APUSH ch 19
Terms
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- home appliances
- such as kitchen stove, eggbeater, and carpet sweepers
- Wilbur and Orville Wright
- staged the first airpane flight near Kitty Hawk
- ragtime
- created by African American and creole bands
- John Hopkins University
- pioneered a program of research and graduate studies
- Horatio Alger
- published more than 100 rags-to-riches novels
- Waldorf-Astoria hotel
- at NY, opened in 1897 and incorporated the grandness of European royalty
- City Beautiful movement
- architectural movement influenced by American wealth and role in global economy
- "Gilded Age"
- term coined by Mark Twain describing the growth of a new class united in it pursuit of money and leisure
- Vassar
- university for women that set the academic standard
- "conspicuous consumption"
- name made by socialist Thorstein Veblen; highly visible displays of wealth
- Tin Pan Alley
- created by German immigrants; center of the popular music industry
- Piedmont communities
- communities that were close-knitted EX: Burlington
- drummers
- sellers that sold to individual buyers and local retail stores
- Social Darwinism
- explained and justified why Americans grew rich and some didnt. based on Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species"
- Fifth Avenue
- designed by Frederick Law Olmsted
- Coney Island
- a seaside park <3 amusement park
- Louis H. Sullivan
- designed the first skyscraper
- Women's Educational and Industrial Union
- offered a multitude of classes to Boston's wage-earning women, ranging from A TON OF THINGS [even upholstering, cabinetmaking, and carpentry]
- Frederick Winslow Taylor
- pioneer of scientific management, that managers must make all the important decisions
- Samuel Gompers
- pres of American Federation of Labor
- barrios
- where Mexicans lived
- Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players
- black baseball player league!
- National League
- encouraged other spectator sports
- "knife men"
- skilled mworkers in the killing gangs that mannaged slaughtering and cutting operations [mostly German and Irish]
- Fifth Avenue
- designed by Frederick Law Olmsted
- Sherman Antitrust Act
- interpreted by courts that it inhibited the orgainization of trade untions
- John Roebling
- designed the Brooklyn Bridge
- ragtime
- created by African American and creole bands
- Knights of Labor
- labor union founded in 1869 that included skilled and unskilled workers irrespective of race or gender
- Henry Ford
- maker of the automobile
- Samuel Gompers
- pres of American Federation of Labor
- vertical integration
- the consolidation of numerous production functions, from the extraction of the raw materials to the distribution and marketing of the finished products, under the direction of one firm [EX: United Fruit Co.]
- John Hopkins University
- pioneered a program of research and graduate studies
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- suspended Chinese immigration, limited the civil rights of Chinese residents and forbade their naturalization
- Booker T. Washington
- encouraged African Americans to strive for practical instruction
- buffer zone
- naturalists fought for this; large open spaces to preserve farmland and wild areas, protect future water supplies, and diminish regional air pollution
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- suspended Chinese immigration, limited the civil rights of Chinese residents and forbade their naturalization
- "conspicuous consumption"
- name made by socialist Thorstein Veblen; highly visible displays of wealth
- Tin Pan Alley
- created by German immigrants; center of the popular music industry
- Waldorf-Astoria hotel
- at NY, opened in 1897 and incorporated the grandness of European royalty
- Louis H. Sullivan
- designed the first skyscraper
- Tandy Park/Forest Park
- a grand park that did not allow African Americans
- refrigerated railroad car
- made it possible in the 1880s to ship meat nationwide
- Vaudeville
- the most popular form of commercial entertainment since the 1880s [like singers, dancers, comedians, jugglers, and acrobats]
- "New South"
- vision for the South by Henry Woodfin Grady that the South would have modern textile mills operating effeciently and profitably
- Frederick Winslow Taylor
- pioneer of scientific management, that managers must make all the important decisions
- Fisk
- all black university
- "gospel of Exercise"
- brought men and women to outdoor activities, but for physical and mental discipline [like hiking]
- Booker T. Washington
- encouraged African Americans to strive for practical instruction
- Albert Spalding
- manager of the Boston Red Stockings [Red Sox]
- Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players
- black baseball player league!
