amusements and commercialized
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Commercialized leisure was more modern and meant more for the middle class. Commercial amusements were primitive sorts of entertainment and meant more for the working class.
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