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Chicago School |
a school of architecture dedicated to the design of buildings whose formed expresses, rather than masked, their structure and function |
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mutual aid societies |
urban aid societies that served members of an ethnic immigrant group, usually those from a particular province or town. Functioned as fraternal clubs that collected dues from members in order to pay support in case of death or disability |
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race riot |
a term for an attack on African Americans by white mobs, triggered by political conflicts, street altercations, or rumors of crime. Some were planned. |
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tenements |
high density, cheap, 5 or 6 story housing unit designed for working class urban populations. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, tenements were a symbol of urban immigrant poverty |
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vaudeville |
a professional state show popular in the 1880s and 1890s that included singing, dancing, and comedy routines. Influenced later family entertainment such as radio and TV shows |
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ragtime |
a form of music wildly popular in early 20th century, named for "ragged rhythm". Important form of cross-over music, borrowed from working class African Americans by enthusiasts who were white and middle class |
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blues |
a form of American music that originated in the Deep South, especially from the black workers in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta |
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Yellow Journalism |
derogatory term for newspapers that specialize in sensational reporting, associated with inflammatory reporting by the Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers leading up to Spanish American War in 1898 |
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muckrackers |
a critical term for investigative journalists who published exposes of political scandals and industrial abuses, first used by Teddy Roosevelt |
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political machines |
a complex hierarchy party organization whose candidates remained in office on strength of their political organization and their personal relationship with voters, especially working class immigrants who had little alternative access to political power - Ex. NYC's Tammany Hall |
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National Municipal League |
political reform organization that advised cities to elect small councils and hire professional city managers who would direct operations like a corporate executive |
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progressivism |
loose term for political reformers who worked to improve the political system, fight poverty, conserve environmental resources, and increase government involvement in economy. Named form Progressive Era |
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"City Beautiful" Movement |
A turn of the 20th Century movement that advocated landscape beautification, playgrounds, and more and better urban parks |
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social settlement |
community wellfare center that investigated the plight of the urban poor, raised funds to address urgent needs, and helped neighborhood residents advocated on their own behalf. Became nationally known during the Progressive Era. |
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Hull House |
one of the 1st social settlements, founded in 1889, by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in an impoverished, largely Italian immigrant neighborhood on Chicago's West Side |
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Pure Food and Drug Act |
A 1906 law regulating the conditions in the food and drug industries to ensure a safe supply of food and medicine |
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National Consumers League |
begun in New York, a national progressive organization that encouraged women, through their shopping decisions, to support fair wages and working conditions for industrial laborers |
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Women's Trade Union League |
Labor organization for women founded in 1903 in New York that brought elite, middle class, and working class women together as allies. WTUL supported union organizing efforts among garment workers |
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC that killed 146 people on March 25, 1911. 56 state laws were passed dealing with fire hazards, unsafe machines, wages and working hours for women and children. Provided national impetus for industrial reform |
