Chapter 25 - America Moves to the City

William James

Made a large impact in psychology through his writings

Charlotte Gilman

Called upon women to leave their status of being dependent and end up contributing to the larger life of the community through productive involvement in the economy

Du Bois

Helped form National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1910

Henry George

Wrote, "Progress and Poverty" In 1879 and proposed a 100% tax on profits due to increased land value

Mark Twain

Was a journalist and an opponent of social injustice

American Protective Association

Was a nativist organization, created in 1887

New York

________, Chicago, and Philadelphia had populations greater than 1 million by 1890.

Trash

Became a large issues in cities due to throwaway bottles, boxes, bags, and cans

General Wallace

________ wrote the novel, Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ in order to combat Darwinism.

Library of Congress

Was founded in 1897

America

18th Amendment banned alcohol in ________ in 1919.

National Prohibition Party

Was created in 1869

religious denomination

There were over 150 ________ in the U.S. by 1890.

New York Nation

Was an influential magazine with it pushing for civil- service reform, honesty in government, and a moderate tariff

James Naismith

Invented basketball in 1891

Congress

Passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, with it banning the Chinese from immigrating to the U.S

Stephen Crane

Wrote about the unpleasant side of what life was like in urban, industrial America

Edward Bellamy

________ wrote,"Looking Backward "with it portraying a time in the future in which big businesses were nationalized to serve the public interest.

Linotype

Was invented in 1885 and increased the printing of newspapers

Jane Addams

Established the Hull House, which was the most prominent American settlement house

Booker T. Washington

Ex-slave and was a leader in black education

Nativism

Arose in the 1880s with natives being worried that the original Anglo-Saxon population would soon be outnumbered and outvoted

Population

________ in Europe had nearly doubled due to abundant supplies of fish and grain from the U.S. and the widespread cultivation of Europe.

Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Was created in 1874

Settlement house

Was a house located in a poor, urban area where middle- class people could live and take care of the local community by providing services like healthcare and daycare

Reproduction of music

Was made possible by the phonograph

Hatch Act of 1887

Extended Morrill Act and provided federal funds for establishment of agricultural experiment stations that were connected to land- grant colleges

Charles Darwin

Published, "On the Origin of the Species "in 1859

Community bosses

Provided immigrants with jobs, housing, schools, parks, and hospitals

Morrill Act of 1862

Granted public land to states in order to support education

Theory of evolution

________ brought forth serious doubt on the idea of religion.

Dime novels

Were short books that were about the Wild West