Chapter 20- Life in the "Gilded Age" Flashcards

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Central pacific

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Encouraged chinese to migrate

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Mark twain

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Called age of industry “Gilded Age”

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Reasons the great Chicago fire was a blessing in disguise

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  1. Ravished cities

2. Eliminated problems

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Hull house

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Improved neighbored life

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Addams

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Founded hull house

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Most widely used transportation in 19th century

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Electric trolley car

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“Father of modern skyscraper”

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Sullivan

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New immigration

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Immigration from different parts of the world

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Worlds Colombian exposition

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Worlds fair

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First successful national labor union

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A.F. of L

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Pullman strike of 1894

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Most important strike of 19th century

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Middle class

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Became american ideal

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Wanamaker’s

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First modern department store

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Wyoming

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First state to grant women’s right to vote

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Leaders of women’s rights movement

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  1. Stanton

2. Anthony

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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First written script to go to a printer

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Naismith

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Inventor of basketball

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Cincinnati red stockings

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First professional baseball team

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“Gay nineties”

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Name given to 1890’s

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Greatest craze of 1890’s

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Bicycling

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Ward

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Opened first mail-order business

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Chain stores

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Series of stores owned by same company

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A & P

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Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company

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Field

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“Give the lady what she wants”

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Sholes

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Invented typewriter

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Moody

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Best know urban evangelist

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Organization founded by booth

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Salvation Army

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Jackson

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Best known home missionaries

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Mount Hermon

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“evangelize the world in this generation”

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YWCA

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Young Women’s Christian Association

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Chapman

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“Greatest evangelist in the country”

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Bellamy

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Wrote “pledge of allegiance”

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Morrill act

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Granted each state land for colleges

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Chautauqua movement

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Training session for sunday school teachers

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Pulitzer

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First publisher to reach large audience

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Stanley

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Said “dr. livingstone, I presume?”

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Harris

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Wrote “uncle remus tales”

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Pros of labor unions

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  1. Better wages
  2. Shorter hours
  3. Six day work week
  4. Elimination of child labor
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Cons of labor unions

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  1. Strikes
  2. Violence
  3. Riots
  4. Destruction of property
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Sheldon

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Wrote “in his steps”

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Torrey

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First president of Moody’s institute

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Montgomery ward

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First mail order catalog