Vocab Words Apush

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a. Walt Whitman “Democratic Vistas”-  a major work of comparative politics and letters, expound on the influence of the Louisiana Purchase and expansion on the American spirit, character. It basically goes throught all of American history highlighting really cool points.

b. Stephen Crane. “ Maggie: A Girl of the Streets”-  centers on Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery who is driven to unfortunate circumstances by poverty and solitude. The work was considered risqué by publishers because of its literary realism and strong themes. This story highlighted the poverty in America during the time of economic boom due to industrialization.

c. Edward Bellany “ Looking backward: 2000 to 1887”- It was the third-largest bestseller of its time, It influenced a large number of intellectuals, and appears by title in many of the major Marxist(socalist/ communist) writings of the day. Over 162 "Bellamy Clubs" sprang up to discuss the book's ideas. this political movement came to be known as Nationalism, not nationalism( strong souport for ones country).  The novel also inspired several utopian communities.

d. William Dean Howells “ The Rise Of Sillas Lapham”- follows the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham fromrags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards. He loses his money but makes the right moral decision when his partner proposes the unethical selling of the mills to English settlers. known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. The love triangle of Irene Lapham, Tom Corey, and Penelope Lapham highlights Howells' views of sentimental novels as unrealistic and deceitful.

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a. Richard Morris Hunt

William K. Vanderbilt House on Fifth Avenue, New York. Built 1878–82, demolished in 1926

Statue Of Liberty Pedistal

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Hunt's sculpted the face of New York City, including designs for the facade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of...