Chapter 20, Section 4 - Union Endicott High School
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Chapter 21, Section 4:
Public Education and
American Culture
Main Idea: The growth of
public education was
closely linked to other
changes in American
culture.
A. Growth of
Education
The need for better
schools increased
after the CW as
industry grew.
Schools helped
immigrant children to
assimilate more
quickly.
Schools stressed
discipline & obedience.
High schools, colleges
and libraries became
more common.
B. Headlines &
Scandals
Newspapers became more popular as
cities grew larger and people became
more educated. They helped people
overcome cultural differences and
provided cities with a sense of
community.
Joseph Pulitzer (NY World) vs. William
Randolph Hearst (NY Journal) – 2
newspaper giants that competed for
sales. Led to yellow journalism –
exaggerating the news to sell more
papers
Nellie Bly – famous female journalist
C. New Reading
Habits
Magazines become popular – Harper’s,
Nation
Dime novels – low-priced paperbacks,
usually adventure stories about “Wild
West”
Horatio Alger – rags-to-riches stories (hard
work)
Realists–authors that wanted to show life
as it was
Stephen Crane – The Red Badge of
Courage
Hamlin Garland, Jack London, Kate
Chopin
Paul Laurence Dunbar – 1st professional
African American writer
D. Mark Twain
Real name was Samuel
Clemens
His writing was very “down-toEarth.” His characters were
“home-spun.”
The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn is his most famous work.
Story of a boy who befriends an
escaped slave as they travel
down the Mississippi River
together. Was banned in many
schools and libraries (claimed to
be a bad influence on kids).
E. Realism in Art
Winslow Homer – New
England coast scenes
Thomas Eakins – human
anatomy & surgeries
Henry Tanner – black
sharecroppers
Ex-patriots – Americans
that moved to other
countries. Many artists
chose to leave the U.S. and
paint in Europe.