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| What ended the career of Schuyler Colfax? |
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| The Credit Mobilier Scandal |
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| Which group of Americans worked to keep Catholics from gaining political power? |
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| Why did the trade Unions oppose immigration? |
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| 3. The trade Unions opposed immigration because it directly worked against what they were attempting to receive. The trade Unions wanted to get better working conditions, better hours, and better wages; however, the new naïve immigrants would come in and work for less. The bosses would see this and instead of being forced to concede to the Unions they just fired the old immigrants and took in the new. |
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| What was one of the biggest economic side effects of the crop lien system? |
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| 4. Merchants who would give the loans to farmers depended on the crops to get profit; when farmers left the area, the merchants had to take that loss in and they would have a drop in profit. The Merchants often required a high percentage of the crop yield in return for the supply loan, so the poor remained poor |
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| What was the biggest cause of the Depression of 1873? |
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| 5. There was less of a demand for silver and the standard was being abandoned; furthermore, the post-war inflation was making the money hard to come by as was. |
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| What were the political goals of Grange? |
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Increase the # of Public schools
demand cerification program for public teachers
expand admission policies for state colleges |
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| Between 1860 and 1900 which area of the United States underwent the largest growth in population? |
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| What caused the biggest growth in cities in the 1880's? |
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| 8. Immigration and the rise of industrialization worked together to cause a growth in population in the 1880’s |
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| What is the symbolism behind the phrase: The Gilded Age? |
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| 9. The Gilded Age represents a time that was painted golden or made to look pleasant. The government painted the new America to be a beautiful new industrious city of family and perfection; however, it masked an underlying decay of the cities and the toils which families went through. |
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| What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act? |
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| 10. The Interstate Commerce Act required that the railroads had to publish their rates in the newspapers, and make it public; they couldn’t change rates without alerting the people. Also, kickbacks and favoritism was banned from the railroad industry as well. |
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| What Positive effects did Political Machines have on our cities? |
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| 11. It got immigrants off the streets and into homes with foods and a roof, as well as providing jobs for the newcomers. It induced more hands into the labor force and upped the product yield in factories. |
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| Explain the importance of Social Darwinism and how did Herbert Spencer and William Sumner justify the Social Darwinism as a justification of the disparity in the US? |
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| 16. Social Darwinism allowed the justification of blacks being given minimal opportunities, and the rich becoming so rich; everything was just chalked up to the survival of the fittest. They saw life as a competition for getting what each individual needed and only the strongest was apt to be able to achieve such levels. The poor were poor in their eyes due to lack of ability. |
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| What is Horizontal Integration? |
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| 17. Horizontal integration is a form of expanding business by buying out or taking out the competition. A boss would buy out the rival firms and hold a monopoly of sorts. |
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| Name a Robber Baron who successfully used Horizontal integration. |
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| 18. John Rockefeller innovated and monopolized the oil industry by taking out the middle man and any competition. |
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| Define Vertical Integration. |
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| 19. Vertical integration is when a corporation owns all parts of a production line including the supply source, the labor, the factories, the refinery, the shipping, and any other stops it would make |
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| Robber Baron who successfully used Vertical Integration |
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| 20. Andrew Carnegie was an example of vertical integration because he got his own raw materials and got rebates from the railroad companies |
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| What was and is the controversy surrounding Vertical Integration? |
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| 21. Vertical Integration was a monopolization of products causing higher prices for often tackier goods. One single company will get the profit for their goods and the wealth goes to that one producer; that way the consumers are forced to pay the price regardless how high. |
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| What were the goals of the National Labor Union? |
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| 22. The National Labor Union worked for better hours, better working condition and better wages. |
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| What caused the National Labor Union to break up? |
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| 1. The Depression of 1873 cut the Union down in number; therefore, lowering their power in politics. The wages were cut in the depression so less people were willing to hold out and they gave in to the need for money. They still were able to hold ground breaking strikes despite this. |
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| What were the long term gain for the National Labor Union? |
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| 24. The National Labor Union was able to gain 8 hour work days for government workers. |
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| What were the goals of the Knights of Labor? |
