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10 Cards in this Set
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Carpetbagger |
Northern Republicans who moved to postwar south seeking to grab power or money |
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Reconstruction |
Program to repair the damage to the south and restore the southern states to the union |
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Social Darwinism |
Those most "fit" in business would succeed and become rich |
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Robber Baron |
Those who used sly ways to get to the top, and didn't give back to society |
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Collective bargaining |
Process in which workers negotiate as a group with employers |
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Quarentine |
A time of isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
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Boomers |
Settlers who ran in land races to claim land upon the 1889 opening of Indian territory for settlement |
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Tenement |
Low cost apartment building that often had poor standards of sanitation, safety and comfort and is designed to house as many people as possible |
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Guided age |
A time when everything seemed nice from the outside, but actually terrible inside |
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Pogrom |
Violent massacre of Jews |
