APUSH Ch18 Age of the City

This artist explored the starkness and loneliness of the modern city

An organization that attempted to mobilize support to force businesses to improve wages & working conditions

NYC showcase of French post-impressionism at which the Ashcan School was featured in 1913

He came up with the Theory of Natural Selection - a species evolves over a long period of time to maintain existence

Author of Sister Carrie - book depicting a single woman's struggle to survive in Chicago & maintain her moral code

The ___ movement aimed to promote order & harmony in American urban spaces with grand boulevards & welcoming parks

An American architect and urban designer who led the city beautiful movement

He was one of the most powerful newspaper publishers; controlled 9 newspapers & 2 magazines

Center of amusement & mass leisure in 1880s Brooklyn where working-class people could get away from the grind

The most famous political machine in New York, led by William ('Boss') Tweed (who was eventually arrested)

The "Father of American psychology" - a Harvard psychologist & philosopher who wrote on pragmatism

He wrote The Theory of Prosperity which legitimized leisure as a way to satisfy people’s needs & desires

Attempted to create common health standards for factories; but had limited impact due to few powers of enforcement

___ refers to the increased focus on purchasing goods for personal use during this period - buying things for pleasure

1st American art style to eclipse those of the French; Americans were finally taken seriously as artists

Inexpensive variety show that appeared in the 1870s, often consisting of comic sketches, song & dance routines & magic

This word originally meant rental building but it became synonymous with "slum"

Danish immigrant who was the author of How the Other Half Lives

She founded the National Consumers League

She wrote The Awakening (which was scandalous) about a young woman who abandoned her family to pursue her dreams