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| 25. The Knights of Labor worked toward the goal of social and economic reform. They wanted better health and safety codes as well as 8 hour work days for all employees. |
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| What was the goal of the Mayday Strikes? |
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| To get better wages and 8 hour days for everyone |
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| What actually led to the fall of the Knights of Labor? |
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| 28. The May Day Strikes were unsuccessful regardless the Union’s recent population growth. They had begun to lose strikes and public favor because they were seen as anarchists. |
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| Why is the Haymarket Riot such an important event? |
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| 28. The May Day Strikes were unsuccessful regardless the Union’s recent population growth. They had begun to lose strikes and public favor because they were seen as anarchists. 29. The Haymarket riots caused the downfall of The Knights of Labor and gave democratic Altfield a public boost. The knights were seen as anarchists and therefore the movement for 8 hour work days was stinted and came to little avail. |
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| What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor? |
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| 30. The Federation called for better hours, wages, and conditions in which to work in. All that the leader, Gomper, required was a fairer share for the laborers |
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| What was one of the biggest differences Between the American Federation of Labor and other previous Unions? |
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| 31. The Federation united all Unions as one and didn’t allow individuals to join. It united the unions and worked together toward a cause. Gomper led strategic strikes that didn’t directly attack politics, but went straight to the source |
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| How did the government justify sending troops to Pullman's strike to end it? |
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| 32. Cleveland justified intervention on the grounds that mail travelled on the trains and since the postal service was a federally run operation, the strike was jeopardizing the operation of a branch of the central government. |
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| What were 3 problems surrounding the types of immigrants coming in? |
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| 34. They would work for cheaper. The groups refused to assimilate and were making mini countries, and as new groups came in more jobs were lost. |
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| What groups of Americans benefited from high tariffs? Which groups were negatively affected? |
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| 35. The industry bosses benefit from the high tariffs because it reeled them in a little extra profit; however the already poor farmers were pushed further in debt by this new tax on goods they needed to survive. |
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| What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor? |
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| 30. The Federation called for better hours, wages, and conditions in which to work in. All that the leader, Gomper, required was a fairer share for the laborers |
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| What was one of the biggest differences Between the American Federation of Labor and other previous Unions? |
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| 31. The Federation united all Unions as one and didn’t allow individuals to join. It united the unions and worked together toward a cause. Gomper led strategic strikes that didn’t directly attack politics, but went straight to the source |
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| How did the government justify sending troops to Pullman's strike to end it? |
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| 32. Cleveland justified intervention on the grounds that mail travelled on the trains and since the postal service was a federally run operation, the strike was jeopardizing the operation of a branch of the central government. |
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| What were 3 problems surrounding the types of immigrants coming in? |
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| 34. They would work for cheaper. The groups refused to assimilate and were making mini countries, and as new groups came in more jobs were lost. |
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| What groups of Americans benefited from high tariffs? Which groups were negatively affected? |
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| 35. The industry bosses benefit from the high tariffs because it reeled them in a little extra profit; however the already poor farmers were pushed further in debt by this new tax on goods they needed to survive. |
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| What was the purpose of the Dawes Act? |
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| 36. The Dawes Act was set in hopes of assimilating the Indians into American culture and destroying the native culture. The excess indian land would be bought up and sold off to non-indians. |
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| What caused the Pullman Strike? |
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Definition
| 40% wage cuts and Rent goes up |
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| Explain how the Homestead Plant Strike reflected the Robber Baron's power |
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| The bosses would just get other men to do the job anyway; therefore the strike was futile |
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| Who was the leader of the American Railroad Union? |
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| Name the Union leader who ended up becoming a socialist |
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Definition
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| Why would poor factory workers be attracted to Communism? |
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| 42. The poor factory workers were heavily dependent on factories and stock yards to live. All income came from the toil of the work; they had no hope of moving up because bosses could cut pay whenever they want. Without the worry of classes or shackles of money, the poor could move up and live a more comfortable life. |
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| What group did Marx consider to be the enemy of the workers? |
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| What is the main reason that Communism never has been able to gain strength in the US? |
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| What is the Horatio Alger effect? |
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| 45. The Horatio Alger effect is the glamorizing of life in the west and in the cities, giving children the “rags to riches” dream. |
