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dubbed the Age of Industry the Gilded Age because of the underlying corruptness of it

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Mark Twain

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the ratio of native born Americans to immigrants

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6 to 1

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encouraged 10,000 Chinese immigrants to come to America

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Central pacific Railroad

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retired missionary to China that started a Presbyterian mission for the Chinese in San Francisco

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William Speer

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adopted by Congress which barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States for 10 years

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Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

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by the 1910, eastern Europeans accounted for ____________ of America’s total number of immigrants

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70%

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because immigration during this era was from different parts of the world than before, it is referred to as the

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New Immigration

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ravaged the nation’s fastest-growing city

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Great Chicago Fire of 1871

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the Chicago fire was a blessing in disguise because …

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the rebuilding eliminated many problems of the old cities

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improved life in poor neighborhoods by helping local residents in time of need and train ways to better care for their families

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settlement houses

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founded one of the earliest and best known of the settlement houses in America

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Jane Addams

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the name of Addams settlement house

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Hull House

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wrote The Experiences of the A.C.

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Bayard Taylor

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wrote The Experiences of the A.C.

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Bayard Taylor

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A.C stands for

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Arcadian Club

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what changed mister Billings drastically?

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AC

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decided what people would eat or not eat

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Mallory

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the goal of the AC

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live in unity with nature
purify themselves

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members of the AC

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Shelldrakes
Hollins
Mallory
Eunice
Miss Ringtop
Billings
Brown

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what did Brown hide?

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salt

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who decided that nobody should hold anything about each other?

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Hollins

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what gave them loose tongues and gave offense to each other?

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alcohol (Mallory suggested)

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what put an end to the AC?

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offensive language and degrading opinions of each other

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how long did the AC last?

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2 days

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why is the Experiences of the AC a satire of Transcendentalism?

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it was making fun of the idea of fully living in nature because of the lack of acknowledgement to sin nature

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Walden and The Experiences of AC are similar in that they both are about

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Transcendentalism

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wrote I Hear America Singing

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Walt Whitman

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America’s first modern poet

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Whitman

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Leaves of Grass was the start of the

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free verse

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Whitman had a warmth for President

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Lincoln

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I Hear America Singing is about

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the common worker

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theme of I Hear America…

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joy in the ability of choosing own occupation

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Whitman uses ____________ throughout I Hear America…

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cataloguing (lists)

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wrote When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d

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Whitman

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who suffers with death according to Whitman?

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the living

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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd is about

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President Lincoln

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the star is a metaphor for

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Lincoln

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lilac is a metaphor for

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love

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Whitman uses cataloguing technique to descibe

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America’s mourning

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provides comfort and consolation to Whitman because of Lincoln’s death

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bird (song of bird)

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a relief from pain; brings comfort to those hurtin

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death

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wrote O Captain! My Captain!

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Walt Whitman

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the captain is a metaphor for

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Lincoln

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the ship is a metaphor for

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America

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the trip is a metaphor for

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Civil War

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wrote A Noiseless, Patient Spider

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Whitman

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is like the spider

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human’s soul

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because writer is not seeking God he is unable to

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latch unto anything

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before the Civil War, mass transit in AMerican cities was primarily by

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omnibus or horse railway

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beginning with New York in 1870s, cities began to use what to carry passengers above the crowded streets

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elevated steam railways

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means of transportation introduced in San Francisco in the 1870s which ran on a track and had a clamp which extended through a slot in the pavement

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cable car

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means of transportation introduced by Boston in 1897

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subway

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the most practical and most widely used means of urban transit in the late 19th century was

ran on a track and was propelled by its connection to electric wires which stretched above the city streets

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electric trolley car

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the first practical trolly car line went into operation in

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Richmond, VA

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transportation was greatly aided by advances in

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bridge building

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best symbolizes the advancement in bridges

the largest suspension bridge in the world when it was completed in 1883

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Brooklyn Bridge

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the chief engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge that died in the construction of the bridge

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John A. Roebling

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often referred to as “the eighth wonder of the world”

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Brooklyn Bridge

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most notable of the American architects in the 19th century which designed buildings to go up

Father of the Modern Skyscraper

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Louis Sullivan

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the main buildings of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago

inspired the City Beautiful movement

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White City

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architect under whose influence cities were made more attractive and enjoyable with the creation of public parks

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Frederick Law Olmsted

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a special attraction at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 that was a rival to Paris Exposition’s Eiffel Tower

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Ferris wheel

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Section 20.2- Industrial Labor

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Section 20.2- Industrial Labor

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two early attempts of local trade unions

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National Labor Union
Knights of Labor

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the first successful national labor union

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American Federation of Labor (A.F of L.)

