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History Since 1877 Exam 1
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09/28/2008

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Dawes Severalty Act
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1887 act to reform Native Americans offered them 160 acres for farming or 320 acres for grazing also made them a U.S. citizen
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Ghost Dance Movement
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1890's indians did a dance to ward off evil, it gained popularity frightening military authorities when they tried to put cheif sitting bull in custody a battle broke out.
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Massacre at Wounded Knee
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december 29,1890 7th calvery began to round up 350 starving Sioux they refused to give up so rapid fire broke out killing more than 300
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Gospel of Wealth
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an essay written by Andrew Carnegie in 1889 stating the responsiblity of the upperclass to donate money that would be put to good use.
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Coxey's Army
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1894 protest by the unemployed during the economic depression, first significant protest march on washington
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American Federaton of Labor
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founded in 1886 pure and simple unionism, dealt with working conditions, pay and contorl over jobs
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Haymarket Roit
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May 4 1886 someone threw a bomb inot a crowd at the market leading to gunfire resulitng in the death of 7 officers and a number of citizens (the orgin of may day)
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Emma Goldman
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political activist 1917 two year jail sentence for elling people not to register for the draft. developed new ways to incorperate gender roles into anarchism
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Jane Addams
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founder of the U.S. settlement house (hull house 1889) providing night school for adults, kindergarden, clubs for older children. First women to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Helped organize the womens peace party
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Frances Willard
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1879 president of the womens christian temperance union founded the magazine the union signal
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"New Women"
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Eugene Debs
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Union leader international labor union and industrial workers of the world, socalist, lead pullman strike "strip the mask of hipocrisy from pretended pilathropist and show them to the world as an oppresure of labor"
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Francis Perkins
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secretary of labor 1933-1945 first women in the cabinet. Helped pull the labor movement to the new deal coalition
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Panic of 1893
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economic depression, due to railroad overproductivity, and the financing lead to banks failing US dollar value dropped Gold vs. Silver
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Williams Jennings Bryan
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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june 30,1906 federal law passes a law saying food especially meats had to be inspected and forbade the making, selling,or transportation of contaminated food or poisinous patent medications
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Lincoln Steffens
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"I've been to the future, and it works." journalist 1921
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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he lead the 1896 upriseing originaly from spain shortly shifted to the U.S.

phillipinos took back island U.S. said No it's ours sent troops, we gave it back after WWII

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Booker T. Washington
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b minority best way is the blacks to work hard, gain good traits people will evenchually realize we are good "gain respect" change image.
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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1890 John Sherman, outlawing trusts, contracts, combinations that restrain trade.
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W.E.B. DuBois
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American Civil rights activist, sociologist, social philosopher he had a strong reaction to Booker T. Washington. Action oriented wanted to fight legally take to court, non-violent (sit ins) strikes. "Organize Acts"
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Margaret Sanger
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Founder of the American Birth Control League
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Fourteen Points
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fourteen points listed in WOODROW WILSONS speech on January 8,1918 assuring the country that the war was being fought for a moral cause was the basis for the surrender of the Germans
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Treaty of Versailles
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June 28< 1919 ended the war between Germany and the allie powers Germany had to take full responsiblity
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IWW
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Industrial Workers of the World (union)founded in 1905 On June 27, 1905 convention held, the most important event of the industrial unionism and american labor movement in general
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Clara Lemlich
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lead the uprising of women in the shirtwaist factory in 1909 she was black listed from the union and became a member of the communist party
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Tammany Hall
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democratic political party machine, controlled a majority of new yorks politics. Founded in 18 used for smaller political units from 1886-1938
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