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| What group of immigrants never planned on returning the their home country? |
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| What was the family system of Mill Labor? |
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Definition
| Would hire entire families into a contract to work |
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| How did factories in the South differ from the North? |
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| 48. Factories in the south were less developed and not in as high of a demand as the north were, so the conditions were not as intense and unsanitary. |
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| 1. Xenophobia is the fear or dislike of people from foreign countries, or things that are foreign or strange. |
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| 50. Stalwarts were a part of the Republican Party division and were the “original” Republicans who focused on social reform. |
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| Who were the half-breeds? |
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| 51. Half-breeds were the faction of republicans who wanted the south to pay and be punished for dividing off from the union. |
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| What was the purpose of the Pendelton Civil Service Act? |
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| 52. The Pendleton Civil Service act was to reform the original spoils system by saying that government jobs would be awarded by merit rather than support. |
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| What was the Spoils System? |
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| 53. The Spoil system awarded government positions to citizens who supported the winning party when voting |
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| Why was James Garfeild Assassinated? |
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| 54. Garfeild was assassinated because Guiteau expected to get a government position according to the spoils system but wasn’t awarded that. |
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| What was the purpose of the Civil Service Commission? |
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| 55. The Civil Service commission was issued to have people to check and make sure that civil service laws were being carried out accordingly. |
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| Why did James Blaine lose the Election of 1884? |
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| 56. James Blaine lost the election because he had far too much scandal and conspiracy revolving around him. There were letters of corruption found and he waited too long to repute them. |
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| Why did Cleveland veto the Texas Seed Bill? |
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| 57. He vetoed it because he believed that it wasn’t the government’s place to support the people. The people supported the government in return for the protection of law form the government. |
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| Who was the president who married a woman half his age? |
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| What was the Billion Dollar Congress? |
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| 59. Thomas Reed appropriated a billion dollars from Congress and gave it to veterans and increased the purchases of silver. |
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| What were the major Foreign Policy problems surrounding Harrison's administration? |
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Definition
| 60. He wanted to expand foreign policy as America grew but he was apt to declare war when Chile made to back down. |
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| What were the problems surrounding Sherman's Silver Purchase? |
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Definition
| 61. The government switched back to gold coins and the mines were still producing silver at fast rate which would hurt the silver miners in the end because people wouldn’t buy it. |
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Term
| What role did Hamilton Fish play in trying to reorganize the government? |
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Definition
| He expanded the bureau system and made a bureau for Japan and China and then a bureau to deal with every other foreign affair |
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Term
| What stipulation had to be met before Utah could become a state? |
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Definition
| It had to ban polygamy and bigotry from its state constitution. |
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| What impact did the industrial revolution have on American culture |
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| 71. The American culture began to depend more on manufactured goods and factory work rather than field work, slave holding, and crops. Life became faster paced, up to speed and more focused around the riches. |
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Term
| What was the role of the cowboy in Western American History? |
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Definition
| 66. He would lead cattle drives to get beef from the green plain areas to the cities and cattle towns. |
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| What impact did mail order catalogs have on american culture? |
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| 70. There was an increase in advertising as well as the more cut off states becoming as modern as the city areas. |
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Term
| Why were established time zones important? |
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Definition
| 72. It made everyone in parts of the country be on a standard time so that trains could move more smoothly and not have to worry about crashes. |
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| What is laissez faire economics and explain how the industrial revolution was an illustration of the problems associated with the economic theory. |
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| 75. Laissez faire is the idea of business being untouchable by government and it being handled by the people. There was problems with this because bosses could run the business however they pleased; they ran filthy enviroments, took advandtage of immigrants, and gave harsh conditions to work. Businesses monopolized product, cut wages, and often were unfair and had no consequences. |
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| Explain the business practice differences between Rockefeller, Carnegie and Hill.. |
