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Women Writers
100
Writing that captures the customs, character, & landscapes of the distinct American regions.
What is REGIONALISM
100
Super rich oil tycoon--
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
100
Writing that showed characters who were victims of a brutal world outside of their control
What is Naturalism?
100
What creatures fight in a tank in a window shop of the naturalist novel THE FINANCIER?
What is a squid and a lobster?
100
_________ ___________ became more available to women at this time.
What is University Education?
200
What was an event of major importance (completed in 1869)?
What is the first transcontinental railroad?
200
At one extravagant party, guests were given silver shovels and--
What is invited to dig in sandbox filled with jewels?
200
The name of the writer known for his work in a certain movement. He focused on the negative impact of social and natural forces on the individual.
Who is Stephen Crane?
200
What American Naturalist wrote WHITE FANG?
Who is Jack London?
200
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's most famous story (or at least one of her most famous stories)
What is "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
300
A local color writer (NOT Twain)
Who is Bret Harte?
300
Called Darwin's theory of natural selection "survival of the fittest"
Who is Herbert Spencer?
300
Used the ideas of survival of the fittest and natural selection to justify the gap between rich and poor in the US.
Who are Social Darwinists?
300
Women writers at this time tended to be--
What is REALISTS?
300
According to Mary Wilkins Freeman, women writers fought with "little female weopons." What were these weapons?
What is the pen (their writings)?
400
The time toward the end of the 19th century in which many people enjoyed great wealth and excess--
What is The Gilded Age?
400
In the illustration on page 646, who wore a crown of railroads?
Who is Rockefeller?
400
An outgrowth of Realism.
What is Regionalism?
400
What artistic movement in France influenced American authors?
What is IMPRESSIONISM?
400
Who wrote THE AWAKENING?
Who is Kate Chopin?
500
Famous for saying, "I will fight no more forever"
Who is Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce?
500
American readers were fascinated by tales of the mining camps, the cattle ranches, and _______ towns/
What is frontier?
500
We owe our national legend of the Wild West to--
Who is Bret Harte?
500
it was the first novel written entirely in--
What is AMERICAN?
500
One of the few women who exhibited with the impressionists in Paris--
Who is Mary Cassatt (she was an American)?