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09/17/2009

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lincoln is the president at this time
Definition
1861 to 1865 before his assination
Term
13th amendment
Definition

slavery

 

Term
lincoln wants to make the change as easy as possible his proposal is know as the?
Definition
"10 % plan"
Term
what is the "10% plan"?
Definition
10% of a states voters has to swear on an oath of loyalty and outlaw slavery in the constitution
Term
what did the southerners call the 10% plan?
Definition
swallen of the dog
Term
why did the 10% plan not go thru?
Definition
because Lincon was assasinated
Term

who assasinated president Lincoln?

 

Definition
john welks
Term
what is the wade davis bill?
Definition
a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland
Term
who takes over the presidency after Lincoln
Definition
Andrew Johnson
Term
Andrew Johnson is the only __ of the entire goverment
Definition
Southerner and hates all the wealthy sourtherner but is pro southern
Term
50% of the states voter have to swear on an oath of loyalty that sourthern officer cannot __
Definition
hold office
Term
what is a pocket veto?
Definition
a bill that is put away untill lincoln dies
Term

what do the slaves want to do as soon as they are freed?

 

Definition
they want to travel and get information about their family
Term
who helps the slaves when they are freed?
Definition
black churches, the army
Term
what and who are the black masons?
Definition
a ferternal organization that helped the slaves
Term
what is the freeman bur.
Definition
an economic training for the slaves that help them to read, farm, ect.
Term
african americans can be arrested if they dont have what on them at all times?
Definition
id, resident proff or engage in disorderly conduct
Term
what happens if african americans quit their job?
Definition
they will not be given their money back
Term
african americans cannot ____ against whites in court
Definition
testify
Term
african americans can be sent to prison for life if they?
Definition
have relations with a white woman
Term
what is the civil rights act of 1866?
Definition
african americans are citizens of the united states and all us citizen are entitled to civil rights
Term
the federal goverment can ___ against any state law that goes against the civil rights act
Definition
overright
Term

who veto's that act?

 

Definition
andrew johnson
Term
for the first time in us history congress ___  this veto
Definition
overights
Term
what is the 14 amendment?
Definition
every citizen is equal before the law states can no longer violate civil rights if they do they will lose a member of congress and also gives the right for a males to vote including african americans
Term
what year can women vote?
Definition
1920
Term
what is a poll tax?
Definition
you have to pay to vote
Term
what test do u have to take in order to vote?
Definition
a literacy test
Term
what is a grandfather clause?
Definition
if u have a relative before 1865 you can vote. which were all white males
Term
whats is a radical republican group?
Definition
a group in congress they want to take away land from the plantation owner and give it back to the ex slaves (land redistribution)
Term
what is the reconstruction act?
Definition
congress will divide the south into 5 military districts and marshall law will govern them
Term

what is marshall law?

 

Definition
laws by the military and they are in charge
Term
what is the Tenure of office act?
Definition
the president cannot fire any member of the cabinet without the approval of congress
Term
johnson fires ____ the secretary of war
Definition
edwin steton
Term
after congress impeaches johnson he stay the president by how many votes?
Definition
one vote
Term
what is a carpetbagger?
Definition
northerners that control goverment jobs who moved to the south
Term
what is a scalawag?
Definition
southerners who support the northern believes
Term
what is race baiting?
Definition
where u use a steroetype to create fear. ex:if you let the blacks vote they are gona control everything
Term
false science?
Definition
like the size of your head means your smarter
Term
how did they use terror?
Definition
created the KKK
Term
who becomes president in 1872
Definition
u.s grant
Term
Grant does not like that his associates are ____
Definition
corrupt
Term
what are the white leagues?
Definition
groups who's goal is to put democrates back in power
Term
who are running for the presidency in 1876?
Definition

