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- 1Chicago schoolA school of architecture dedicated to the design of buildings whose form expressed, rather than masked, their structure and function.
- 2vaudeville theaterVaudeville customers could walk in anytime and watch a continuous sequence of musical acts, skits, magic shows, and other entertainment. First popular among the working class, vaudeville quickly broadened its appeal to include middle-class audiences.
- 3ragtimeA form of music, apparently named for its ragged rhythm, that became wildly popular in the early twentieth century among audiences of all classes and races and that ushered in an urban dance craze. Ragtime was an important form of "crossover" music, borrowed from working-class African Americans by enthusiasts who were white and middle class.
- 4bluesA form of American music that originated in the Deep South, especially from the black workers in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta.
- 5yellow journalismA derogatory term for newspapers that specialized in sensationalistic reporting. Yellow journalism is associated with the inflammatory reporting by the Hearst and Pulitzer newspapers leading up to the Spanish-American War in 1898.
- 6muckrakersA critical term, first applied by Theodore Roosevelt, for investigative journalists who published exposés of political scandals and industrial abuses.
- 7political machineA complex, hierarchical party organization whose candidates remained in office on the strength of their political organization and their personal relationship with voters through the spoils system, especially working-class immigrants who had little alternative access to political power.
- 8Tammany HallThe most infamous political machine of the time, made a byword for corruption by Boss Tweed.
- 9Boss TweedThe boss of Tammany Hall, who made it a byword for corruption until he was brought down in 1871 by flagrant overpricing of contracts.
- 10progressivismA loose term for political reformers--especially those from the elite and middle classes--who worked to improve the political system, fight poverty, conserve environmental resources, and increase government involvement in the economy. Giving their name to the "Progressive Era," such protests by workers and farmers would spread, as well as by their desire to enhance school welfare and social justice.
- 11social settlementA community welfare center that investigated the plight of the urban poor, raised funds to address urgent needs, and helped neighborhood residents advocate on their own behalf. Social settlements became a national recognized reform strategy during the Progressive Era.
- 12Hull HouseOne of the first and most famous social settlements, founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and her companion Ellen Gates Starr in an impoverished, largely Italian immigrant neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
- 13Jane AddamsCo-founder of the Hull House on Chicago's Wet Side in 1889. As a settlement worker, she tried to provide working-class Americans with the resources they needed, such as bathhouses, day care centers, libraries, etc.
- 14Triangle Shirtwaist fireA devastating fire that quickly spread through the TS Company in NYC on March 25, 1911. In the wake of the tragedy, fifty-six state laws were passed dealing with such issues as fire hazards, unsafe machines, nd wagers and working hours for women and children.
- 15Margaret SangerPart of an East Side social settlement, Sanger launched a national birth control movement through her newspaper column in the early twentieth century.
- 16Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"Addressed terrible working and factory conditions in meat-packing plants. As a result, the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed.
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