Chapter 16: The Transformation Of American Society Flashcards
Steerage
Poor accommodations in ship’s lower levels
Settlement house
Community service centers to help the poor communities
Social Gospel
Apply Christian principles to address social problems
Ragtime
Music created by African American; one hand rhythm and other melody
Elisha Otis
Developed mechanized elevator
Mass transit
Public transportation for workers
Suburbs
Residential neighborhoods on the outskirts of cities
Jane Addams
Started Hull House; was at the forefront of settlement houses
Vaudeville
Variety show
Caroline Bartlett
Organized peoples church
Denis Kearney
Leader of workmans party
Conspicuous Consumption
Spending money freely
Benevolent societies
Organizations that helped immigrants
Compulsory Education Laws
Required parents to send kids to school
What did the immigration restriction league impose on all immigrants?
Literacy test
How did mass transit change urban life?
Extended US cities outward
Explain who made up the growing middle class?
Doctors, lawyers, small business owners, teachers, accountants, clerks, engineers, managers, and sales people
The literature that the nouveau riche read reflected the social standards of what?
British social structure
What was the primary goal of the Social Gospel?
Apply Christian principles to address social problems
What does yellow journalism refer to?
Style of writing to stretch the truth. Sensational way of news reporting
What sport were woman encouraged to play during Victorian era?
Basketball
What happened to people on Ellis Island who were found to have disease?
They were sent back
Why did people move to the outskirts of the cities?
To live away from the built up cities
What did the magazines say to encourage American women to leave their roles as homemaker and to strive to succeed in the business’s world?
Unknown
Were schools segregated during the 1800s?
Yes
