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| 532429931 | Jane Adams | Social reformer who worked to improve the lives of the working class. In 1889 she founded Hull House in Chicago, the first private social welfare agency in the U.S., to assist the poor, combat juvenile delinquency and help immigrants learn to speak English. | |
| 532429932 | Florence Kelley | reformer who worked to prohibit child labor and to improve conditions for female workers | |
| 532429933 | Mary Baker Eddy | founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) | |
| 532429934 | Charles Darwin | English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) | |
| 532429935 | Booker T. Washington | Prominent black American, born into slavery, who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881. His book "Up from Slavery." | |
| 532429936 | W.E.B. DuBois | 1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910 | |
| 532429937 | William James | United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910) | |
| 532429938 | Henry George | He wrote Progress and Poverty in 1879, which made him famous as an opponent of the evils of modern capitalism. | |
| 532429939 | Horatio Alger | United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys | |
| 532429940 | Mark Twain | United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910) | |
| 532429941 | Charlotte Perkins Gilman | a prominent American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist during a time when her accomplishments were exceptional for women, and she served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper", which she wrote after a severe bout of post-partum depression. | |
| 532429942 | Carrie Chapman Catt | president of NAWSA, who led the campaign for woman suffrage during Wilson's administration | |
| 532429943 | Cardinal James Gibbons | This man was devoted to American unity, he was extremely popular with Roman Catholics and Protestants. | |
| 532429944 | Dwight L. Moody | Americas most famous evangelist during the 19th century | |
| 532429945 | Megalopolis | a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns) | |
| 532429946 | Settlement House | a house where immigrants came to live upon entering the U.S. At Settlement Houses, instruction was given in English and how to get a job, among other things. The first Settlement House was the Hull House, which was opened by Jane Addams in Chicago in 1889. These centers were usually run by educated middle class women. The houses became centers for reform in the women's and labor movements. | |
| 532429947 | nativism | the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation) | |
| 532429948 | evolution | a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | |
| 532429949 | pragmatism | the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | |
| 532429950 | yellow journalism | Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers | |
| 532429951 | new immigration | The second major wave of immigration to the U.S.; betwen 1865-1910, 25 million new immigrants arrived. Unlike earlier immigration, which had come primarily from Western and Northern Europe, the New Immigrants came mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe, fleeing persecution and poverty. Language barriers and cultural differences produced mistrust by Americans. | |
| 532429952 | social gospel | Movement led by Washington Gladden - taught religion and human dignity would help the middle class over come problems of industrialization | |
| 532429953 | hull house | Settlement home designed as a welfare agency for needy families. It provided social and educational opportunities for working class people in the neighborhood as well as improving some of the conditions caused by poverty. | |
| 532429954 | american protective association | An organization created by nativists in 1887 that campaigned for laws to restrict immigration | |
| 532429955 | salvation army | a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless | |
| 532429956 | Chautaugua movement | organized by John Heyl Vincent and Lewis Miller, first adult educational movement | |
| 532429957 | Morrill act | of 1862, in this act, the federal government had donated public land to the states for the establishment of college; as a result 69 land- grant institutions were established. | |
| 532429958 | comstock law | is a United States federal law which made it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, and/or lascivious" materials through the mail, including contraceptive devices and information | |
| 532429959 | women's christian temperance union | This organization was dedicated to the idea of the 18th Amendment - the Amendment that banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol. | |
| 532429960 | eighteenth amendment | prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages |
