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21 Cards in this Set
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Media Clip Reconstruction
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after war, lots of sadness, suffering; North-loss of life; South-loss of life and bitterness of defeat
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Media Clip Reconstruction/ South Bitterness
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song "I'm a Good Ol' Rebel"
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13th Amendment
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abolished slavery; extended/letitimized Emanc. Procl.; wiped out most important property in U.S.
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14th Amendment
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citizenship for all, regardless of race; requires states to abide by Bill of Rights; removes states power; flow of power to nat'l gov't
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15th Amendment
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enfranchised all black men (contagion); William Lloyd Garrison opposed
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Media Clip Wealth in American after Reconstruction
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Rockefeller(oil), Vanderbuilt (RR), Morgan (bank), Carnegie (steel) --Robber Barons, monopolies emerged
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What was the impact of the Railroad?
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-time zones (thus business influencing gov't)
-"railroading through Congress" |
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Media Clip demonstrating Poor Working Conditions under big business
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Workers feel like machine, long hours, no safety, Ira Stewart: "wage slavery"
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Media Clip demonstrating Poor Working Conditions under big business
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Charlie Chaplin -such a part of the machine that he can't stop factory work
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Impact of Big Business
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-business bigger than gov't, so no regulations "laissez-faire"
-workers suffered, poor conditions, debasement -mass wealth of capitalists vs. poor workers: Gap growing -monopolisitic power/inequality threaten democracy/American ideals |
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Media Clip demonstrating impact of robber barons, big businness, monopolies
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the rich are the focus of nat'l attention (the celebrities); the rich flaunt their wealth; "Gilded Age"
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Worker Americans' Response to Big Business:
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-organization/cooperation replaces individualism
-unionization -unions call for legislation (child labor, convict labor, conditions, hours, etc...) |
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Media Clip demonstrating Poor Working Conditions under big business
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Song "Coalminers" low pay, dirty capitalists, organize!, pay $1 for company store...utilizes the rhetoric of slavery
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Farmer's Problems
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-machines cause surplus
-crop prices thus down -RR held monopolistic power over shipping crops -Banks control credit -Nat'l $ supply tight |
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Media Clip demonstrating Lincoln's brilliance with Emanc. Procl.
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Lincoln wrote Emanc. Procl. by himself, his own idea, convinced to wait for a major Union victory to release
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What were Lincoln's concerns with Emanc. Procl.?
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-Constitutionality: wanted to keep it Constitutional
-Border States: didn't want to lose |
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What convinced Lincoln to issue Emanc. Procl.?
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-pressure from slaves
-miliatry necessity -length of war -to save the Union -to assure freedom to the free (for all of mankind: light on a hill) |
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Limits to Emanc. Procl.
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-only freed slaves in Confederate territory
-military measure only (could end after the war) |
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Why were Emanc. Procl. and Linclon's efforts such a big deal?
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-Lincoln's determination to see it through
-brought about 13th amend which reshaped Union -brought Const. and Decl. of Indep. into harmony -changed nature of the war |
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Who were the Populists?
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Farmers, coalminers
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The Populist Solution
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Gov't should:
-manage and own RR -expand credit -expand $ supply (silver standard) ...wanted gov't power to be answerable to the "plain ppl" |
