Quiz 2 Flashcards
Nativism
Fear/ hate of immigrants & minorities
New immigration
Industrial expansion 25 mil foreigners come over Main reason was for better E oppurtuntiy 1/2 labor force= foreigns Health test put in place
Chinese Exclusion Act - 1882
Passed by congress in 1882
Prohibited Chinese Immigrants to US
Tenement housing
Anguish, crime, disease Common in NY No room for proper ventilation or light Poor place to live Very crowded
Jacob Riis
Studied life in slums Wrote how other 1/2 lives 1890 Wrote about dark hallways Constant stench Disease
Frank Spargue
Retired naval officer
Installed first electrical trolley in NY
1887-88
Lines went out of city center
Opened up transportation to outside city limits
Louis Sullivan
Designed tall buildings
Where skyscraper & skyline came into play
Leisure activities
Sports Violence Relaxing Museums Breweries
Social gospel
Urban Protestant preachers
Focused on Improving living conditions for poor > saving souls
Advocated civil service reform, child labor laws, gov regulation of big business
Settlement houses
Community centers Founded by reformers Jane Addams & Lillian Wald Located in poor urban districts Americanize immigrant families & provide social service & political voice
Jane Addams
Cultural program Art & music classes Had "theater" group Soon had gymnasium, day nursery & social clubs Garabge inspection
Morrill Land Act - 1862
Increased education oppurtuntiy
Wealthy poured fortunes into universities
Also founded new ones
Had new teaching methods
Professional schools of medicine, law, education & business, journalism
Charles Elliot
1869 Transformation of Harvard New elective system Eliminated required courses & expanded new classes Borrow books from library New teaching methods
Johns Hopkins
Modeled on German universities
Scholars of high reputation
High salaries
Graduate education
Richard T. Eley
1885
Laissez-faire = outdated
Economic problems needed church, state, & science help
Produced school of economics