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| 77. Rockefeller was a monarch of the oil industry. He formed the Standard Oil Company and dominated the business at a very young age. He was, therefore, able to control 95% of the oil sales in the country. He employed spies and forced lines to pay him rebates on his competitor’s bills in order to stay on top. He sought to only eliminate the middle men and any competitors. Carnegie was the head of the steel business yet, not a monarch so to say. Carnegie was a hard working fellow who found his fortune by cheerful assumption of responsibility and making the right acquaintances. He didn’t believe in a monopolistic trade and had many tactful partnerships that helped him to the top. He produced a quarter of the country’s steel and in turn funded the railroads with the new material to economically boost the rail business. Hill wanted people settling along his rail lines, so he sold homesteads to immigrants and then imported them to their new homes (on his rail lines, of course). He imported grains from Russia and sold this to farmers. He even sold wood to farmers in order to encourage them to buy his wheat. When he was looking for the best path for one of his tracks to take, he went on horseback and scouted it personally. |
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| What were the terms of the Civil Rights Act of 1875? |
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Definition
| 78. The civi rights act of 1875 stated that blacks would be guaranteed equal treatment in public places and not segregated. |
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| Why did the Supreme Court rule the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional? |
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Definition
| The government said that they could protect the blacks under law but not make the whites think in a particular way |
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Term
| What events occurred that shifted republican concern for the welfare of freed slaves? |
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| 80. Reconstruction caused the republicans to focus more on how to reform and reinstate the south rather than how they can further assist the blacks. |
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| What was the goals of the redeemers? |
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| 81. The redeemers were democrats who wished to end the different republican movements going out to assist blacks and the south. |
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| Why were the democrats able to gain congressional seats during the interim election of 1874? |
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| 82. The republicans were split up after the war on how they felt toward the south and toward blacks |
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| What is meant by innate racism? |
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| 83. It’s the idea that some races are incapable of what other races are and that a particular race is superior. |
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Give the desicions for the following Supreme Court cases
Slaughter House Case
United States v Reese
US v Cruikshank
Civil Rights cases
Supreme Court stand on 15th ammendment |
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| 84. The Supreme Court's decision for the slaughterhouse case, written by Justice Samuel Taylor Miller, ruled that the law did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court argued that the "privileges and immunities" clause ("No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States") only forbids the states from withholding the privileges and immunities belonging to American citizenship, not state citizenship. US v Reese and US v Cruikshank The Court held that the Fifteenth Amendment did not confer the right of suffrage but prohibited exclusion on racial grounds. Cruikshank held the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses applied only to state action, and not to actions of individuals: "The fourteenth amendment prohibits a State from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; but this adds nothing to the rights of one citizen as against another. |
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| List and describe the 3 ways blacks were kept from voting and when each was ruled unconstitutional. |
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Definition
85. Poll Tax- Voters had to pay a tax if they were to vote (1937)
Grandfather Clause- Voters had to prove their grandfather had voted (1915)
Literacy Test- Had to prove they could read, comprehend and write (1965) |
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| What were the terms of the Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864? |
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| 86. It was An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes. The second act required a gauge to be used as a standard gauge. |
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| Who did the Union Pacific hire to work on their part of the railroad? |
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| Who did the Central Pacific hire to work on their part of the railroad? |
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| What were the terms of the Burlingame treaty? |
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| 89. The Chinese could come and live and work in the US but couldn’t vote or naturalize. |
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| What was the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? |
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| 90. This act didn’t allow Chinese immigration for 10 years into the US and it was reinstated every 10 years until 1943. |
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| Where did the Central and Union Pacific railroads meet? |
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| Where did the term the Gilded Age originate? |
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| 93. In United States history, the Gilded Age was the period following the Civil War, roughly from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 to the turn of the twentieth century. It was believed to be an era of serious social problems hidden by a thin layer of gold |
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| What caused this period to be called the Gilded Age? |
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Definition
| 94. The factory corruption and the social corruption being hidden by officials and bosses from the public. |
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| Who was Boss Tweed and what role did he play? |
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| 95. Boss Tweed was a political machine who offered immigrants homes, food, and jobs in return for political support and a vote. |
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| How did the Credit Mobilier Scandal effect the Grant administration and what was it? |
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| 96. In 1868 Congressman Oakes Ames had distributed Crédit Mobilier shares of stock to other congressmen, in addition to making cash bribes, during the Andrew Johnson presidency. The story was broken by the New York newspaper, The Sun, during the 1872 presidential campaign, when Ulysses S. Grant was running for re-election. In the United States |
