Unfinished Nation - Chapter 18 Key Terms

an event in New York City that displayed works of the French postimpressionists and of some American modern artists; supported by the Ashcan artists

art movement whose members produced work startling in its naturalism and stark in its portrayal of the social realities of the era

led by architect Daniel Burnham, the movement sought to impose order and symmetry on the disordered life of American cities

the famous and popular amusement park located on a Brooklyn beach

an increased focus on purchasing goods for personal use; the protection or promotion of consumer interests

the argument that the human species had evolved from earlier forms of life through a process of "natural selection"

New York newspaper photographer who wrote How the Other Half Lives, which used photos and words to expose the harshness of tenement life

a southern writer who explored the oppressive features of traditional marriage; known for her shocking novel The Awakening

formed in the 1890s under the leadership of Florence Kelley; goal was to force retailers and manufacturers to improve wages and working conditions

organization created in 1912; goal was to prevent occupational diseases and create common health standards

urban machine led by famously corrupt city boss William M. Tweed

by the late nineteenth century, this was a descriptor used for slum dwellings

author of Sister Carrie, which focused on the plight of single women

a form of theater adapted from French models; the most popular urban entertainment into the first decades of the twentieth century

Harvard psychologist and most prominent publicist of pragmatism

the famously corrupt boss of New York's political machine Tammany Hall

the most powerful U.S. newspaper chain owner; by 1914, he controlled nine newspapers and two magazines