Chapter 25: America Moves to the City, 1865-1900
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the idea that the church should tackle the social issues of the day | ||
established Hull House, the most prominent American settlement house. Addams condemned war as well as poverty. | ||
offered instruction in English, counseling to help immigrants deal with American big-city life, childcare services for working mothers, and cultural activities for neighborhood residents. | ||
was a lifelong battler for the welfare of women, children, blacks, and consumers. | ||
religious denomination who established beachhead on street corners | ||
The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 by her, which preached that the true practice of Christianity heals sickness. | ||
The leading champion of black education was ex-slave He taught in 1881 at the black normal and industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama. His self-help approach to solving the nation's racial problems was labeled "accommodationist" because it stopped short of directly challenging white supremacy | ||
taught and researched at Tuskegee Institute in 1896. He became an internationally famous agricultural chemist. | ||
attacked Booker T. Washington because Washington condemned the black race to manual labor and perpetual inferiority | ||
founded in order to fight for the welfare of Blacks | ||
passed after the Southern states had seceded, provided a generous grant of the public lands to the states for support of education. | ||
extended the Morrill Act and provided federal funds for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations in connection with the land-grant colleges. | ||
was a leader in the techniques of sensationalism in St. Louis. | ||
built up a chain of newspapers beginning with the San Francisco Examiner in 1887. | ||
Possibly the most influential journal of all was this, Started in 1865 by Edwin L. Godkin, it crusaded militantly for civil-service reform, honesty in government, and a moderate tariff. | ||
called upon women to abandon their dependent status and contribute to the larger life of the community through productive involvement in the economy. | ||
leader of the women suffrage movement | ||
helped to launch the black women's club movement, which led to the establishment of the National Association of Colored Women in 1896. | ||
was formed in 1874 by militant women. organized in 1874 to fight alcoholism | ||
violently fought for the prohibition movement | ||
American exile in Paris, painted sensitive portrayals of women and children that earned her a place in the pantheon of the French impressionist painters. |