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| 98. Grantism was a term to refer to the corruption in the government which revolved around his administration and his naïve nature. |
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| What was significant about the election of 1872? |
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| 99. Grant won because the democrat party was split up. |
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| What was the controversy surrounding the election of 1876? |
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| 100. Boxes of votes were being found in the more secluded northwest states, and the votes belonged to Hayes. Tilden had originally been thought to won until they were found. |
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| List and Describe the Terms of the compromise of 1877? |
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| 101. Hayes would only serve one term, the martial law would be lifted, and 2 ex confederates would serve government positions, and funds to rebuild the south. |
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| Explain the long term efffect of the Compromise of 1877. |
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| 102. It would further unite the north and the south through the acknowledgement assumed by allowing an ex confederate into the cabinet. |
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| What caused the increase of tension between Americans and Indians after the Civil War? |
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| 103. The American further encroached on the Indians space and moved them out of the lands they’ve settled in again after being moved. Now the Americans are forcing them onto reservations. |
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| What were the political symbols used to represent the Republican and Democratic parties? |
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| 104. Democrats are Donkeys and Republicans are Elephants |
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| What happened at the Battle of Long Horn? |
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| 105. It was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Gall, inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull. The U.S. Seventh Cavalry, including the Custer Battalion, a force of 700 men led by George Armstrong Custer, suffered a severe defeat. Five of the Seventh Cavalry's companies were annihilated; Custer was killed, as were two of his brothers, a nephew, and a brother-in-law. The total U.S. casualty count, including scouts, was 268 dead and 55 injured. |
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| What long term effect did the Battle of Long Horn have on the indians? |
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| 106. It allowed them to have some say in what their fate was and it also showed that they could hold their own. |
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| What is meant by an autonomous nation within the US? |
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| 107. Autonomous meaning that you may govern yourself as a person or state; however you must follow a few basic rules set by a larger entity. |
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| What was the strongest Union before 1900? |
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| What impact did western expansion have on Mormons? |
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| It forced them to have to conform to the rules of the government and to have to add an anti polygamy clause into their contstitution. |
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| What desicion did the Supremee Court pass down in the case US v Reynolds? |
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| polygamy is not protected by the first ammendment |
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| What was the Edmunds Act? |
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Definition
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| What was the Whiskey Ring? |
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| 97. The Whiskey Ring was a scandal, exposed in 1875, involving diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors. |
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| What was the Edmund Tucker Act? |
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Definition
reinforced polygamy ban
Banned cohabitation
& Bigamy
Bastard children didn’t get inheritance rights |
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| How did Carnegie propose the people should help the poor? |
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Definition
| 123. The wealthy should help the poor by living modestly |
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| Who was the owner of standard oil? |
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| Who was the owner of US Steel? |
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| Who wrote the Gospel of Wealth? |
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| What role did Samuel Tilden play in history? |
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| 124. He took down Boss Tweed |
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| Local laws that kept race segregation |
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| What role did Susan B Anthony and Cady Stanton play in the US? |
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| 131. They advocated for women’s rights and eventually got them the right to vote under the Susan B Anthony amendment in 1919 |
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| 132. The Mugwumps were Republican political activists who bolted from the United States Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884. They switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican candidate James G. Blaine. |
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| What was Conwell's argument in the Acres of Diamonds? |
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| 133. The central idea of the work is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune—the resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community. |
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| Define Monopoly and trusts? What is the differences and which business owner participated in each practice? |
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| 134. Monopoly is when one company controls a product completely. Trusts were a combination of corporations, usually in the same industry, in which stockholders trade their stock to a central board in exchange for trust certificates. They were different because in trusts more than one company could hold profit and power in a product where a monopoly, well, monopolizes it. Rockefeller Monopolized, and Carnegie formed a trust. |
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| What is economy of scale? |
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| 135. Economies of scale are the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to size. |
