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47 Cards in this Set
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Progressive movement
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Time when members of progressers belived the government could fix the ills of society
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Juvenile Justice System
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-Punished and tried younger offenders differently from adults
-Established in 1915 |
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Child Labor Laws
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-Established in 1930
-Prevented children from doing harsh labor in bad conditions |
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WCTU
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-Women's Christian Temperance Unit
-Advocated for states to be "dry" |
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18th Amendment
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-Prohibited the manufacturing, transportation, and selling of alcohol
-Ratified in 1919 -Also known as prohibiton |
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19th Amendment
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-Gave women the right to vote
-Ratified in 1930 -GA never ratified -36 states had to ratify for it to become a law |
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Populist Party
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-Political party that supports the common people against the priviledged elite
-Supported Austrailian Ballot |
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Farmer's Alliance
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-Farmer's orginization
-Joined with labor unions to form the populist party |
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The Grange
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-Farmers orginization
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County unit system
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-Smaller counties got 2 votes
-Larger counties got 6 votes (121 small counties) (8 big counties) -Beacame illegal |
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Progressive movement
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Time when members of progressers belived the government could fix the ills of society
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Juvenile Justice System
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-Punished and tried younger offenders differently from adults
-Established in 1915 |
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Child Labor Laws
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-Established in 1930
-Prevented children from doing harsh labor in bad conditions |
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WCTU
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-Women's Christian Temperance Unit
-Advocated for states to be "dry" |
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18th Amendment
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-Prohibited the manufacturing, transportation, and selling of alcohol
-Ratified in 1919 -Also known as prohibiton |
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19th Amendment
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-Gave women the right to vote
-Ratified in 1930 -GA never ratified -36 states had to ratify for it to become a law |
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Populist Party
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-Political party that supports the common people against the priviledged elite
-Supported Austrailian Ballot |
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Farmer's Alliance
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-Farmer's orginization
-Joined with labor unions to form the populist party |
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The Grange
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-Farmers orginization
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County unit system
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-Smaller counties got 2 votes
-Larger counties got 6 votes (121 small counties) (8 big counties) -Beacame illegal |
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Gerrymandering
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To draw up an election that benifiets a certain group
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Grandfather Clause
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Only men whose fathers/grandfathers who voted are allowed to vote
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Poll tax
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A tax paid to vote
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National Urban League
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Orginization to help urban dwellers
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NAACP
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-Activists who worked for african americans rights
-Formed in 1989 |
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Lusitania
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-1915
-Precursor for U.S to join war -Ship sunk by Germany |
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Zimmerman Telegraph
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-Telegraph inercepted by the U.S from Germany telling Mexico to attack U.S
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Camp Benning
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-Training camp for infantry troops
-Opened in 1917 -For WW1 -Where they learned to march |
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Plessy vs. Fergueson
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-Gave states the right to control social discrimination
-1896 Seperate, but equal is OK |
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Upton Sinclair
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-Muckracker
-The Jungle -Book about the meat packing industry |
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Hoke Smith
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-Governer that supported white supremacy and anti-black laws
-Created agricultural extension services |
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Tom Watson
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-Wanted to unit all farmers
-Sponsored RFD |
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Clarke Howell
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-Publisher of the Atlanta Constitution
-Ran for governer |
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Booker T. Washington
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Wrote and spoke Atlanta compromise act
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Woodrow Wilson
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-President during WW1
-Big supporter of League of Nations, but it was not passed |
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John Pershing
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Famous WW1 General
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Carrie Nation
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-Carried a hatchet around with her
-Destroyed all liquor in bars |
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Leo Frank
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-White jewish man accused of murdering a 14 year old girl
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Juliette Gordon Lowe
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-Creator of Girl Scouts
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John pemberton
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-Created the Coca-Cola formula
-Called it a tonic |
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W.E.B DuBois
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-GA educator
-Took the top 10% of African Americans and readied them for higher levels of education |
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Alonzo Herndon
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-Built the largest African American insurance company
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John D. Rockefeller
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-Built an oil company
-Enterpranuar |
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Rebecca Latimer Felton
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-Speaker against the convict lease system
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Martha Berry
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-Had a small Sunday school, then began a bigger schol turning it into Berry College
-Nickname=Sunday Lady of Oppossum Trot |
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John Hope
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-President of the National Association of teachers for colored schools
-Started the Atlanta University Center |
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Mary Harris Armor
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-From GA
-GA reformer -Represented alcoholism for the world in the U.S congress |