- blue laws
- laws introduced by progressives in the early 1900s designed to solve social problems, such as alcohol abuse
- Illinois Factory Investigation Act of 1893
- secured funds from state legislature to monitor working confitions and improve situations of women and children
- tenements
- 4-6 story residential dwellings w/o ventilation or light
- Thomas Edision
- maker of the lightbulb
- Andrew Carnegie
- "Richest Man In the World" also known as a genius at vertical integration, a civic leader, and a great philantrhopist
- National League
- encouraged other spectator sports
- Vaudeville
- the most popular form of commercial entertainment since the 1880s [like singers, dancers, comedians, jugglers, and acrobats]
- Piedmont communities
- communities that were close-knitted EX: Burlington
- tenements
- 4-6 story residential dwellings w/o ventilation or light
- Newport, Rhode Island
- wealthy summer community created by the upper class. designed by H. H. Richardson
- "Gilded Age"
- term coined by Mark Twain describing the growth of a new class united in it pursuit of money and leisure
- Haymarket Square
- riot between strikers and authorities against police; Knights of Labor is gone.
- Chautauqua
- most cherished campgrounds in upstate NY. united families together in pursuit of knowledge of literature and fine arts
- St. Nicholas
- childrens magazine
- Knights of Labor
- labor union founded in 1869 that included skilled and unskilled workers irrespective of race or gender
- Albert Spalding
- manager of the Boston Red Stockings [Red Sox]
- department stores
- raised retailing to new heights [EX: Macy's of NY]
- Brooklyn Bridge
- opened in 1883 and sped the transformation of rural townships into suburban communities
- Women's Educational and Industrial Union
- offered a multitude of classes to Boston's wage-earning women, ranging from A TON OF THINGS [even upholstering, cabinetmaking, and carpentry]
- the Centennial Exposition of 1876
- celebrated the industrial and technological promise of the future
- Tandy Park/Forest Park
- a grand park that did not allow African Americans
- buffer zone
- naturalists fought for this; large open spaces to preserve farmland and wild areas, protect future water supplies, and diminish regional air pollution
- blue laws
- laws introduced by progressives in the early 1900s designed to solve social problems, such as alcohol abuse
- City Beautiful movement
- architectural movement influenced by American wealth and role in global economy
- Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
- organied in the 1860s; provided temporary residences mainly to native-born, white, self-supporting men and women
- Knickerbockers
- Baseball club in 1845 that set down the game's rules in writing
- anthracite coal
- new source of fuel that made dramatic changes in industrial use of light, heat, and motion
- Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
- established in the 1850s; small residential hotel
- Knickerbockers
- Baseball club in 1845 that set down the game's rules in writing
- barrios
- where Mexicans lived
- Fisk
- all black university
- home appliances
- such as kitchen stove, eggbeater, and carpet sweepers
- Jay Gould
- "Worst Man In The World"
- chain store
- stores that sold an inexpensive array of goods
- Chautauqua
- most cherished campgrounds in upstate NY. united families together in pursuit of knowledge of literature and fine arts
- horizontal combination
- the merger of competitors in the same industry [EX: Standard Oil Co.]
- Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
- organied in the 1860s; provided temporary residences mainly to native-born, white, self-supporting men and women
- American Federation of Labor
- union formed in 1886 that orgainzed skilled workers and emphasized a few workplace issues rather than a broad social program
- Coney Island
- a seaside park <3 amusement park
- Mail order
- system where a household could order from a catalog and recieve in the mail [EX Sears catalogs]
- "national pastime"
- basebal, of course!
- Horatio Alger
- published more than 100 rags-to-riches novels
- Negro Leagues
- formed in the 1920s to encourage black ballplayers
- Brooklyn Bridge
- opened in 1883 and sped the transformation of rural townships into suburban communities
- Negro Leagues
- formed in the 1920s to encourage black ballplayers
- "national pastime"
- basebal, of course!
- feedlot
- a kind of rural factory that replaced pasture
- Alexander Graham Bell
- maker of the telephone
- John Roebling
- designed the Brooklyn Bridge
- "New South"
- vision for the South by Henry Woodfin Grady that the South would have modern textile mills operating effeciently and profitably
- Vassar
- university for women that set the academic standard
- American Federation of Labor
- union formed in 1886 that orgainzed skilled workers and emphasized a few workplace issues rather than a broad social program
- Haymarket Square
- riot between strikers and authorities against police; Knights of Labor is gone.
- "gospel of wealth"
- thesis that hard work and perseverance lead to wealth, implying that poverty is a character flaw
- St. Nicholas
- childrens magazine
- Illinois Factory Investigation Act of 1893
- secured funds from state legislature to monitor working confitions and improve situations of women and children
- Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
- established in the 1850s; small residential hotel
- Newport, Rhode Island
- wealthy summer community created by the upper class. designed by H. H. Richardson
- "gospel of Exercise"
- brought men and women to outdoor activities, but for physical and mental discipline [like hiking]