Student Name: _____________________________________________ Hour: ______ Date: _____________
APUSH
Lecture 17: The Rise of Modern America, Part III
Lecture Outline:
I.
Pre-Civil War Society
Notes:
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II.
Civil War Society
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III.
Post-Civil War Society
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IV.
Rural life
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A. Mail-order houses
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V.
Urbanization
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A. Louis Sullivan
1. “form follows
function”
B. Skyscrapers
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C. Electricity
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D. Elevators
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E. Trolleys
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F. Mass transit
1. Suspension bridges
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2. Suburbs
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VI.
Urban Conveniences
A. Electricity
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B. Indoor plumbing
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C. Telephones
D. Consumerism
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1. Department stores
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VII.
Urban Inconveniences
A. Waste disposal
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B. Sanitation
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C. Crime
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D. Slums and tenements
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VIII.
Immigration
A. First Wave Immigration
1. Early-mid 1800s
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2. Northern and Western
Europeans
B. Second Wave Immigration
1. 1890s-1920s
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2. Southern and Eastern
Europeans
C. Causes
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1. Push factors
2. Pull factors
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D. Effects
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1. Immigrant
communities
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2. Assimilation
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3. Political machines
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4. Labor force 
strikebreakers
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5. Nativism
a. American
Protective
Association (APA)
b. Immigration
restrictions
IX.
Social Gospel Movement
A. Settlement Houses
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1. Jane Addams  Hull
House
2. Lillian Wald  Henry
Street Settlement
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B. Social reform
1. Women’s activism
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2. Labor reform
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3. Social work
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X.
The Nouveau Riche
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A. “Old” money
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B. “New” money
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XI.
Gospel of Wealth
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A. Philanthropy
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XII.
Social Darwinism
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A. Charles Darwin
1. Survival of the fittest
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XIII.
Religion
A. Russell Conwell
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1. “Acres of Diamonds”
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B. New Denominations of
Christianity
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1. Salvation Army
2. Church of Christ
Scientist
C. Religious-affiliated
organizations
XIV.
Education
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A. Advances in science and
technology
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B. Public schools
1. Kindergartens
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2. High schools
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C. Parochial schools
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D. Compulsory attendance
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E. Colleges and Universities
1. Morrill Act of 1862
2. Hatch Act of 1887
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3. Women’s colleges
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XV.
Controversy
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A. First Wave Feminism
1. Evolving gender roles
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a. Clara Barton
b. “Gibson Girl”
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c. Charlotte Perkins
Gilman
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2. Demands for civil
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3. Demands for political
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B. Organizations
1. National American
Woman Suffrage
Association
a. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
b. Susan B. Anthony
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2. National Association
of Colored Women
a. Ida B. Wells
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C. Female sexuality
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1. Comstock Law
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2. birth control
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D. Prohibition
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1. Women’s Christian
Temperance
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a. Francis Willard
2. Anti-Saloon League
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3. Eighteenth
Amendment
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4. Darwin’s On the
Origin of the Species
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a. Fundamentalists
vs. Modernists
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5. Race relations
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6. Struggle for black
equality
a. Booker T.
Washington
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b. W. E. DuBois
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XVI.
The Power of the Written
Word
A. Public libraries
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B. Newspapers
1. Sensationalism
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2. Yellow journalism
a. Joseph Pulitzer
b. William Randolph
Hearst
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3. Muckrakers
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C. Magazines
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1. Edwin L. Godkin
2. Henry George
3. Edward Bellamy
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D. Dime novels
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E. “Social novelists”
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XVII. American Culture and Fine
Arts
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A. Art
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B. Music
1. Blues
2. Ragtime
3. Jazz
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4. Technological
innovations
a. Phonograph
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C. Architecture
1. Louis Sullivan
2. Henry H. Richardson
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D. Columbian Exposition
XVIII. Leisure Activities
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A. Vaudeville
B. Minstrel shows
1. “Blackface”
C. Circus
D. “Wild West” shows
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E. Baseball
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F. Football
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G. Pugilism
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H. Basketball
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I.
Croquet
J. Bicycle
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