rep. Rutherford B Hayes

dem. Samuel Tilden

Term
florida has a problem with what in their state?
Definition
problem with their voting
Term
who wins the popular vote, but doesnt mean anything
Definition
Tilden
Term
the democrats offer the compromis of 1877 what is it?
Definition
they will give the Rep. R.B Hayes the presidency if they remove the army from the south
Term
if you want a change you must start at what level?
Definition
city level
Term
muckraker
Definition
is an individual who seeks to expose or reveal corruption of businesses or government to the public.
Term
triangle shirtwaist factory fire?
Definition
in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the largest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York, causing the death of 146 garment workers who either died from the fire or jumped to their deaths
Term
Ida Minerva Tarbell
Definition
was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of her day, work known in modern times in the progressive era as "investigative journalism."
Term
what is the home rule charter act?
Definition
the people in the city pick their representatives before the state pick to run the city
Term
municiple socialism?
Definition
the city control "water" so no one person will control the whole  
Term
Who is a senetor from wisconsin that thinks people if they are properly informed?
Definition
Sen. robert laFollette
Term
what are the thing they are pushing to pas thru the labor laws
Definition
child labor, woman suffrage
Term
what was the age limit people can work?
Definition
kids can work at the age of 5
Term
who is gona fight against labor laws saying that the goverment should not interviene on how we run our bussiness
Definition
the conservist
Term
what is the main thing in the woman suffrage
Definition
the right to vote
Term
what is the reason they wont let woman vote?
Definition
they are too lady like. lack of unity and they had to be covered from head to feet
Term
were did they get the right to vote first? in the west,east,south or north
Definition
the west. they had to start small
Term
what is the 19th amendment?
Definition
woman get the right to vote nation wide
Term
by the the end of the 1960 century america was the largest____ nation in the world
Definition
manifactoring
Term
America had a lot of ______ resources
Definition
natural
Term
there was a large immigration population they migrated from where?
Definition
europe
Term
who invented the codak camera?
Definition
george eastman
Term
what did james duke invent?
Definition
automatic ciggerette roller
Term
who invented the typewrighter?
Definition
christopher scholes
Term
what is a interegional line
Definition
a line that meet with another line for the railroad but was taxed kinda like tollways
Term
how did we get time zones
Definition
from the railroads
Term
what type of stuff the the railroad bring us?
Definition
standard accounting systmes, airbreaks, private sleeper car or first class
Term
in america we had to have iron and steel were did we have the most?
Definition
pittsburg
Term
what are the two types of iron?
Definition
wrought and cast
Term
when oil became big how did peple get really healthy what did they do to the oil ?
Definition
they refined it
Term
what did Thomas Edison invent to pass electicity thru the light bulb?
Definition
philimant
Term
because of Thomas Edison's invention what were people able to do?
Definition
work 24/7 and more intertainment
Term
what did Alexander Grantbell get credit for?
Definition
the telephone
Term
800,000 telephones are put in place and he creates what?
Definition
his own company
Term
what is the name of Alexander GrantBell's company?
Definition
ATT or american telegraph and telephone CO.
Term
Finance & Backing Industry starts up who controls the big industries
Definition
Rober Berins
Term
who controls the railroads?
Definition
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Term
who control the steel industry?
Definition
andrew carnegie
Term
who is jp morgan and what does he do?
Definition
he buy the steel from Carnegie and is well know he is a banker
Term
Rockafeller controlled how much percent of the refining
Definition
95 percent
Term
Rockafeller could not own anything outside of what state
Definition
ohio
Term
Rockafellers lawyers create what trust
Definition
sherman anti trust act
Term
what is the sherman anti trust act and what is the problem with it?
Definition
a national law to stop monopolies from allowing other people to compete the problem is that is loosly worded
Term
how long are judges appointed for?
Definition
for life
Term
in the case EC Knight vs. U.S they fight over what?
Definition
sugar
Term
what to unions try to do?
Definition

to protect their jobs from competetors,

organize labor

push for the rights of workers

 

Term
what is the first union created and what do they want
Definition
national labor law and they want they oppose the wage system or min wage oppose the use of strikes
Term
AFL american federation of labor is?
Definition
the union that is still to this day they wanted higher pay less hrs working, they develped a sence of pride
Term
what is a scap?
Definition
replacement workers for the strikes
Term
by this time people start getting more involved with the goverment what two parties controlled everything?
Definition
the democrats and republicans
Term
what type of style campaings did they run
Definition
a military style
Term
who did they focus their campaing
Definition
towards males
Term
was your vote private yes or no
Definition
no because they can see who u voted for
Term
what is a big boss system?
Definition
a system aimed at immigrants, they would come in and they would give them shelter food in trade of a vote
Term
democrats are seen as the party of?
Definition
the loss cause
Term
who are in the party of the WASP?
Definition
white anglo saxon protestent
Term
were did the republicans base their power form?
Definition
the north
Term
what is pushing the temperence
Definition
to get rid of alcohol speciall towards the immigrants and the irish
Term
who also pushed for the temperence and why?
Definition
the woman because their husbands would beat them and wais all the money while drinking
Term
production
Definition
is the creation of goods and services by combining various elements in the production process. For example, the farmer grows a wheat crop by combining his labor with the land, seed, fertilizer, and machinery.
Term
consumption
Definition
is the destruction of goods and services to satisfy the wants and needs of people. A person who is hungry eats a meal, and the food ceases to exist as food.
Term
goods
Definition
are tangible outputs of the production process -- the good has a physical existence. Production and consumption can be separated by time and place. The farmer grows the wheat in Iowa in May. The girl eats the bread in Georgia in September. Goods include consumer durables, consumer nondurables, and capital (producer durables).
Term
The Economic Problem
Definition
The economic problem emerges because our desire for goods and services to consume is greater than our ability to produce those goods and services.
Term
the demand for good and services araise from?
Definition
humans
Term
what are three type of human wants?
Definition

bilogical wants

cultural wants

demonstration wants

Term
what is a biological want?
Definition
are for the goods and services needed to sustain human life. These are food, shelter, and clothing. These goods are often called "necessities".
Term
what is a cultural want?
Definition
re for goods and services beyond necessities in order to maintain the socially accepted standard of living. The idea of a standard of living will vary with time and place. An acceptable living standard for 1800 would not be acceptable in 2000. These goods and services are called "conveniences".
Term
demonstrtion want?
Definition
are for goods and services beyond conveniences. Thanks to modern telecommunications, we all know about the lifestyles of the rich and famous, and would not mind it for ourselves. These goods and services are called "luxuries". Note that economic development means that the luxuries of yesterday become the conveniences of today!
Term
economics
Definition
is the social science concerned with the use of scarce resources like land and labor used
          to fulfill unlimited human wants
Term
define goverment
Definition
a group of people that controls and directs a large amount of people
Term
define freedom
Definition
the right to do what ever you like
Term
define order
Definition
keeping order to have things in line
Term
what are three main purpose of goverment
Definition

1.to maintain order

2.the goverment is supposed to provide goods and services

3.to promote equality

Term

what is to maintain order mean

 

Definition
perservation of life and protection of property
Term
what is the goverment supposed to provide the people
Definition
goods and services
Term
what does promoting equality mean
Definition
is giving everyone of every race, religion, background, gender, etc. an equal opportunity
Term
what are some dilemas
Definition

freedom vs. order

freedom vs. equality

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