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1868 election

grant
heracio seymore
Definition
u.s. grant rep. war hero

heracio seymore dem.
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dem. and rep. motto in 1868 election
Definition
rep. let us have peace

dem. this is a white mans govt.
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marshall
Definition
sent x grant to stop kkk violence and scandals in government took attention away from civil rights issues
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spoils system
Definition
bribing and favoritism to get gvt jobs
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civil rights act 1875
Definition
charles sumner-prohibited descrimination in transportation and public amusement

was okayed in juries but not in privatley owned that werent owned by fed govt
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15th amendment
Definition
1870, technically allowed the right to vote to blackmen
south made poll taxes and literacy tests to make it hard for blacks to vote
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election of 1876
Definition
hays-rep. won by 1 elc. vote
tilden-dem.

dirty/stolen election. guns to make people vote certain way.
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compromise 1877
Definition
hays....to make mad democrats happy. he promise to take troops outa the south
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plessy furguson case
Definition
1896- supreme court declared segregation constitutional

"separate but equal"
can still separate blacks and white as long as there is equal buses etc for each race
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republicans split to



democrats split to
Definition
stalwarts
half-breeds


north and south
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garfeild
Definition
1881 assassinated
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cleveland
Definition
became prez after grafeild assass. was first dem. elected for long time
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agrarian revolt
Definition
famers werent being represesnted in congress.

falling prices-overproduction
high bank mortgages
railroad and grain elevator monopolies
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grange movement
Definition
cooperation and lower competition btw farmers
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granger laws. munn vs. illinois case
Definition
1877. state can regulate private property prices if the property is devoted to public use
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mary e lease
Definition
grow less corn and more hell

alliance summer. womans rights and unions
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populism
Definition
peoples party- apealed to farmers class

currency back by silver rather than gold
increase money supply
direct election of senators x people
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election 1896
Definition
mckinley
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william jennings bryan
Definition
cross of gold-speech

gave him nomination for dem. prez
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wiliam allen whites
Definition
whats the matter with kansas-helped mckinley win "gold over silver"
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railroads
Definition
inion and cetral pacific met in promotory point,utah

americans first major industry
chinese and irish immigrant workers
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BIG 4 $
Definition
mark hopkins
charles crocker
colis hunington
leland stanford
Term
cornelius vanderbuilt
Definition
joined railroad companies. enterprise 1860-70s
Term
telegraph cable
Definition
1866 conected us to europe
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alexander grambell
Definition
phone 1876
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george eastmen
Definition
kodak camera
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tom edison
Definition
light bulb,telegraph,mimiograph, motion picture camera
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john d rockafeller
Definition
standard oil company

introduced
-vertical integration
-holding company
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andrew carnegie
Definition
steel empire in pitts. 40million/yr

corporations should give money to public for pools,parks, and hospitals, libraries
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jp morgan
Definition
king of consolidations
at&t gen electric int. harvester

bought out carnegies steel empire 450$mil
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industrialization
Definition
-mass production assembly line
-steel instead of wood and bricks
-urbanization
-inequality of wealth
-standard of living goes up
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social darminism
Definition
human social natural selection
rich vs. poor
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herbert spencer
Definition
social darminist. no middle class. poor will slowly fade out
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william grahm sumner
Definition
social darwinist.
gvt is gettin in the way of how social and economin should develop naturally. let strong survive
essay"absurd effort to make the world over"
Term
russel conwell
Definition
social darwinist
minister-Acres of Diamonds lecture
you can get rich if you believe
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gospel of wealth
Definition
carnegie wrote to encourage philanthropy
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horacio alger
Definition
unitarian minister -
popularized rags to riches
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barber barons
Definition
opposed captains of the industry
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socialism
Definition
economic system which large businesses and major companies are government owned and controlled. personal income is monitored (taxes)
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henry george
Definition
proposed tax for railroads who were gettin prime land along railroads. common man oculdnt get prime land.

