Hon US History - The Gilded Age | Conjunto de Fichas

Pregunta	Respuesta
gilded age	era of growth and inventions - changed the views of americans on society, themselves, values
individualism	anyone from any beginning could rise to the top and be great
social darwinism	softer version of individualism 'survival of the fittest'
gospel of wealth	carnegie version social darwinism wealthy use $ to help poor
popular culture	people began having $ and time to spend on entertainment like sports, vaudeville, and amusement parks
helping the urban poor	people started finding ways to help the poor
social gospel movement	used bible ideas of charity and justice to improve cities and people
salvation army	offered aid and religious counseling to poor
ymca	provided cheap housing, gyms, groups, training, bible study, libraries, etc to poor
settlement house movement	reformers - including college educated women - established settlement homes in poor areas usually with immigrants. offered medical care, education, recreation
jane addams	hull house - popular settlement house
public education	expanded tremendously between 1870 and 1900 - number of public schools rose from 6.5 million to 17.3 million!
lessons learned in schools	good work ethic discipline, attention to detail etc

Hon US History - The Gilded Age

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