Chapter 5.3 Vocabulary
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- Social Gospel
- the idea that religious faith should be expressed through good works
- Gold Standard
- our economy is backed by gold which lowers inflation and helps our country achieve economic prosperity. Economy would not be stable under bi-metalic standard (silver as a legal paper currency) because gold and silver are constantly fluctuating
- Political Machine
- organizations of professional politicians that made cities run better but were also corrupt
- Brooker T. Washington
- believed that African Americans had to imporove their situation best through acquiring farming and vocational skills.
- Gold Standard
- our economy is backed by gold which lowers inflation and helps our country achieve economic prosperity. Our economy would not be stable under bi-metallic standard (silver as a legal paper currency) because gold and silver are constantly fluctuating
- Jim Crow Laws
- enforces segregation in public places in the South
- Nativism
- Distrust of foreigners
- Jane Addams
- Founded the most famous settlement house (a place where volunteers offered immigrants services such as English language and job training courses) in American history, Hull House in Chicago
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- first Supreme Court enforcement of Jim Crow Laws; "separate but equal"
- Tammany Hall
- the most notorious political machine; head - William Marcy Tweed
- Ellis Island v. Angel Island
- Ellis Island is a place where immigrants go in New York while Angel Island is the same thing but in
- Lynching
- the murder of an individual by a group or mob
- Tenement
- poorly built, overcrowded housing where many immigrants lived
- Settlement house
- Neighborhood center staffed by professionals and volunteers for education, recreation, and social activities in poor areas
- WEB DuBois
- fought for rights for African Americans; found the Niagra Movement for equal rights; found NAACP
- Populism
- the use of ideas or policies which try to appeal to "the people" (by setting up a dichotomy between the people and the elite; such as appeal identities, including national, class, ethnic, and regional.)