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AP U.S. History
Unit 6 & 7
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History
11th Grade
10/09/2011

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American Federation of Labor
Definition
2nd formed labor union, successful
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Cattle Drives
Definition
Americans and Native American cowboys hunting cattle;
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Dawes Severalty Act
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Act that separated Native American families (160 acre lands); part of assimilation
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Ellis Island
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Transition island thousands of immigrants came through
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Haymarket Affair
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Multiple industries protest; anarchists throw bomb into crowd, making unionist look bad. Event caused decline in Union Membership
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Horizontal Consolidation
Definition
Company buys out competition
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Interstate Commerce Act
Definition
Passed 1887; meant to control railroad rates
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JP Morgan
Definition
Monopoly holder; Railroads and Banking
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Political Machines
Definition
(Pyramid Scheme) Workers provide things to boss (money, etc.) for small favors in return (small jobs, apartment, etc.); This made bosses control immigrant cities or towns; Most famous were Tammany Hall and "Boss" Tweed (controlled for 25+ years, millions earned)
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Sitting Bull
Definition
Battle at which the Native Americans won; proving over Americans
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Transcontinental Railroad
Definition
Connected Midwest to Pacific
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William "Boss" Tweed
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Famous political machine; controlled for over 25+ years and earned millions
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Vertical Consolidation
Definition
Owns every step of production
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Bessemer Process
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More efficient way of making iron into steel, invented by Carnegie
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Against Chinese immigrants; Americans thought immigrants were taking too many American jobs
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Eugene Debs
Definition
Founder of international labor union
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Gospel of Wealth
Definition
Idea adopted by wealthy, that that had a duty to give some of their money to the poor (ex, Rockefeller)
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Homestead Strike
Definition
Strike against Carnegie steel because of wage cuts; Used lockout, Pinkerton, militia, and injunction (successful)
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Industrial Workers of the World
Definition
Union formed along with AFL
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A Century of Dishonor
Definition
Book writted by Helen Hunt Jackson exposing the treatment of the Native Americans by the government
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Nativism
Definition
Anti-immigration views
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Pullman Strike
Definition
Strike against railroad company for wages and living conditions (Pullman City); Used militia and injuction
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Social Darwinism
Definition
Idea that wealthy people are where they are because they worked harder; Survival of the fittest
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Trusts
Definition
Monopoly
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Wounded Knee
Definition
Battle at which the Native Americans lost, one of their last stands to Americans before giving up the fight
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Andrew Carnegie
Definition
Invented efficient way of mass-producing steel, became a monopoly
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George Custer
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General of the Battle of Little Big horn
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Thomas Edison
Definition
Invented light bulb, revolutionized the industrial industry (able to work at night)
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Great Railroad Strike
Definition
Railroad workers strike because of low wages, taken down by military (Government was usually on businesses side)
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Homesteaders
Definition
Settlers who moved west because of Homestead act
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Knights of Labor
Definition
First formed labor union; failed
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New South
Definition
The slowly urbanizing south; trying to catch up with the North after reconstruction
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John D. Rockefeller
Definition
Monopolized the Standard Oil Company
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Standard Oil Company
Definition
Monopoly owned by Rockefeller
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Cross of Gold Speech
Definition
Speech given by William Jennings Bryan telling all that the gold standard is hurting farmers
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William Jennings Bryan
Definition
Cross of Gold Speech; leader for populist party, won 10% vote
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Farmer's Alliances
Definition
Tried to come together and price crops the same, failed because at least one farmer was unloyal
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Gilded Age
Definition
Age where the gold standard was prominent, and the rich became richer
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Progressive Presidents
Definition
Presidents such as Roosevelt and Taft who focused on solving the corruption America had come in contact with
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Definition
Intended to break up monopolies, failed because it was not enforced
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18th Amendment
Definition
Prohibition
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Booker T. Washington
Definition
Thought economic gain was more of a priority than demanding civil rights for African Americans
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W.E.B. Dubois
Definition
Opposite Washington; thought the demand for rights right away was most important
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NAWSA
Definition
National American Women's Sufferage Association
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Granger Movement
Definition
A loose organization of farmers trying to work together against railroads (failed)
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Munn v. Illinois
Definition
Created fixed rate for railroads (states/federal government can control)
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16th Amendment
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Graduated income tax
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19th Amendment
Definition
Women's sufferage
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Bull Moose Party
Definition
Came before the Progressive party; "Strong as a bull"
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Alice Paul
Definition
Suffragist and activist
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Muckrakers
Definition
People who exposed the corruption in social, economic, and political areas of the time period, such as Upton Sinclair who wrote The Jungle, exposing the unsanitary meat industry
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Greenbacks
Definition
Money issued by farmers, help them and their prices
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Pendleton Act
Definition
Provided civil service reform
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17th Amendment
Definition
Direct election of senators
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Atlanta Compromise
Definition
Speech given by Washington; addresses the need for political and social equality for African Americans
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Definition
Effort to stop monopolies and trusts
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NAACP
Definition
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, created by Debois
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