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Chapter 18
American Society in the Industrial Age
Term | Definition |
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Nativism | The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. |
Tenement | A house divided into and rented out as separate residences, especially one that is run-down and overcrowded. |
Social Gospel | Focused on improving living conditions rather than on saving souls. |
Settlement Houses | Community centers located in poor districts that provided guidance and services to all who used them. |
Women | Working outside their homes; the factory had almost completely replaced the household as the seat of manufacturing. They supplied a significant part of the industrial working force. |
Immigration | Industrial expansion increased the need for labor. Between 1866 and 1915 about 25 million foreigners entered the United States. |
Horace Mann | Favored state laws that supported public education. |
Dwight L. Moody | Encouraged people to consult the Bible for moral guidance and refrain from vice. |
Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine | Increased public awareness of poor immigrants' living conditions. |
Jane Addams, Robert Woods, and Lillian Wald | Settlement house organizers, and they showed immigrants and impoverished people how to cope with urban conditions. |