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Labor in the Gilded Age
Labor in the Gilded Age
Women in the working force were characterized by what two factors?
What are young and single?
Overcrowding, joblessness, and religious persecution are examples of ...
What are push factors?
This location was run by Boss Tweed
What was Tammany Hall?
This form of music is a blend of African-American and blues music; famous artists of the time include Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin
What is Jazz?
this person was the leader of the Social Gospel Movement (applying Christian principles to social problems)
Who is Walter Rauschenbusch?
In this case the Supreme Court approved the use of court injunctions against strikes and ruling occurred in response to the Pullman Strike
What is in re Debs (1895)?
political and religious freedoms, economic opportunities, and the abundance of jobs are examples of...
What are pull factors?
This movement focused on how emotions and experiences shaped humans - an example of this is Call of the Wild by Jack London
What is Naturalism?
These two ladies founded the NAWSA (National American Women Suffrage Association)
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony?
This strike attempted to gain support from the American Railroad Union, lead by Eugene V. Debs
What is Pullman Strike?
These people were mainly from South and East European nations and were poor and illiterate peasants
Who are “new” immigrants?
This man was considered the wealthiest American of all time and founded the Standard Oil company and the University of Chicago
These ladies were essentially the leaders of the "temperance movement" at different levels>>> finding the WCTU or raiding saloons with an ax
Who is Frances E. Willard and Carry A. Nation?
This strike was put down by Henry Clay Frick in the steel industry
What is Homestead Strike?
This act ended the immigration of people from China
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
First African-American to receive a doctorate from Harvard; advocated immediate desegregation and equality and studied crime in urban neighborhoods
Who is W. E. B. DuBois?
The following are 4 of the most prolific authors of the realist and naturalistic Lit movement
Who is Mark Twain (Huckleberry Finn), Stephen Crane (Red Badge of Courage), Jack London (The Call of the Wild), and Theodore Dreiser ( Sister Carrie)
This popular Labor Union lost followers after the Haymarket Bombing in Chicago
What is Knights of Labor
These were buildings that were constructed with open ventilation shafts in the middle to provide windows for every room
What are dumbbell tenements?
This institution was founded in 1876. It was the first American institution to specialize in advanced graduate studies and emphasized research and free inquiry
What is John Hopkins University?
In terms of both architecture and urbanists, these 3 men designed homes and parks that still represent the American landscape
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, and Frederick Law Olmstead (Central Park)