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founded the first successful national labor union

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Samuel Gompers

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although Gompers opposed violence and anarchism, he supported the use of the

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strike (refusal to work

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a group of employees that refuse to work in order to force employers to pay higher wages

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labor strikes

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the most important strike of the era that began in Chicago

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Pullman Strike of 1894

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issued by the government demanding that the Pullman strike end

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injunction (court order forbidding the performance of a particular act)

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one of the union leaders who went to jail for refusing to obey the injunction

later became a leader among American socialists and ran for President five times on the Socialist party ticket

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Eugene Debs

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Section 20.3- Daily life in an Age of Affluence

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Section 20.3

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by late 19th century, many middle class homes boasted invention such as

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sewing machines
phonographs
gas lights
bathrooms

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housewives benefited from such innovations as

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canned foods
efficient iceboxes
ready-made clothes
carpet sweepers
telephone
commercial laundry

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offered the customer a wide selection, in a particular type of product, such as groceries or dry goods

took the place of the general store in cities and towns

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specialty shops

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could offer the customer a broad array of merchandise at money-saving prices

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chain stores

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an early store chain

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Great Atlantic and Pacific Company

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five and ten cent variety store chain founded in 1879

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F.W. Woolworth

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further increased convenience in shopping

had everything under one roof

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department store

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first person to have a department store

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John Wanamaker

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had the customer slogan in his department store in Chicago: “Give the Lady what she wants”

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Marshall Field

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first state to grant women full political privilege

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Wyoming

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two women who led women’s rights movements during era

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Stanton
Anthony

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by 1896, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho adopted women’s

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suffrage

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a Milwaukee printer and editor who perfected the typewriter in 1868

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Christopher Sholes

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first typewritten manuscript to go to a printer

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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created a whole new field of employment for American women

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telephone
telegraph

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quickly became the national pastime (national mania)

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baseball

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the first professional baseball team

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Cincinnati Red Stockings

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was organized when there were several professional teams

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National League of Professional Baseball Players

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sport invented in 1891 to be a vigorous sport that could be played indoors during the winter months

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basketball

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invented basketball

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James Naismith

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one of the favorite spectator sport

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football

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boxing match which introduced a more gentle form of boxing

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Gentlemen Jim Corbett v John Sullivan

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organized a traveling tent circus

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P.T Barnum

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because the 1890s was such an exciting time it is called

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Gay Nineties

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provided humorous entertainment which was modeled after British musical hall

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Vaudeville

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opened in 1890 and was frequently the site of the prestigious events such as the National Horse Show

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Madison Square Garden

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the best amusement park was New York City’s

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Coney Island

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the greatest craze of the decade was

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bicycling

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era that gave birth to the soda fountain

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Gay Nineties

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the two most important institutions in rural America

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local church
general store

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opened the first mail-order business in 1872

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Aaron Ward

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place where rural families could find nearly anything imaginable

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Sears & Roebuck Catalog

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Section 20.4- The Growing Influence of Christianity

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Section 20.4

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by 1890, eleven out of twelve high school graduates in the US were products of ______________, most of which were associated with a particular _____________

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private academics

church

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established a fund to promote education in the South

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George Peabody

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America’s best-known urban evangelist

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Dwight L. Moody

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Moody’s song leader

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Ira Sankey

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five other preachers who had profound impact on America in late 1890s

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R. A. Torry
Talmage
Jones
Carroll
Chapman

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founded and supervised by Moody

provided young people with training that prepared them for Christian service

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Moody Bible Institute

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served as first superintendent of Moody’s Bible Institute

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R.A Torrey

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one of the best-known urban evangelists

labeled by Moody as “greatest evangelist in the country”

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Chapman

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demonstrated his intellect in his multivolume An Interpretation of the English Bible

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Carroll

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rescue mission founded in Chicago to help outcasts

