AP US History 2 CHAPTER 25 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards

7965336494	new immigrants	Immigrants who came to the United States during and after the 1880s; most were from southern and eastern Europe.	0
7965336495	settlement house	A community center that provided social services to the urban poor.	1
7965336496	liberal Protestants	Those who believed that religion had to be adapted to science and that the Bible was to be mined for its ethical values rather than its literal meaning.	2
7965336497	Tuskegee Institute	Booker T. Washington built this school to educate black students on learning how to support themselves and prosper	3
7965336498	land-grant colleges	State educational institutions built with the benefit of federally donated lands	4
7965336499	pragmatism	A philosophy which focuses only on the outcomes and effects of processes and situations.	5
7965336500	yellow journalism	It exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers	6
7965336501	National American Woman Suffrage Association	A group formed by leading suffragist in the late 1800s to organize the women's right to vote movement. Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.	7
7965336502	Woman's Christian Temperance Union	One of the groups that was most involved in trying to bring about the end of alcohol sails and close down the business that made alcoholic beverages	8
7965336503	realism	A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be	9
7965336504	naturalism	An offshoot of realism, applied detached scientific objectivity to the study of human characters	10
7965336505	regionalism	An element in literature that conveys a realistic portrayal of a specific geographical locale, using the locale and its influences as a major part of the plot	11
7965336506	City Beautiful Movement	Architects and planners from this movement introduced beauty and imposed order in chaotic industrial cities	12