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Urban America: Growth and Change 1865-1900

1. This document is a study guide for Chapter 25 of an AP US History textbook, which covers the period from 1865 to 1900 when America was moving to cities. 2. It provides terms and names to define related to this time period and asks short answer questions about topics like immigration patterns, the reaction of nativists, new opportunities for women in cities, the growth of higher education and influence of Darwin's theories, and contributions of writers, reformers, and figures in art, music and architecture during this era. 3. The study guide is designed to help the student pull out and synthesize the most important information from the textbook chapter in order to prepare for a test on the massive urbanization and

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Urban America: Growth and Change 1865-1900

1. This document is a study guide for Chapter 25 of an AP US History textbook, which covers the period from 1865 to 1900 when America was moving to cities. 2. It provides terms and names to define related to this time period and asks short answer questions about topics like immigration patterns, the reaction of nativists, new opportunities for women in cities, the growth of higher education and influence of Darwin's theories, and contributions of writers, reformers, and figures in art, music and architecture during this era. 3. The study guide is designed to help the student pull out and synthesize the most important information from the textbook chapter in order to prepare for a test on the massive urbanization and

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  • America Moves to the City
  • Short Answer Questions

AP US History

Chapter

25

Study
Guide

Name______________________________________

Period_________

America Moves to the City


1865-1900

Terms and Names: Define each term with complete sentences, using your own words

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Sister Carrie
America Fever
Padrone system
Social gospel
American Protective Association
NAACP

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Mary Baker Eddy


On the Origin of Species
Morrill Act of 1862
William James
Ida Wells
Carrie Nation

Short Answer: Carefully answer each question in paragraph form using information from the text. It
is best if you can put answers in your own words.
1.

1.

Describe the new sights, sounds, living conditions, and experiences that one would find in the growing American
cities in the late nineteenth century. Why were the cities monuments of contradiction?
Describe the immigration patterns in the last half of the 1800s. Where did immigrants come from and
why? What did they do when they arrived in America? How did they change the American landscape?

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Describe the reaction of Nativists to immigrants. What were their fears? What laws did the government
pass in reaction to Nativist demands?

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How did the old line churches differ from the newer liberal Protestant churches? What controversies were
discussed? Discuss the growing denominations, and why they did.

7.

7.

Explain the philosophical conflict that Charles Darwin presented to the Churches. How did theologians
react to his writings?

8.

8.

Describe the growth of public supported education. How did cities do in providing educational
opportunities?

9.

9.

Discuss the contributions of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and George Washington Carver to the
education of blacks. How did their philosophies differ?

How did the federal government deal with the new immigrants? In what other ways were the new
immigrants assimilated into American culture and politics? Discuss the work of Rauschenbusch, Addams,
Wald and Kelley.
What New opportunities did cities offer women?

10. 10. Describe the growth of colleges after the Civil war. How were the new colleges financed? How did they
change European methods of education? What influence did Darwin have on university methods?
Curriculum?
11. 11.

List the contributions of Carnegie, Pulitzer, and Hearst to the growing American readership. What is
sensationalism?

12. 12. How did Mgazines like Harpers, Atlantic Monthly, and Nation help to identify social and political problems of
the day?
13. 13. Make a chart identifying the influential writers of this period, their major works and the subject matter they
wrote about.
14. 14. What new morality did sisters Woodhull and Claflin profess? How did society react?
15. 15. Discuss the urban life for women and families. Include mention of divorce, work habits, family size,
feminism, nurseries, and suffrage.
16. 16. Describe the work of the National Prohibition party, the WCTU, Anti-saloon League, ASPCA, and Red
Cross.
17. 17. Discuss the American accomplishments in art, music, and architecture. List important contributors in these
areas.
18. 18. Discuss the growing place of amusement in American society. What diversions were gaining popularity in
the areas of vaudeville, circus, and sports?

AP US History Name______________________________________ Period_________ Chapter 25 Study Guide America Move
12. 12. How did Mgazines like Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, and Nation help to identify social and political problems of the

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