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American History 1865-present
Reconstruction to present
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03/12/2012

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Reconstruction
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Period after the Civil War concerned with rebuilding the South
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Lincoln's 10% Plan
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The most lenient plan to allow the secessionist states to return to the Union
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Radical Reconstructionist
Definition
supported aiding the former slaves
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The late Nineteenth Century New South included
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Jim Crow
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Jim Crow
Definition
meant strict racial segregation in the South, lasting from the Compromise of 1877 to the mid 1960s.
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Minstrel Shows
Definition
Began in the 1820s, ridiculing slaves through stage acts incorporating verse, music and dancing antics.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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1896 Supreme Court decision stating that 'separate but equal' was acceptable.
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Barb Wire
Definition
invented by Joseph Glidden in 1872. It led to the demise of cattle drives.
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Andrew Carnegie
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was a Scottish immigrant who became a steel magnate during the Gilded Age.
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Gospel of wealth
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written by Andrew Carnegie. the wealthy had a responsibility to give money to the less fortunate.
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Wounded Knee Massacre
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Occurred in 1890, signaling the end of Indian freedom, confinement to the reservation system.
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Molly Maguires
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were a violent group of Pennsylvania coalfield miners.
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Immigrants after 1881
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came mostly from southern and eastern Europe
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Progressive Era
Definition
is defined as a period of reform during the first two decades of the Twentieth Century
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William McKinley
Definition
president during the Spanish-American War
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Theodore Roosevelt
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was a Rough Rider during the Spanish-American War and vice-president under McKinley
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Muckraker
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a person who reveals scandalous behavior to the public.
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Ida Tarbell
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was a muckraker writing about problems in Standard Oil Company.
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Meat Inspection Act of 1906
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resulted from Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle.
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Baseball
Definition
the most popular sport in America in 1900
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Panama Canal
Definition
involved Panama breaking away from Columbia and signing a treaty with America. built 1904-1914
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Hawaii
Definition
annexed to the United States at the time of the Spanish-American War.
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Jose Marti
Definition
leader of the independence movement in Cuba against Spanish control.
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Compromise of 1877
Definition
gave Republican Hayes the presidency and the southern Democrats control of the south.
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
used by newspapers to increase circulation
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Definition
leader of the independence movement in the Philippines
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James Weaver
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ran on the Populist Party presidential ticket in 1892.
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William Jennings Bryan
Definition
from Nebraska, ran for the presidency three times beginning in 1892
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NAACP
Definition
founded in 1909, began the Civil rights Movement
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Open Door Policy
Definition
U.S. policy affecting China in 1900
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Alice Paul
Definition
founded the American Women's Party
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Eugene Debs
Definition
founded the American Socalist Party
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Great Railway Strike of 1877
Definition
first national strike in America
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Pullman Strike of 1894
Definition
resulted in president Cleveland calling in soldiers to suppress the strikers.
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Grover Cleveland
Definition
only president to be elected twice in non consecutive terms.
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Charles Guiteau
Definition
murdered President James Garfield in 1881
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
Definition
wrote Influence of Sea Power, leading to the Imperialist movement.
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
president during WW1
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Carrie Nation
Definition
leader of the Anti-saloon League, advocating prohibition of alcohol
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birth control clinic
Definition
opened in 1915 in Brooklyn, N.Y. by Margaret Sanger
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Definition
assassinated in 1914 leading to WW1.
He was heir to the Austria-Hungarian Empire.
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Black Hand
Definition
terrorist group from Serbia accused of the Archduke's assassination. they wanted an independent serbia.
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Tzar Nicholas II
Definition
last Tzar of Russia, killed by the Bolsheviks.
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Bolshevik Revolution
Definition
led by Lenin in 1917, establishing a Communist Russia
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Leon Trotsky
Definition
a leader in the Communist revolution later killed by Stalin.
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Treaty of Brest-Litvorsk
Definition
between Russia and Germany in 1918. Russia removed itself from the capitalist WW1.
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Zimmerman Telegram
Definition
specified that Mexico go to war with America.
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Universal Negro Improvement Association
Definition
founded by Marcus Garvey in the 1920s.
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Sacco- Vanzetti Case
Definition
both were executed in the 1920s for robbing and killing a paymaster and his guard.
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
signed in 1919, ending WW1
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Weimar Republic
Definition
a democratic government established in Germany after WW1
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14 Points
Definition
created by President Wilson for a peaceful world.
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League of Nations
Definition
came out of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles
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'return to normalcy'
Definition
President Warren Hardings campaign slogan in the election of 1920
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Laissez Faire
Definition
limited government, employed by the three Republican presidents during 1920s
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Dawes Plan
Definition
a loan negotiated between U.S. and Germany in 1924 to get France out of Germany.
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
Definition
outlawed war between signatory nations in 1928
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Herbert Hoover
Definition
elected in 1928, president during the Stock Market Crash in October 1929.
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Welfare capitalism
Definition
companies give employees benefits so they won't unionize
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Yellow dog contract
Definition
signed by workers promising that they will not join a union, otherwise, termination
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Definition
kill many garment workers, happened in N.Y.C. in 1911, led to regulations in factories.
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16th Amendment
Definition
passed in 1913-income tax
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17th Amendment
Definition
passed in 1913 led to direct election of U.S. senators
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18th Amendment
Definition
passed in 1919 -Prohibition
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19th Amendment
Definition
passed in 1920 - granted women voting rights
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ERA-Equal Rights Amendment
Definition
written by Alice Paul and introduced to Congress in 1923.
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