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on june 7, 1892 Plessy boarded a car of the East Louisiana Railroad that was designated by whites for use of white patrons only. Although Plessy was one-eighth black and seven-eighths white, under louisiana state law he was classified as an African-American and was required to sit in the "colored" car. When Plessy refused to leave the white car and move to the colored car, he was arrested and jailed. In his case of ( Homer Adolph Plessy vs. The State of Louisiana ) Plessy argued that the ELR had denied him his constitutional rights under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. However, the judge presiding over his case, John Howard Ferguson, ruled that Louisiana had the right to regulate railroad complanies as long as they operated within state boundries. Plessy later took this to the Supreme Court of Louisiana where he was also found guilty. |
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ment progress, growth, world power and in some senses fulfillment of the American promise of abundance. also ment rapid change, social instability, exploritation of labor, and growing disparity in income between rich and poor.
the social and economic concept used to identify a society based on industry or technology versus one based on farming. |
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| the war fought in 1898 to help Cuba gain its independence from Spain. The war began after an American battleship sent to Cuba, the Maine, mysteriously exploded. Theodore Roosevelt and his band of volunteers, the "Rough Riders," became famous in the fight. Victory brought Cuba under U.S. protection, and outright control of Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Filipinos expected to be given their independence. They were not, however, because America feared that some other country would take them over. Filipinos launched a rebellion, and American troops were sent to keep control of the islands. |
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1989 opposed annexation on economic, legal, and moral grounds. formed to fight US annexation of the Philippines. Members like Andrew Carnegie and Mark Twain. |
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civil rights activist and leader who campaigned for equality in black americans. |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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| a nation-wide mechanized transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West. |
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United States Federal Law in 1882, following revisions to the Burlingame Treaty. Those revisions allowed the US to suspend immigration, and congress subsequently acted quickly to implement the suspension of Chinese immigration, a ban that lasted over 60 years. |
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Approved on May 22, 1903, the Platt Amendment was a treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention. It permitted extensive U.S. involvement in Cuban international and domestic affairs for the enforcement of Cuban independence. |
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| slogan describing President Theodore Roosevelt to the Monroe Doctrine. Roosevelt got the term from a West African proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far." Roosevelt conducted an aggressive foreign policy using Big Stick Diplomacy. Through this policy, the United States became increasingly assertive in the early 1900s. |
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-improve living conditions, but they concentrate on cities and factory work.
-governement regulations of work hours, work places, wages
-regulate / shorten work hours
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| 1869, take all workers regardless of skill, gender, or color. |
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was not happy about the rise of legalization but realized there isnt anything he can do so African Americans should co-exist with it.
Co-exist, vocational, jobs |
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gave blacks the right to vote.
provides that governments in the United States may not prevent a citizen from voting because of his race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery). |
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| Authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal lands and divide the areas into allotments for individual Native American families. |
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| written by Upton Sindair about chicago mean packaging and unsanitary unsafe conditions. led to pure food and drug act |
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| populist, ran for president in 1890s and 1900. supported farmers. 1920s prosecuting attorney in scopes monkey trial. |
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| anti - drinking. popular in late 19th centry. many women supported it. prohibition amendment in 1919. |
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| elected president in 1876. ended reconstruction. withdrew US troops from south. republican. |
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| main purpose was to resist reconstruction. turned to violent actions against the blacks |
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| the idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence in which natural selection results in “survival of the fittest.” Some social Darwinists argue that governments should not interfere with human competition by attempting to regulate the economy or cure social ills such as poverty. Instead, they advocate a laissez-faire political and economic system that favors competition and self-interest in social and business affairs |
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| founder of the US Settlement House Movement and the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
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an African American journalist, was an active crusader against lynching and a champion of social and political justice for African Americans
literally dragged out of her seat on a train because although she purchased a first class ticket she refused to sit in the black persons seat, also known as the Jim Crow Seat. became a journalist who used the name "lola" speaking out against violent crimes towards afrian americans. |
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| National Woman Suffrage Association the largest and most important suffrage organization in the United States until the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920. Thereafter NAWSA was reformed as the league of women voters, which continues in existence up to the present time. |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
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created when Roosevelt was president. ship canal that connects the atlantic and pacific oceans. Construction of the canal was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken. |
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| How the Other Half Lives< |
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| 1890 a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City Slums. It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City’s upper and middle-class. |
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| a journalist, author or filmmaker who investigates and exposes societal issues such as political corruption, corporate crime, child labor, conditions in slums and prisons, unsanitary conditions in food processing plants, fraudulent claims by manufacturers of patent medicines, etc. |
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prominent, independent and well educated American civil Rights leader big impact on the movement to secure womens suffrage. traveled to the US and Europe and gave 75 to 100 speeches per year on womens rights. |
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| 25th president. high tariffs on imports. mckinley tariff of 1890. as president he fought the spanish american war. Later he annexed the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam as well as Hawaii and set up a protectorate over Cuba. |
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| 17th president, took charge of the presidential reconstruction which was the first stage of reconstruction, which lasted until the radical republicans gained control of congress. first president to be impeached. |
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| co-founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Settlement house |
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| Mysterious explosion rocks the battleship MAINE in Havana Harbor, Cuba. 266 men were killed. Initally it was believed a torpedo or mine caused the explosion. On April 25, 1898 the US declared war on Spain. A 1976 investigation found that the Maine was sunk due to a self-inflicted blast, probably as a result of coal bunker fire on board. |
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| 26th president. leader of the republican party and the progressive movement. prepared for and declared war on spain, came up with the square deal and "trust busters" controled the construction of the panama canal |
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stand up to corporate power, remove "corrupt" elites, fight for the "poor people of the country", "put people first," and "build a cooperative commonwealth |
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