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Pacific Garden Mission

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organization founded William Booth

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Salvation Army

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two methods people on frontier could hear Gospel

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home missionaries
circuit-riding preachers

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brough many Americans to Alaska

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gold rush

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two islands annexed to US that became home mission fields

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Hawaii
Puerto Rico

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one of the best-known home missionaries of the 1890s era

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Sheldon Jackson

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place where Moody sponsored a Christian Conference in which many colleges dedicated themselves to foreign missions

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Mount Hermon

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college movement that had the motto “to evangelize the world in this generation”

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Student Volunteer movement

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Chinese missionary that had a great influence on his own country

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Charles Jones Soong

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the spouses of two of Soong’s daughters

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Dr. Sun Yatsen (ruler of China in 20th century)
Chiang Kai-Shek (Chinese political leader)

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Sheldon Jackson is best remembered for

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introducing reindeer to Alaska

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Section 20.5- Advances in Ed, Journalism, Social Reform

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Section 20.5

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the advancement in _______________ education was noteworthy

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secondary

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America’s first ____________________ were opened in St. Louis

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kindergartens

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percent of American people that were literate by 1900

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90%

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wrote Pledge of Allegiance

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Franis Bellamy

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type colleges that boomed

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private colleges

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the oldest and most prestigious college in the country

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Harvard

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set the examples for offering graduate programs

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John Hopkins University

134
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granted each state 30,000 acres for each of its senators and representatives

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Morill Act

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many states used the money from the sale of land provided by Morrill Acts for

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land grant colleges

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land grant colleges helped to popularize a new trend by accepting

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women

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donated millions of dollars to the establishment of public libraries

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Carnegie

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adult education movement that began as a training session for Sunday School teachers

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Chautauqua movement

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words added to pledge of allegiance in 1954

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“under God”

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largest denominations in 19 century

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  1. Methodist
  2. Baptist
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was organized in 1869 as one of the voices that kept the liquor question constantly before the public

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National Prohibition party

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organization which did much to combat the use of alcohol

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Woman’s Christian Temperence Union (WCTU)

143
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the most dynamic leader of the WCTU

was in charge of Moody’s women’s meetings for a while

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Frances Willard

144
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important development in the newspapers and magazines that printed on both sides of paper at the same time

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web press

145
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development which cast rows of type directly from molten metal

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linotype machine

146
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two things that greatly aided the speed with which newsmen could get news to their readers

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telegraph networks
transatlantic cable

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the first publisher to reach a large audience

one of America’s best-known publishers

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Joseph Pulitzer

148
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yearly award given in journalism, literature, drama, and music

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Pulitzer Prizes

149
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Another newspaper that reached massive circulation late in the century was the New York Journal, owned by

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William Randolph Hearst

150
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younger reporter sent by the New York Herald to find Missionary David Livingston

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Henry M. Stanley

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Stanley’s greeting to Livingstone that have become a classic understatement:

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“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

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Section 20.6- Literature in the Late 19th Century

A

Section 20.6

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most of America’s literature before the Civil War was ________________ in character

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Romantic

154
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writers that became prominent in the latter half of the 19th century

the writing style that employed picturesque details, reflecting the scenery, customs, and dialect of a specific geographical area

A

Realistic

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Realistic writer that described the lives of “typical boys”

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Mark Twain

156
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one of the earliest color writers that wrote about the life he found in the Far West after moving from New York to California

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Bret Harte

157
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wrote Uncle Remus tales

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Joel Harris

158
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famous for his novel the Hoosier Schoolmaster that gave vivid description of life in Indiana

A

Edward Eggleston

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the most famous of the local writers

A

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

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one of the best-known authors of the era that dealt with social issues and the differences between European and American cultures

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Henry James

161
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the bestsellers of the late 19th century were the Christian classics

A

Ben-Hur
In His Steps

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wrote Ben-Hur

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Lew Wallace

163
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published In His Steps

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Charles Sheldon

164
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famouse poet who wrote poems about Lincoln

A

Walt Whitman

165
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one of most accomplished poets of the South

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Sidney Lanier

166
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reclusive poet whose poems were published after death

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Emily Dickinson

167
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the Hoosier Poet

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James Whitcomb Riley

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three Naturalistic writers

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Hamlin Garland
Stephen Crane
Jack London

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