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| What conditions led to the development of Unions? |
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Definition
| 136. Unsafe conditions in factories, sketchy meat practices, long hours, wage cuts |
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| What were + and negative effects of Unions? |
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| 137. They achieved many goals for the laborers and were able to make life a little easier; however, many people were killed and arrested for the strikes and families were left to starve for it. |
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| What effect did Congresses repeal of the COntract Labor Law have on the Labor Movement? |
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| 138. It made more under the table deals, and made more bosses go to recruit laborers |
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| 139. A place of work where membership in a union is a condition for being hired and for continued employment |
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| Explain how Marx Communist Theory appealed to the poor workers in the US |
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Definition
| It gave a utopian idea of not needing money or to expand oneself and that everyone would be on the same level |
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| What were the 2 positive occurences of Arthur's presidency? |
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Definition
| 141. He outlawed polygamy and issued another civil service reform |
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| What was a positive effect of Garfeild's assassination? |
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Definition
| Pendelton Civil Service Act |
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Term
| What was the controversy surrounding Cleveland? |
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Definition
| 144. He was claimed to perhaps have a bastard child |
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| What was the controversy surrounding the Election of 1888 |
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| Cleveland won due to electoral votes not popular vote 146. The reason for this split was the issue of tariffs. The South strongly favored lowering of the tariff. The Republicans approved of high tariffs and were unpopular in the South. Tariff reform gave Cleveland immense support in the Southern states, but the South alone was not enough to win the election. He didn’t have the popular vote. |
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| What role did Belva Lockwood play in history? |
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| 148. First Female Lawyer of US. The press of her day referred to her as a "suffragist," someone who believed in women's suffrage or voting rights. Lockwood overcame many social and personal obstacles related to gender restrictions. After college, she became a teacher and principal, working to equalize pay for women in education.[1] She supported the movement for world peace, and was a proponent of temperance. |
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| What aera of the country provided the amount of power for women? |
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| What was the Comstock Law? |
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| 150. Comstock Law made it illegal to give women the knowledge as to how to prevent pregnancy or give them the power to do so |
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| What was the salary gab, the postal ring, and the Sanborne incident? |
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151. The salary grab act was that the day before the second-term inauguration of President Ulysses S. Grant, to double the salary of the President (to $50,000) and the salaries of Supreme Court Justices. Hidden in the salary increases was also a 50% increase for members of Congress, retroactive to the beginning of their just-ending term. Public outcry led Congress to rescind the congressional salary increase.
The postal ring scandal allowed people to bribe and buy and trade mail routes for more profitable stocks.
The sanborne incident was when John D. Sanborn was hired to collect $427,000 in unpaid taxes. Richardson agreed Sanborn could keep half of what he collected. Sanborn kept $213,000, of which $156,000 went to his various assistants. |
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| How did Southern economy grow after the end of reconstruction? |
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| 153. It stayed in regression for a while until wheat became a big power, then the south began to sharecrop, and crop lien on land to farm wheat and sell it to Pillsbury. After that, the South began to grow and industrialize |
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| What was the Black Exodus and What effect did it have on Black Americans? |
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| What was the concentration policy? |
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| 155. The US put all of the native Americans in the great plains and the worst desert areas they could. |
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| Who were the major indian cheifs during this period? |
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| 156. Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph |
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| What occurred during the Apache Wars? |
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| 157. In the early years of the wars, roughly from 1849 to 1875, armed conflict often arose as a result of Apache raids, in which they stole property and sometimes killed Americans and Mexicans. From 1875 to 1886, the army engaged the Apache in order to settle them on Indian reservations or then to keep them from escaping the reservations. From 1886 until as late as 1906, minor skirmishes occurred between United States Cavalry expeditionary forces, settlers, and small groups of Apache, who had evaded the army's reservations. Although the Americans did not distinguish between raiding parties and warfare, all Apache tribes did. Historically, they had raided enemy tribes and sometimes each other, for horses, food or captives. They considered such raids different than warfare. They raided with small parties, for a specific economic purpose. The Apache waged war with large parties, often using clan members, usually to achieve retribution. |
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| What happened at wounded knee? |
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| 158. The remainder of the 7th Cavalry Regiment arrived led by Colonel James Forsyth and surrounded the encampment supported by four Hotchkiss guns. On the morning of December 29, the troops went into the camp to disarm the Lakota. One version of events claims that during the process of disarming the Lakota, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote was reluctant to give up his rifle, claiming he had paid a lot for it.[6] A scuffle over Black Coyote's rifle escalated and a shot was fired which resulted in the 7th Cavalry's opening fire indiscriminately from all sides, killing men, women, and children, as well as some of their own fellow troopers. Those few Lakota warriors who still had weapons began shooting back at the attacking troopers, who quickly suppressed the Lakota fire. The surviving Lakota fled, but U.S. cavalrymen pursued and killed many who were unarmed. |
