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an opininated Chicago architect, helped further the development of the skyscraper, developed the famous principle that "form follows function" |
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| department store located in NY, attracted urban middle-class shoppers and provided urban working-class jobs |
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| department store located in Chicago, attracted urban middle-class shoppers and provided urban working-class jobs |
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| Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie (1900) |
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| Theodore Dreiser, a novelist, wrote of a fictional heroine named Carrie and the novel told of a women's escapades in the big city. The novel made the city seem appealing and attractive. |
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| Sears and Montgomery Ward |
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| mail-order houses, came to replace the rural "general stores" and made disposal of items simple, everything was cheap and easy to buy |
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| known as "human pigsties", grew more and more crowded, infested with illness and rats, inhabited by successive waves of newcomers |
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| a building, usually seven to eight stories high, crammed families together into one barrack, had little sanitation or ventilation |
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| in the 1880s the background/ethnicity of the immigrants changed, the new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe. (ie: Italians, Croats, Slovaks, Greeks, Pole.) - many of them worshiped in orthodox churches or synagogues, they were mainly illiterate and came from places with little democracy |
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| where a spread of letters painted america as a land of great wealth and oppurtunities, it attracted many immigrants and minorities be persecuted |
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| became pastor of the German Baptist church in NYC in 1886 - one of the several Protestant clergymen who sought to apply christiantiy lessons to slums and factories, insisted that the church take place in issues in society |
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| took over a congregational church in Columbus, Ohio, in 1882 - one of the several Protestant clergymen who sought to apply christiantiy lessons to slums and factories, insisted that the church take place in issues in society |
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| a middle-class woman, dedicated to helping the urban masses, founded the Hull Houses in 1889 |
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| an american settlement house, which taught children and adults the skills and knowledge that they would need to survive and suceed in America |
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| Lillian Wald's Henry Street Settlement |
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| another settlement house established in NY |
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| a feminist, fought for the protection of women workers and against child labor |
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| American Protection Association (APA) |
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| an anti-foreign organization, that worked to stop new immigrants from arriving, they urged voting against Roman Catholic candidates for office and pushed until Congress finally nailed up partial bars against the immigrants |
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| Statue of Liberty's arrival (1886) |
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| the Statue of Liberty, placed in the harbor of NY, was a gift from France |
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| an urban revivalist who proclaimed the gospel of kindness and forgiveness and adapted the old-time religion to the facts of city life |
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| founded the Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science)- it preached that Christianity heals science |
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| English naturalist, wrote the "survival of the fittest", published the Origin of the Species which set forth the new doctrine of evolutionism |
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| Evolution (weakening of religion) |
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| a theory that states that humans had slowly evolved from lower forms of life, the theory cast serious doubt on a literal interpretation of the bible |
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| took a step from the funamentalists and refused to believe that the Bible was completely accurate and factual |
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| Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll |
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| a denounced skeptic, orator, lectured widely on evolution, lectures included "Some Mistakes of Moses", and "Why I am an Agnostic" |
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| a movement launched in 1874 and it included public lectures to many people by famous writers, including Mark Twain, and extensive at-home studies |
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| an ex-slave, started a industrial school for blacks in Alabama which taught students their useful skills and trades. He avoided the issue of social equality. |
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| the first Black to get a Ph.D. from Harvard University, demanded complete equality for Blacks and action, also founded NAACP in 1910 |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
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| founded by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1910 - an organization fighting for the rights of black people |
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| this act passed after the South seceded, provided a generous grant of the public lands to the states for support of education |
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| extended the Morill Act and provided federal funds for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations in connection with the land-grant colleges |
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| (1842-1910) - explored many fields, his works include, Principles of Psychology 1890 - Psychology, Will to Believe 1897 - religion and philosophy, etc. |
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| with the invention of the linotype in 1885, the competition of the press was spurred |
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| a journalist-author, wrote Progress and Poverty which undertook to solve the association of poverty with progress |
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| a journalist-reformer, published Looking Backward in 1888 which he criticized the social injustics of the day and pictured a utopian government that had nationalized big business to serve the public good |
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| an author, wrote over a hundred volumes of juvenile fiction that sold over 100 million copies. Said that virtue, honesty, and industry were rewarded by success. wealth, and honor. |
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| he was a lawyer, soldier, author, he sought to combat the prevailing wave of Darwiniam skepticism with his novel Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ. |
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| a author who wrote out of the West and achieved at least temporary fame and fortune. He struck it rich in California with gold-rush stories. |
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| (1871-1900): wrote about the seamy underside of life in urban, industrial America. His most famous book was The Red Badge of Courage published in 1895 |
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| (1843-1916): a New Yorker, turned from Law to Literature. He wrote one of the first novels of the rising feminist movement. |
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| a famous nature author, published books such as The Call of the Wild |
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| (1835-1910): he was not only America's most popular author, but also a renowned platform lecturer |
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| a gifted poet, only published two poems in her lifetime (without her consent), after her death, her poetry was discovered |
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| a feminist author, wrote candidly about adultery, suicide, and wmen's ambitions in The Awakening 1899 |
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| Anthony Comstack (Comstack Law) |
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| the federal law that was used to confiscate pornography and rugs used to induce abortions |
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| religious killing of a group
NOT SURE ABOUT THIS |
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| a divorcee, part time stockbroker, and tireless feminist propagandist - proclaimed her belief in free love in 1871, published a newspaper with her sister, Tennessee Calflin called Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly |
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| a major feminist prophet, published Women and Economics, a classic of feminist language. She shunned traditional feminine frills and advocated the increasing vocation for women |
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| (1872-1906): a black writer that brought a kind of realism to the late-nineteenth century literature. His speciality was poetry, one of his works include the Lyrics of Lowly Life |
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| journalist and teacher, she helped launch hte black women's club movement which led to the establishment of the National Association of Colored Women in 1896 |
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| National Prohibition Party |
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| organized in 1896, advocated temperance of alcohol, included such slogans as "I'll marry no man if he drinks," "vote down the vile traffic," and "The Drunkard's Doom" |
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| William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody |
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| created some of the first "Wild West" shows. The series of acts included war-whooping Indians, live buffalo, and deadeye marksmen. |
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| She joined the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in 1885, and was advertized as the "Little Miss Sure Shot," because of her excellent aim in the rifle. |
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