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| What was the American Civil War primarily fought over? |
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| State's Rights, how much they have over the Federal Government |
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| What did the Union and Confederacy represent? |
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Union-Federal Government
Confederacy- State Governments |
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| How did radicals feel about the South coming back in the Union? |
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| Since they left, they believed that they should be punished. Everybody else wanted them back in quickly. |
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| What was the Reconstruction? |
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| 1865-1877. Bringing the South back into the Union and how they would be treated. Also how slavery will end. |
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| What was Lincoln's Policy to have the South back in the Union? |
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| 10% Plan. December 8th 1863. When 10% of any southern state takes an oath then they may be let back into the union. |
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| What was the Wade-Davis Bill? |
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| 50% of a state population had to take an outh and they would deny rights to high Confederacy civil and military officers. They also had to pay back debts. |
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| What happened to the Wade-Davis Bill? |
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| Who took Lincoln's place after he was assassinated in 1865? |
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| Andrew Johnson. Southerner and Democrat. He would balnace it. |
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| What did Andrew Johnson represent? |
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| The poor southern farmer- yeoman farmers |
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| What is the 13th Amendment? |
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| Who had the power to enforce the 13th amendment? |
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| What was the Joint Committee and who created it? |
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It was created by Congress, represented the Legislative vs. Executive battle.
Each state district had a general to rule and prepare states to be readmistered back into the Union. Johnson culdn't veto it. |
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| How did the South resist? |
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| Black codes, just because they were free they had no rights. |
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| What was the Civil rights Bill of 1865? |
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| It led the 14th amendment. |
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| What was the 14th Amendment? |
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| Blacks had the rights of the constitution, due process, and citizenship |
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| What was the Freedmen's Bureau? |
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| Welfare distrubuted neccessities to men. |
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| Who did the 15th amendment NOT include? |
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| What was the 15th amendment? |
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| Any man who was a citizen had the right to vote. |
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| What did women start out fighting for? |
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| The abolishment of slavery. |
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| What was the Reconstruction Act of 1867? |
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| This would break the southern states into military districts ran by voted generals. |
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| What was Johnson's reaction to the Reconstruction Act? |
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| He vetoed this, but Congress passed it anyway |
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| What was the Army Appropriation Act? |
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| All acts had to pass through the general |
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| What was the Tenure of Office Act? |
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| Congress can only remove cabinet members, not president. |
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| What did Congress do to Johnson? |
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| They impeached him, but it was later judged unconstitutional. |
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| What are the type of people that went down to the South to grab opprotunities from the destruction? |
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| Carpetbaggers, Scallywags, Northern Jews, and Blacks. |
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| Who won the Election of 1868? |
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| Ulysses Grant, an old war general. |
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| What was the Ohio gang idea? |
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| Pay back war debts with greenbacks, and just print of money. |
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| What occured when so much money was printed out? |
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| What did the U.S. citizens value in the Reconstruction era? |
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| Island communities- Own traditions and culture. |
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| A showy age, where people tried to look more rich. Nobody was though. |
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| What was the Spoils System? |
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| There was no civil service. Most politicians would give jobs to their supporters and friends. People were pressured to vote for a certain candinate. |
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| Who was Mary "Boss" Tweed? |
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| Was a political ring leader. The most corrupted. |
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| Who had the most corrupt administration in the U.S.? |
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| What was the Whiskey ring? |
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| A secretary in Grant's administration was accepting bribes so that a ring of distillers didn't have to file taxes. |
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| What was the Credit Mobilier Scandal? |
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| The construction company that helped build the Union Pacific Railroad. They steered large fraulent contracts and keeping the Union Pacific from millions. It was revealed that the vice president had accepted stock. |
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| What were Grant's failures? |
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Definition
Didn't know anythign about non-military issues.
Appointed inadequate cabinet members.
Knew nothing of economies.
Didn't understand the changes in laws.
All of the scandals that occured |
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| What did Grant succeed in? |
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Foreign Policy: Removal of French from Mexico.
Seward's Folley: Purchase of Alaska
Midway island: Trade between America and Asia
Proposed anexation of san Domingo |
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| What was the "Alalbama claims"? |
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| The argument between England and the U.S. about whether England owed them money because they helped out the Confederacy. Eventually there was an agreement. |
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| Why did the Panic of 1873 happen? |
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| Overspeculation. There was too much investment. |
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| Who won in the election of 1876? |
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| What was the Civil Service Reform? |
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| This was to hand out government jobs fairly |
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| What was different about the Republican win with Garfield? |
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| It wasn't corrupted for once. |
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| Who was the 2nd president to be assassinated? |
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| Who took over the presidency after Garfield? |
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| What was the Pendleton Act? |
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| Required that some federal jobs be filled by competitive written examinations. |
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| What did the Civil Service result in? |
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| Other presidents followed and it led to job security. |
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| What happened in the Election of 1884? |
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| Cleveland was elected-Democrat |
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| This was between Vanderbilt and Fisk. Competing to control the railroads. |
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| What was the major big business? |
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| How was the public being used in the expansion of railroads? |
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| Land was being taken away without getting proper payment. |
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| Who had most control over the railroads? |
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| These were island communities. Self-sufficient. |
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| Maximized efficiency, regularity, and order. Not as secure, but growing period. |
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| What destroyed the old order? |
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| Railroads, corporations, National Wholesale houses, National banks, immigrants, and cities. |
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| What were some of the ideas to recapture old order? |
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Antimonoplism
Northern and Souther alliances
Anti-immigrant groups.
