AP U.S. History Chapter 19 i.d.’s 1
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jane addams
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1860-1935. Founder of Settlement House Movement. First American Woman to earn Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 as president of Women's Intenational League for Peace and Freedom.
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salvation army
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This welfare organization came to the US from England in 1880 and sought to provide food, shelter, and employment to the urban poor while preaching temperance and morality.
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social gospel movement
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..., Movement created by reform-minded Protestant ministers seeking to introduce religious ethics into industrial relations and appealing to churches to meet their social responsibilities
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jacob riis
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Early 1900's muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel \"How The Other Half Lives\"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell's Kitchen
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tammany hall
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a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
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thomas nast
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Newspaper cartoonist who produced satirical cartoons, he invented \"Uncle Sam\" and came up with the elephant and the donkey for the political parties. He nearly brought down Boss Tweed.
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YMCA & YWCA
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These Christian organizations were created before the Civil War and taught physical education and religious instruction together and were in most major cities in the US.
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city-beautiful movement
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Movement in environmental design that drew directly from the beaux arts school. Architects from this movement strove to impart order on hectic, industrial centers by creating urban spaces that conveyed a sense of morality and civic pride, which many feared was absent from the frenzied new industrial world.
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settlement houses
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a welfare agency for needy families, combated juvenile delinquency, and assisted recent immigrants in learning the English language and in becoming citizens. Jane Addams of the Hull House Settlement in Chicago
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new/old immigrants
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old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US
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walter rauschenbusch
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New York clergyman who preached the social gospel, worked to alleviate poverty, and worked to make peace between employers and labor unions.
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castle garden/ellis island
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immigrant centers, inspected them for diseases and recorded their names (Americanized), many came through tired, afraid, sick
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frederick law olmsted
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United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903)
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\"big jim\" pendergast
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..., an Irish-American saloonkeeper, worked his way up to control almost all missouri state politics-political boss
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anthony comstock
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United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915)