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Cards TermSkyscraperDefinitionA high, multi-storied building style conceived by Louis S. Sullivan built upon his idea that 'form follows function'. The development of the elevator made the habitation of these buildings possible.TermDumbbbell TenementsDefinitionA type of slum building, seven or eight stories high that was named for the outline of its floor plan. There was little ventilation, and several families were forced to share a floor and a bathroom.TermThe New ImmigrationDefinitionA stream of immigration from Europe into the US which swelled in the 1880's, a decade in which 5 million migrants entered the country. The New Immigration came mostly from Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russia as well as Croatia, Slovakia, Greece and Poland. Many immigrants were Orthodox or Jewish.TermBirds of PassageDefinitionImmigrants to the US who left after several months or years. They accounted for some 25% of the 20 million immigrants from 1820 to 1900.TermWalter RauschenbuschDefinitionA Protestant clergyman who became the pastor of a German baptist church in New York City.TermWashington GladdenDefinitionA Protestant clergyman who took over a Congregational church in Columbus, Ohio in 1882TermSocial GospelDefinitionA creed propounded by Rauschenbusch and Gladden that proposed that churches tackle the social issues that immigration had created.
Supporters were regarded by some as 'Christian Socialists.TermJane AddamsDefinitionAn Illinois woman who was among the first women to graduate from college in America. She acquired and ran Hull House. She was seen by many as a saint, condemning war and poverty - eventually winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.TermHull HouseDefinitionA school set up by Jane Addams in order to help immigrants acclimate to the US.
It had child-care services, English instruction, cultural activities etc. It served as inspiration for like schools across the country, such as the Henry Street Settlement.TermHenry Street SettlementDefinitionA school founded by Lillian Ward to help immigrants; its founding was inspired by Hull House. It doubled as a center for female activism.TermFlorence KelleyDefinitionA female activist who successfully lobbied for an 1893 anti-sweatshop law that protected women in the workplace and banned child labor in Illinois. She also served for 3 years as secretary of the National Consumers League.TermAmerican Protective AssociationDefinitionAn anti-foreign organization created in 1887 which rapidly gained a million members.
It urged voting against Roman Catholic candidates for office among other things.TermDwight MoodyDefinitionAn active member of the 'social gospel' movement - a liberal Protestant effort. Manual linksys wireless-n home router. A former shoe salesman, he preached a message of forgiveness and attempted to integrate religion into the modern world.TermCardinal GibbonsDefinitionAn urban Catholic leader who was popular with the now dominant Roman Catholic population, and attempted to assist the American labor movement.TermSalvation ArmyDefinitionA new, band-playing religious denomination that began as an urban movement. It was impactful in charity as well.TermMary Baker EddyDefinitionThe founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist (in 1879) - the second of the two new denominations to arise during this period. She believed that urban sufferers could be relieved by prayer as taught by Christian Science.TermYMCA & YWCADefinitionThe Young Men's and Women's Christian Associations, which were established before the Civil War and taught physical education as well as religious. YMCA and YWCA clubs emerged across the US.TermThe Chautauqua MovementDefinitionAn educational movement launched by Lake Chautauqua in New York which educated adults through public lectures by well-known speakers such as Mark Twain.
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Chautauqua home-study courses were also available.TermBooker T. WashingtonDefinitionAn ex-slave and champion of the Southern black education movement, partly through his teaching of black students. He was viewed as an 'accommodationist' because his solution to black social issues was not to confront white supremacy directly.TermTuskegee InstituteDefinitionThe school founded by Booker T. Washington that trained young blacks in agriculture and trade skills. George Washington Carver joined the faculty in 1896.TermGeorge Washington CarverDefinitionA black agricultural chemist who gave a boost to the Southern agricultural economy by finding new uses for the peanut (shampoo, axle grease), sweet potato (vinegar) and soybean (paint).TermWilliam E.
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DuBoisDefinitionAn African-American spokesperson who was educated at Harvard and founded the NAACP in 1910. He rejected the gradual move towards civil rights for blacks that Booker T. Washington supported. He called for the 'talented tenth' of blacks to be given full access to the American lifestyle immediately.TermNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)DefinitionAn organization founded in part by William E. Du Bois in 1910.TermMorrill Act of 1862DefinitionA law that provided a generous grant of public lands to the states for support of education.TermHatch Act of 1887DefinitionAn extension of the Morrill Act, this provided federal funds for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations in connections with the land-grant colleges. Combined with the Morrill Act, this act spawned over a hundred colleges.TermLouis PasteurDefinitionA French scientist responsible for the method of pasteurization.