| Term | Definition |
|---|
| The post civil war society is based on? | Mass consumption and mass labor |
| William "Boss" tweed is indicative of what change? | Grand Age of Political Corruption |
| Eminent Domain | Federal Right to take land from citizens for governmental use. |
| Subsidy | The Government paid farmers to grow certain crops |
| When was the transatlantic cable completed? | 1866 |
| With the building of the Railroads came what? | Vast commercial development |
| John D. Rockefeller | Oil |
| Andrew Carnegie | Steel |
| J.P. Morgan | Banks |
| What was the Morrill Act of 1862 | Land set aside for states and schools |
| The new writers of this period differed from the past how? | Middle class and journalistic |
| Why did periodicals become popular? | Cheap, great drawings, good writing |
| What is "Realism" | A literary doctrine calling for truth |
| William Dean Howells was | Arbeture of 19th century realism |
| Naturalism | Tended to show lower class people dominated by forces of environment |
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