Christian capitalism
Knights of Labor |
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Term
| What was the Haymarket Riot of 1886? |
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| It was a labor strike and someone threw a bomb that killed seven police officers. The plice began firing into the crowd. There were 8 people killed and the 7 police officers. |
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| What were the "Redeemers"? |
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| These were powerful consevative Southerners. |
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| What were the ideas of the Ku Klux Klan? |
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| They came from Tennessee, WASPS, believed in using fear to control and they were suppose to be dressed as the ghosts of the confederate soldiers. They believed in keeping the white, Protestant, males in control. |
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| Who were the faces of the educated new African Americans? |
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| Booker T. Washington and Debois. |
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| What was Booker T. Washington's philosophy on becoming accepted by the U.S.? |
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| Have to have education to be an equal. |
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| What was Deboois's philosophy on being accepted by the U.S.? |
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| Have a good job and abide by the law. |
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| What was the advantages of the "Last Frontier"? |
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| No obstacles, mining frontier, territories were large, Quartz mining |
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| What was the Dawes Act of 1887? |
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| Integrated lands for Indians, take away the culture, and assimilate to bew Americans. |
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| What was the Ghost Dance? |
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| A ritual performed by the Native Americans to get help from their ancestors. |
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| What was the Wounded Knee massacre? |
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| Tribes were slaughtered because troops saw the Ghost Dance as a sign of attack. |
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| What was the Boom and Bust? |
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Definition
| It was in the West. Some years were very good, but other years were horrible. |
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| What was invented to keep cattle in? |
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| Barbed wire, very helpful to ranchers |
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| Why was there an influx of farmers in the West? |
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Definition
| They had the idea of free land to spread farms. |
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| What were some new state laws in the West? |
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| Australlian ballot, referendum-people vote, intiative (ideas from the people) |
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| What were the women's roles out in the West? |
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| Given the right to vol because of need of representation. Women also worked like men. |
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| What was the "Goddess of Progress"? |
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| Pushing Indians into the dark and bringing assimilated Americans to the Western world. |
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| What happened during the Election of 1877? |
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| Tildon vs. Hayes, Hayes won. |
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| What was the Revolution in Values out in the West? |
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| Farmeres weren't going to prosper, efficincy crazy, and the presidency role is increased. |
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| What did railroads succeed in? |
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| Opened agricultural areas, moved things cheaper and quicker, and broke down island communities. |
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| What was the idea of Social Darwinism? |
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| Everbody had to fight to be on top. |
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| When did automobile production begin? |
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| When did Airplane production begin? |
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| 1899, but didn't play a role until the 30's and 40's |
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| When did Airplane production begin? |
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| 1899, but didn't play a role until the 30's and 40's |
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| Rise of steal, found somebody to blow out the impurities out of iron to make steal. |
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| What is the Gospel of Wealth? |
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| That the rich should give away money after a while and make society better. "He who dies rich dies in disgrace." |
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| What is Vertical considation? |
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| Control permit and control all phases from beginning to end. This eliminates the middle man. |
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| What is Horizontal considation? |
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| Purchase the product, gain rebates, selective price cutting. You don't own the entire production line. Controls all different businesses like Carnegie Steel. |
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| What was the government's role in business? |
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| What was the Great Migration? |
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| Most people moved North, including Blacks, to the cities. |
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| What were the immigrants being told to do? |
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| What was the Global Migration? |
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| More immigrants: cheap labor |
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| What were some of the problems of the Urban Life? |
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| Fire, disease, pollution, and filth on the streets. |
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| What began to develop in Urban areas? |
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| Public angencies like the Salvation Army |
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| They weren't elected, but they represented for the city. |
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| What was some of the Mass Consumption? |
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| Rising incomes, chain stores, Department storms, Women's roles rose |
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| What was the Melting Pot of America? |
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| People began to form customs and everybody tried to assimilate that way. |
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| What was the job industry like? |
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Definition
| Machines replaced people, decline of skills, work was quick and reptitive, long hours, very difficult, workers were at risk. |
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| What was the Fair Standard Act of 1933? |
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| Co-ops. Consumer vs. workers. The Knights of Labor |
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| What was the Populist Part? |
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| Product of Farmer's revolt |
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Term
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| Industrial Workers of the World, workers rule, Wobbles |
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| What was the Homestead Strike of 1892? |
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Definition
| Carnegie's firm. Militia had to put down with force. |
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Term
| What was the Pullman's Strike of 1894? |
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Definition
| going to lay off workers and there was a rvolt. |
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| What were the coaroado Labor Wars of 1905? |
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