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Columbian Exposition   12 million ppl travelled to chicago to see the progress of american industrialization  
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old immigrants   northern/western europe(britain, germany, scandinavia), protestants/some irish&german catholics, english speaking mostly, literate, skilled, fit in in the 1880's  
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new immigrants   1890's-1914, southern/eastern europe(italians, greeks, croats, slovaks, poles, russians), poor, illiterate peasants, unaccustomed to democratic traditions, jewish/roman catholic/greek or russian orthodox, unskilled  
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statue of liberty   beacon of hope for poor and oppressed immigrants, sculpted by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi in 1870's  
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chinese exclusion act- 1882   banned all new immigrants from china  
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ellis island   opened in 1892, immigration center  
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contract labor law   1885, prohibited contract labor to protect american workers  
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American protective association   nativist society prejudiced against roman catholics, tried to restrict immigration  
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urbanization   shift in population from rural to urban  
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streetcar cites   people could live in residences miles away from their jobs bc they could commute to work on streetcars, eventually replaced with electric trolleys, elevated rr's, and subways  
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mass transportation   segregated urban workers by income, wealthy moved to streetcar suburbs to escape the crime/poverty/pollution  
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skyscrapers   built when land values increased, 1885-1st by William Le Baron Jenny, tenstory high building in chicago, steel skeleton made possible by otis elevator and central steam heating system  
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ethnic neighborhoods   groups where they could keep their culture, language, religion, etc, lived in dumbbell tenements  
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ghettos   crowded, unhealthy, crime ridden neighborhoods where immigrants lived  
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Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward   1888, popular book of social criticism, envisioned a future era without poverty, greed, or crime  
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suburbs   where the wealthy lived to escape problems of the cities  
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frederick law olmstead   landscape architect, designed curved roads and open spaces; scenic parks, city boulevards  
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political machine   tightly organized groups of politicians  
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party boss   top politician who gave orders to the rank and file, doled out govt jobs to loyal supporters  
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Henry George- Progress and Poverty   1879, San francisco journalist, instant best-seller, jolted reders to be more critical of laissez-faire economics  
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settlement house   welleducated middleclass ppl moved into immigrant neighborhoods to learn about their lives and provide social services  
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Jane addams   started the Hull House in 1889, the most famous experiment  
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social gospel movement   applying christian principles to social problems  
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walter rauschenbusch   NY minister, worked in hell's kitchen  
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dwight moody   helped generations of urban evangelists adapt traditional christianity to city life, moody bible institute  
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salvation army   1879, provided the basic necessities of life for the homeless and poor, preaching christian gospel  
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mary baker eddy   taught that good health was the result of correct thinking of "father mother god"  
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nat'l americans womens association   elizabeth cady stanton and susan b anthony founded to secure the vote for women  
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womens christian temperance union   advocating total abstinence from alcohol  
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frances e willard   led WCTU  
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antisaloon league   1893, persuaded 21 states to close down all saloons and bars  
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carry A nation   Kansas, raided saloons, smashed barrels of beer with a hatchet  
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anthony comstock   NY, former the society for the suppressed of vice, watchdo gof american morals  
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charles w eliot   president of Harvard, reduced the # of required courses, introduced electives  
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johns hopkins university   founded in 1876, baltimore, 1st american institution to specialize in advanced graduate studies  
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oliver wendell holmes   tught that the law should evolve with the times in response to changing needs  
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w. e. b. du bois   1st african american to recieve a doctorate from harvard, studied crime, advocated black rights, integrated schools, etc  
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Bret Harte   regionalist writer, depicted life in rough mining camps of the west  
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mark twain   samuel l clemens, 1st great realist, revealed greed, racism, violence in american society  
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william dean howells   realist, considered problems of industrialization and inequal wealth- a hazard of fortunes  
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lester f ward   leading sociologist  
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clarence darrow   famous lawyer, argued criminal behavior could be caused by a persons environmental poverty, neglect, and abuse  
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stephen crane   naturalist, told how a brutal urban environment could destroy the lives of young ppl- Maggie a girl of the streets, fear and human nature- Red badge of courage  
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jack london   CA, conflict between nature and civilization- Call of the Wild  
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theodore dreiser   shocked moral sensibilities of the time, novel about a poor working girl- Sister Carrie  
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winslow homer   painter of seascapes and watercolors  
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thomas eakins   painted the everyday lives of working class, serial action photos to study human anatomy 4 better paintings  
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james mcneill whistler   sailed to Europe, paris/ london, Arrangement in grey and black, studied color  
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mary cassatt   impressionism, spent time in france, pastels  
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ashcan school   social realists, painted scenes of everyday life in poor neighborhoods  
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Armory show of 1913   NYC, nonrepresentational paintings that were rejects by most  
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henry hobson richardson   romanesque architecture, massive stone walls, rounded arches  
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louis sullivan   chicago, aesthetic unity in tall, steel-framed office buildings  
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chicago school   architecture school  
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frank lloyd wright   organic style, in prairie houses, harmony w/ natural surroundings  
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daniel burnham   revived classical greek and roman architecture  
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john philip sousa   composed popular marches  
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jelly roll morton and buddy bolten   greatest innovators, intorduced jazz  
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scott joblin; ragtime   black composer/perfomer, sold almost 1 million copies  
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jazz   combined african rhythms w/ western style instruments, mixed improvisation with a structured band format  
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joseph pulitzer   -New York World, filled daily newspaper w/ stories of crime and disaster, political and economic corruption  
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william randolph hearst   NY publisher of scandals  
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P T Barnum, James A Bailey   greatest show on earth, circus  
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Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley   (WIlliam f Cody)-wild west show, markswoman  
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John L Sullivan   heavyweight boxer, most famous athlete  
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Spectator sports   baseball, football, basketball, boxing  
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bachelor sports   sports centered around 20-30 yr old bachelors  
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