PROPOSED "SINGLE TAX" TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
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edward bellamy-
Definition
"looking backward"
describes classless society utopia 2000
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cultural changes due to industrialization
Definition
immigration from europe
chicago polish
califnorina racial against chinese
workin mens party of california - unions
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1900s salaries etc
Definition
21c an hour
490/yr
59hr/wk
20% women in factories
20% were wage earners
5 million women in workforce
CHILREN WORKED IN FACTORIES
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1877 RAILRAOD STRIKE
Definition
100 deaths
panic of 73
hays sent in fed troops to break up strike
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kights of labor
Definition
first industrial labor union. 1869
numbers dropped when radicals came in...?
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samuel gomper
Definition
head of american federation of labor. 8hr days women and men equal pay etc. safety
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spanish american war
Definition
makes america a world power
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imperialism
Definition
some wanted an american empire with colonies
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bryan
Definition
the flag of a republic forever
flag of an empire never
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alfred thayer mahans
Definition
navy-wrote book- influence of sea power upon history

naval build up.
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revolt in cuba
Definition
cuba libre revolutionary movement of jose marti. independence from spain
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weyler
Definition
spanish sent him to cuba to act as a gov. There was tons of killings.
Term
yellow journalism
Definition
exagerate emotional stories about the atrocities in cuba. people who were for the rebellion were gettin killed
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william hearst
Definition
new york journal...yellow journalism
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joseph pullitzer
Definition
new york world. promoted anti weyler with stories
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delome letter
Definition
spanish ambassador wrote letter critizisign mckinley. got discovered. It was published in hearsts new york journel. de lome resigns
Term
sinking of uss maine
Definition
mckinley sent the battle ship to havanna bay cuba. blew up mysteriously killed 260 men.

REMEMBER THE MAINE TO HELL WITH SPAIN
Term
FACTORS OF THE SPANISH WAR
Definition
imperialism
cuban revolution
yellow journalism
delome letter
Term
atier teller ammendment
Definition
prohibits annexation of cuba. no take over by us. military presence but no take over
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naval blockade of cuba
Definition
after spain promised to get out. mckliny ordered naval blockade.
Term
declarations of war
Definition
spain declares war on april 24,1898
us congress declares war on april 25 but makes it retroactive to the 21st
Term
end of war and its outcome

war heroes
Definition
1898

cubans on our side
Term
battle of manilla bay
Definition
george dewey
Term
theodore roosevelt
Definition
san juan hill
Term
progressivism
Definition
urban areas. regulated capitalism
industrial reform
more government regulation
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muckracking
Definition
exposing corruption through books journals etc.
Term
ladies home journal
Definition
exposed medical fraud
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ida tarbells
Definition
history of the standard oil company
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uptain sinclair
Definition
the jungle unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry
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pure food and drug act
Definition
1906
Term
meat inspection act
Definition
1907 lead to fda
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jane adams
Definition
social work. assist poor and immigrants to get jobs and hull house housing > kids off streets
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margarat sanger
Definition
new york city nurse. birth control. to lighten overcrowded cities
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social gospel movement
Definition
churches involved in protecting children. and working man. cleaning up cities.
Term
washington gladden
walter rausenbush
Definition
churches involved in cleaing up the city
Term
john dewey
Definition
educational reform.
progressive education
child centered approach to learning
pragmatist- practical approach to learning
Term
temperance movement
Definition
no alc.

womans christian temperance union
anti saloon leagues
Term
alice paul
Definition
led 5000 woman protest for womans sufrage
Term
19th amendment
Definition
women right to vote
Term
gambling bans
Definition
prostitiution
child labor
moral reform
Term
16th amendment
Definition
federal income tax
Term
17 amendment
Definition
direct election of us senators
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18th amendment
Definition
prohibition of alcohol
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allied power
Definition
england france russia
Term
central powers
Definition
germany
austria
ottoman empire
bulgaria
Term
reasons for us to join war
Definition
violation of freedom of the seas
england blockaded trade between us and germany
sinking of the lusitania
Term
threat to US by...

we declare war
Definition
april 6 1917

germany
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