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12 Cards in this Set
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Florence Kelley
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An american social and political reformer. She worked fro minimum wage, 8 hour work days, and to get rid of sweat shops.
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Mary Baker Eddy
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Founder of Christian science, a new religious movement that emerged in the late 19th century.
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William James
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An american philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician. The first educator to offer a psychology coarse in the U.S.
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Henry George
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An american writer, politician and political economist who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, or single tax on land.
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Horatio Alger
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A prolific 19th century author.
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Mark Twain
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Real name was Samuel Longhorn Clemens. Author and humorist
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Nativism
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opposition to immigrants
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Philanthropy
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the sense of caring for nourishing developing and enhancing.
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Social Gospel
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A protestant Christian intellectual movement that was prominent in the early 20th century.
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Settlement House
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The house where a settlement would be made in government.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
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The first mass organization among social reform.
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Eighteenth Amendment
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Prohibition of alcohol beverages.
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