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| What were the goals of the populist party? |
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| 159. The populist party aimed to get free coinage of silver, abolition of national banks, plenty of paper money, government ownership of all forms of transportation and communication, civil service reform, and a working day of eight hours. |
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| 160. Nativism is the political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants |
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| What enviromental factors led to post war industrial revolution? |
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| 162. The soil was depleted from the cotton cultivation and Sherman’s war of Attrition, so the southern soil was ruined, leading to dry farming. |
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| What was teh theme of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie? |
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| 165. It’s the idea of abandoning a agricultural life that is dull and outdated, to come to the bright city lights of wealth and riches and mod chicness |
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| How did the Dumbell Tenement lead to slum conditions? |
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| 166. The tenements were located away from the wealth and the nice areas of town and closer to the working areas reserved for the poor and helpless. The community could pack hundreds of families into one area and utilize their work to to boost the slum are. It was so nasty there that the place downgraded further. |
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| What were the roles of WEB Dubois and Booker T Washington? |
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| 167. They galvanized blacks to work their way in society and take what rights belong to them as people through respect and force. |
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| How did the face of immigration change during this period? |
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| 168. The old immigrants of chinese and irish were changing and Italians Slovaks croats and jews began to come in and work for less. |
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| What was the resumption act of 1875? |
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| Grant resumes the printing and use of greenbacks |
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propels cause of the Redeemers
leads to Civil Rights Cases
leads to Jim Crow Laws |
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Great Exodus
blacks go north
find new employment
leads to new black middle class |
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| Laisez fairre- Wealth of Nations wrote by |
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Wabash strike
because of Gould
got wages returned to original amount
escalated membership |
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| turns socialist in prison and is first socialist to run for president |
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elevates effectiveness of Civil Service Act
hires Teddy Roosevelt
direct result of the Garfield assassination
CSA was first pushed by Arthur |
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| skilled labor group who finds itself hindered |
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California's true gold
invention of refrigerated train cars dramatically raises demand |
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| 1st federal law that tried to control monopolies and trusts |
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conflict between sheep men and cattle men
because sheep eat the grass roots |
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negatively affected the cattle drive
affected people who were involved with the Homestead Act |
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transportation costs
one of the biggest problems affecting US farmers |
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resulted in Dust Bowl
environmentally destructive condition
affected Great Plains
it was shallow and depleted soil |
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Oklahoma race for property
would stand people on the boundary when selling off indian land and they would race for their property. sooner you get it the better land you get |
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had to be sane
worth at least 50 cents
no criminal record
No CRAZY BOBS! |
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propels cause of the Redeemers
leads to Civil Rights Cases
leads to Jim Crow Laws |
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Great Exodus
blacks go north
find new employment
leads to new black middle class |
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| Laisez fairre- Wealth of Nations wrote by |
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Wabash strike
because of Gould
got wages returned to original amount
escalated membership |
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| turns socialist in prison and is first socialist to run for president |
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elevates effectiveness of Civil Service Act
hires Teddy Roosevelt
direct result of the Garfield assassination
CSA was first pushed by Arthur |
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| skilled labor group who finds itself hindered |
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California's true gold
invention of refrigerated train cars dramatically raises demand |
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| 1st federal law that tried to control monopolies and trusts |
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conflict between sheep men and cattle men
because sheep eat the grass roots |
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negatively affected the cattle drive
affected people who were involved with the Homestead Act |
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transportation costs
one of the biggest problems affecting US farmers |
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resulted in Dust Bowl
environmentally destructive condition
affected Great Plains
it was shallow and depleted soil |
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Oklahoma race for property
would stand people on the boundary when selling off indian land and they would race for their property. sooner you get it the better land you get |
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had to be sane
worth at least 50 cents
no criminal record
No CRAZY BOBS! |
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