Chapter 19 Flashcards
Urban America
Rapidly growing cities
Rural America
Discontented farmers
a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
Chinese Exclusion Act
an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies, inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced the musical Show Boat.
Florenz Ziegfeld
a treatise on economics and a detailed, social critique of conspicuous consumption
“The Theory of the Leisure Class” by Thorstein Veblen
form of Literature and Art that replaced Romanticism
Realism
American writers playing a part during the Realist Movement.
Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser, Mark Twain, etc.
war novel taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle.
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
novel about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress.
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City.
George Bellows
an artistic movement in the United States during the early 20th century that is best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York, often in the city’s poorer neighborhoods.
Ashcan School
an American politician most notable for being the “boss” of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York City and State.
William “Boss” Tweed
It was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York State politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
Tammany Hall
In the American election campaigns in the 19th century, Republican slogan “___________” was a phrase used to ridicule opposing politicians who made emotional calls to avenge the blood of the northern soldiers that died in the Civil War.
wave the bloody shirt
an active international temperance organization that was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program that “linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity.
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
an American woman who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. She is particularly noteworthy for attacking alcohol-serving establishments with a hatchet.
Carrie Nation
the 19th President of the United States from 1877 to 1881, an American congressman, and governor of Ohio. Hayes was a lawyer and staunch abolitionist who defended runaway slaves in court proceedings. Democrats never considered his election legitimate and referred to him as “His Fraudulency” for the next four years.
Rutherford B. Hayes
20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year.
James A. Garfield
an American writer and lawyer who was convicted of the assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States.
Charles Guiteau
an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States from 1881 to 1885; he succeeded James A. Garfield upon the latter’s assassination.
Chester A. Arthur
an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office. Only Democrat during late 19th century to serve as President.
Grover Cleveland
an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893
Benjamin Harrison
coalition of U.S. farmers, particularly in the Middle West, that fought monopolistic grain transport practices during the decade following the American Civil War.
Granger Movement
an agrarian-populist political party in the United States. For a few years, from 1892 to 1896, it played a major role as a left-wing force in American politics.
People’s or Populist Party
an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party’s nominee for President of the United States. Never won Presidency.
William Jennings Bryan
speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan championing former/common man by suggesting changing ratio of silver and gold to 16:1
“Cross of Gold” speech
a serious economic depression in the United States that began in that year. Similar to the Panic of 1873, this panic was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures.
Panic of 1893
25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term. Led the nation into the Spanish–American War of 1898; the U.S. victory was quick and decisive.
William Mckinley
