AP US History CH. 18 Flashcards
1865-1900
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| 9783852245 | World's Columbian Exposition | A fair to show off the progress of america. But many poitned out chicago was polluted and had many immigrants | 0 | |
| 9783852246 | Peak years of immigration | 1901-1910 | 1 | |
| 9783852247 | Why did people come to America? | Negative forces making them leave Europe include: - poverty of farmers - overcrowding and joblessness in cities - religious persecution Why America?: - political and religious freedom - economic opportunities | 2 | |
| 9783852248 | Old Immigrants | - Immigrants from Northern and Western Europe - most were Protestants, many Irish or German Catholics - most spoke English and had a high level of literacy - high occupational skills - they blended into American society | 3 | |
| 9783852249 | New Immigrants | - later 1800s / early 1900s - came from southern and Eastern Europe - many poor and illiterate - Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, and Jewish - didn't usually speak English | 4 | |
| 9783852250 | Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 | placed a ban on all new immigrants from China | 5 | |
| 9783852251 | Contract Labor Act of 1885 | restricting temporary workers to protect American workers | 6 | |
| 9783852252 | Who supported restricting immigrants | - labor unions - nativist society (American Protective Association) - social Darwinsists (saw immigrants as inferior) | 7 | |
| 9783852253 | Streetcar Cities | - people started to live farther from jobs in the cities and would just commute to work on horse-drawn streetcars - by 1890s were replaced by electric trolleys, railroads, and subways - higher middle class left cities, while poor stayed - this divided American society | 8 | |
| 9785090726 | skyscapers | - 1885 first one built - Otis elevator - central steam-heating system | 9 | |
| 9785090727 | ethnic neighborhoods | - tenements - each bedroom has to have a window - overcrowding and filth led to disease - immigrant groups stayed in specific areas - ghettos | 10 | |
| 9785090728 | Suburbs | Why people went there: - abundant land at low cost - inexpensive transportation - low cost construction - ethnic and racial prejudice - American fondness for grass and privacy | 11 | |
| 9785090729 | City Beautiful Movement | 1890s through the 1900s movement to modernize cities with avenues, landscapes, and modern buildings. | 12 | |
| 9785090730 | Political Machines/Bosses | - Political parties in big cities were under the control of these - they would find jobs for immigrants - and give poor families baskets of food - but they also stole millions from taxpayers - like boss tweed | 13 | |
| 9785090731 | Progress and Poverty | - Henry George - criticized laissez faire - he proposed replacing all taxes with a single tax on land | 14 | |
| 9785090732 | Looking Backward | - Edward Bellamy - saw a future with a cooperative society without poverty, greed, and crime | 15 | |
| 9785090733 | Settlement Houses | - social services to teach immigrants - Hull House started by Jane Addams - they taught English to immigrants, industrial arts, music | 16 | |
| 9785090734 | Social Gospel | - 1880s and 1890s - importance of applying Christian principles to social problems - Walter Rauschenbusch | 17 | |
| 9785090735 | Families in Urban Society | - divorce increased - reduced family size - on farm children good, in cities not | 18 | |
| 9785090736 | Women's suffrage movement | - Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony helped found the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) - tried to get voting rights | 19 | |
| 9785090737 | Temperance movement | - the Women's Christian Temperance Union - advocated total abstinence from alcohol - the Antisaloon Legue - Carry A Nation smashed barrels of beer with a hatchet | 20 | |
| 9785090738 | Changes in Education | - Elementary schools taught the 3 R's - children had to go to school - tax supported high schools - colleges increased - land grant colleges - colleges for women - electives - evolution - WEB Du Bois first black to get doctorate | 21 | |
| 9785090739 | Realism and Naturalism | - 1890-1914 - depicted rough life in mines - the adventures of huckleberry Finn - naturalism was about the human experience - red badge of courage - "sister Carrie" about young girl working | 22 | |
| 9785090740 | Paintings | - scenes of nature - everyday life - anatomy - Impressionism - poor urban neighborhoods | 23 | |
| 9785090741 | Architecture | - massive stone walls and rounded arcs like in Rome - unity with nature - prairie style houses | 24 | |
| 9785090742 | Music | - New Orleans Jazz - blues - ragtime | 25 | |
| 9785090743 | Sports | - big amount young males - "bachelor subculture" - women considered unfit - clubs against Jews, Catholics, and blacks | 26 |