Unit 4 – Forging and Industrial Society
PERIOD 6: 1865 - 1898
Chapter 25 “America Moves to the City” (1865-1900)
(13th Edition Only)
The over-arching theme of Chapter 25 is that is that in the late 1800s, the Industrial Revolution forced the American city to gain dominance over rural America.
Learning Objectives – After reading this chapter you should be able to:
1. …describe the new industrial city and its impact on American society.
2. …describe the “New Immigration” and explain why it aroused opposition from many native-born Americans.
3. …discuss the efforts of social reformers and churches to aid the New Immigrants and alleviate urban …problems.
4. …analyze the changes in American religious life in the nineteenth century.
5. …explain the changes in American education from the elementary to the college level.
6. …describe the literary and cultural life of the period, including the widespread trend towards “realism”.
7. …explain the growing national debates about morality in the late nineteenth century, particularly in relation to the changing roles of women and family.
Identify the Historical Significance of the following –
1. Jane Adamms
2. Florence Kelley
3. Mary Baker Eddy
4. Charles Darwin
5. Booker T. Washington
6. W.E.B. DuBois
7. William James
8. Henry George
9. Horatio Alger
10. Mark Twain
11. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
12. Carrie Chapman Catt
Define the Historical Significance of the following –
13. megalopolis
14. ethnicity
15. settlement house
16. nativism
17. evolution
18. philanthropy
19. pragmatism
20. yellow journalism
21. tenement
22. sweatshop
Describe the Historical Significance of the following –
23. New Immigration
24. Social Gospel
25. Hull House
26. American Protective Association
27. Modernist
28. Chautauqua movement
29. Morrill Act
30. Comstock Law
31. Women’s Christian Temperance Union
32. Eighteenth Amendment
See page 2 for Glossary
To build your social science vocabulary, familiarize yourself with the following terms.
1. affluence – an abundance of wealth
2. despotism - government by an absolute or tyrannical ruler
3. parochial – concerning a parish or small district
4. pauper – a poor person, often one who lives on tax-supported charity
5. convert – a person who turns from one religion or set of beliefs to another
6. fundamentalist – a Protestant who rejects religious modernism and adheres to a strict and literal interpretation of Christian doctrine and Scriptures
7. agnostic – one who believes that there can be no human knowledge of any God or gods
8. behavioral psychologist – the branch of psychology that examines human action, often considering it more importance than mental or inward states
9. syndicated – in journalism, material that is sold by an organization for publication in several newspapers
10. tycoon – a wealthy businessperson, especially one who openly displays power and position
11. feminist (feminism) – one who promotes complete political, social, and economic equality of opportunity for women
12. prohibition – forbidding by law the manufacture, sale or consumption of liquor
13. rustic – concerning unsophisticated country ways; crude or inelegant