| In his book, Looking Backward, 2000-1887, this author described a socialist utopian
future. |
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| This famous architect believed that architecture
should blend with its environment and surroundings
and should not imitate Greek and Roman styles,
as was the trend of the time. He was known
for his "prairie house" architectural
style. |
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| Another name for those people who had recently
become wealthy, rather than inheriting a
long-established family fortune. |
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| This Jamaican business entrepreneur brought
his "Back-To-Africa" movement and
United Negro Improvement Association to the
United States. |
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| This philosophy applied evolution to social
studies by stating that the law of the survival
of the fittest also applied to the human
race. |
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| This author of popular literature wrote about
rags-to-riches stories in which the characters
obtained material possessions and wealth
as a way of achieving happiness. |
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| One of the best-known sculptors of the period,
he was known for his large and robust compositions. |
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| In his book, Progress and Poverty, he criticized unequal land distribution
which he believed led to extreme differences
between the social classes. |
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| This ex-slave, who established Tuskegee Institute
in Alabama, believed that African Americans
should work to achieve economic improvement
before striving for social and political
equality with whites. |
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| The talented and creative director who produced
the nation's first movie spectacular, The Birth of a Nation, which had a very racist and pro-Southern
view of the Civil War and Reconstruction. |
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| This first American impressionist was considered
to be the best artist of the period and was
primarily known for his seascapes in which
lone men struggling against the forces of
nature. |
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| This African American civil rights leader
and author supported aggressive action to
gain full civil, economic, and political
equality for black Americans. He was a co-founder
of the N. A. A. C. P. |
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