Chapter 25 Flashcards
new immigrants
from southern & eastern Europe, settled in urban neighborhoods, they were worried some native-born Americans were anti-immigrant & some were introducing urban reforms
settlement houses
run by middle-class native-born woman which provided housing, food, education, child care, cultural activities, & social connections for new people coming into the US. Jane Adam’s Hull House & Lillian Wald’s Henry Street Settlement were most famous
liberal protestants
members of Protestantism, encouraged followers to use the Bible as a compass rather than it representing scientific/historical truth. Some becoming active in “social gospel” (reform movement)
Tuskegee institute
industrial school led by Booker T. Washington in Alabama. Focusing on training young black students agriculture, trade, to improve economic independence. Becoming the first step on the road to racial equality
land-grant colleges
colleges & universities created through the Morrell Act & the Hatch Act, fueling higher education
pragmatism
American philosophy emerging around the theory that true value of an idea lays in its ability to solve problems. Embraced the provisional, uncertain nature of experimental knowledge, John Dewey was well-known
yellow journalism
a scandal during the Gilded Age, a battle between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World & William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal. Still used in the practice of unethical, unprofessional standards in journalism
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
demanded the vote for woman, argued that woman should be allowed to vote because their responsibilities in the home & family make them necessary in the public decision making process. In WWI they supported war effort, and lanced woman a role in the Allied victory, achieving nationwide woman suffrage in the 19th Amendment
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
advocated the prohibition of alcohol, using woman’s purity & morality, missionaries were all around the world spreading gospel of the temperance
Worlds Colombian Exposition
opportunity to claim a place among the world’s most “civilized” societies(western Europe). The city was built around the honor of art, architecture, & science, many people believed this was the “City Beautiful” movement
Jane Adams
American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, leader in the women’s suffrage/world peace, she created the first Hull House. Leading social reformer who lived with the poor & pioneered new forms of activism for woman
Charles Darwin
British naturalist who revolutionized the study of biology with his theory of evolution based on natural selection
Booker T. Washington
an African American educator who was head of the Tuskegee institute ( a college for African Americans in Alabama ). Former slave,promoting industrial education and economic opportunity, not the social equality for blacks
W. E. B. Du Bois
Harvard education scholar & advocate for full black social & economic equality, leading African American socialism
Joseph Pulitzer
American journalist & publisher who created a new/ controversial kind of journalism along side William Randolph Hearst. He supported the organization of labor, attacked thrusts & monopolies, & political corruption
