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American History
Notgrass Unit 15-20
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10th Grade
02/24/2013

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Spoils System
Definition
Government full of favoritism (payoffs), rewards, and corruption!
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Mudwumps
Definition
Republicans formed this party as a reform unit to stop favoritism and corrupt systems
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1810-1812
Definition
Age of optimism (seeing the good in things)
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1904
Definition
Theodore Roosevelt Re-elected (Teddy Bear)
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1912
Definition
Presidential Election -
Roosevelt and Taft and Wilson
Wilson WON!
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1902
Definition
Anti-Asian Act - stopped immigration from China
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1903
Definition
Wright Brothers flight of first plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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1918
Definition
Air Mail invented
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1915
Definition
Birth of Nations (1st hour long movie)
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1903
Definition
The Great Train Robbery (First narrated movie)
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The Progressive Era
Definition
World War I
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Panama Canal
Definition
Located in Panama (passage from Gulf of Mexico to Pacific Ocean)onlyhad railroad
*Route would cut travel time to 1/2
*French started but didn't have techology they needed, disease killed alot, and didn't have good plan.
*US stepped in during war because this would help us defend country. Panamanians revolted against their government and then US was allowed to lease Panama and build panama canal
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Definition
Inacted to make sure there were no monopolies in business (one company controlling everything)
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Muckrakers
Definition
Writers/journalist that exposed the "dirt" about people or businesses
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Roosevelt's Plan
Definition
Known for "square deal"
1. conservation of natural resources, 2. control of corporations, and
3. consumer protection
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Boxers
Definition
Rebelling Chinese people who thought they needed to rid their country of foreigners and mass killed Christians and others
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Pure Food and Drug Act
Definition
Made sure food and drugs were prepared safely in a good environment (FDA)
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Underwood Tariff
Definition
Reduced taxes of food and wool.
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Definition
Further clarified laws from Sherman Anti-Trust Act and interlocking directories preventing monoplies and boycotting
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Temperance
Definition
movement is a social movement urging reduced or prohibited use of alcoholic beverages
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Booker T. Washington
Definition
Black man who accepted segregation but pushed for and trained blacks for jobs and other handy work. Encouraged peacefulness.
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16th Amendment
Definition
Income Taxes (to help government pay for things)
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17th Amendment
Definition
Direct Election of Senators
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19th Amendment
Definition
Women's right to Vote
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Essay - End of Reconstruction
Definition
1. Election of 1876 Democrats agreed to give up if Republicans would end reconstruction by removing troops from South.
2. Democrats regained control of state government.
3. Blacks left out of politics and white society.
4. New South encouraged industry and less dependent on cotton and agriculture.
Term
Essay - Reform Movement
Definition
1. Farmers feeling left out of politics and not important.
2. Populist group led by farmersl.
3. Wanted silver coins, government to control railroads, and electoral reform.
4. Progressive movement was urban based.
5. Leaders were well educated and politically savy.
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Essay - American Business
Definition
1. Levels of business included proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and trusts.
2. America had resources, wealth, manpower, communication, and transportation to help success.
3. Big business could keep costs low.
4. Labor unions formed to help workers with pay and working conditions. Striked to get companies to negotiate.
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Essay - City Life
Definition
1. Cities grew by immigration and people moving from rural areas.
2. Immigration brought new language, culture, and challenges.
3. Government services increased to meet needs of city dwellers
4. US population changed to maily urban
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Essay - Black Experience
Definition
1. Victims of racism, prejudice, segreation, discrimination.
2. Blacks in south were lynched
3. Blacks not able to participate in society, education, and government.
4. Separate but equal was common thought but not reality.
5. Washington accepted segregation so long as they had opportunity to work.
6 Du Bois willing to agitate and fight for black rights
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Essay - Building a World Empire
Definition
1. Many countries overseas were trying to build empires (own everything)
2. Instable Cuba made US interested in it.
3. US fought Spain and won Cuba and Philippines.
4. War increased US interest in passage through Panama Canal.
5. US supported revolution against Columbia to get right to build Panama Canal.
6. Unlike the French, US succeeded in building Panama Canal
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Essay - Great War
Definition
1. Europe affected by imperialism, nationalism, internationalism alliances.
2. Assassination of Ferdinand started the war.
3. US neutral at first until Germans kept using submarine warfare and killing US civilians.
4. US involvement help to end stalemate trench war.
5. Treaty of Versailles signed by parties called for Germany to pay for war destruction.
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