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94 Cards in this Set
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What was the growth of cities due to
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Influx of new immigrants, migrations of farmers to the city, and jobs caused by ind rev
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How many people lived in cities in 1900
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20%
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Where were most immigrants from
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Southern and eastern Europe, Russia, Poland, and Italy
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What was nativism
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Hatred of immigrants
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What were the three problems with the cities?
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tenement housing, sweat shops, and child labor
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What was tenement housing
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Poor living in center of city
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Where did the rich live
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Suburbs
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What percentage of workers were children
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18%
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How did most Americans view unions
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Evil
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Who did the us govt and public side with
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The owners
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What was the workers weapon
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Strike
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What was the owner’s response
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Hire private militia and replacement workers
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What were the replacement workers called
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Scabs
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What happened if violence was used
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Govt brought in troops
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What and when was the first major strike
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Railroads strie 1877
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How many workers stopped trains
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100,000
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What did the owners do
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Hired militia
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How many workers were killed
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20
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What happened next
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Army was called in to put down strike
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What was the first labor union
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Knights of labor
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What was the 2nd labor union
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American federal of labor
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Who was the founder of afl
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Samuel grompers
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Where was the haymarket strike
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Chicago at mccormick reaper co.
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Who was the labor union there
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Knights of labor
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What happened during the strike
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Over 50 strikers killed and 7 police
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What were the results
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Hanged some leaders of the knights of labor and ended this union
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What three things built American cities
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Mass transit, skyscrapers, bridges, and electricity
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What were the mass transits
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Electric trolly car,subway
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What were the advantages of skyscrapers
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Solved the room problem and elevator
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What was the free education
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Elementary school only
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Whose votes did party bosses want
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Immigrant
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How did they get that vote
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Offered jobs and housing in echanges for votes
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What did the party bosses take
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Bribes and kickbacks
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What was an example of the kickbacks
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Nyc- courthouse was suppose to cost 250000 actually costed 14 million of tax payers money after kickbacks
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What did the 13 amendment do
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Ended slavery
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What did the 14 amendment do
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Blacks citizenship
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What did the 15 amendment do
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Black men suffrage
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What three ways did the south try to gain back power
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Literacy test, poll tax, and intimidation
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What was the literacy test
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Pass test to vote
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What was the grandfather clause
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If grandfather voted you’re exempt
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what was the intimidation
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KKK
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what and when was the football controversy
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1904 teddy Roosevelt thought there were too many deaths; changed rule forward pass
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what was the populist party
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Against the gold standard, railroad prices, robber barons and protective tariff
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what was their platform
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Nationalize the railroads, silver standard, 8 hour workday, and direct election of senators
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when and where was the homestead steel strike
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1892 penn
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what does Carnegie do when he sees strike
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Goes back to scottland
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who does he leave in charge
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Hery frik
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how many workers take over the plant
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2000
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what does frick do
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Hires private militia and sends in troops
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what was the fight
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Right to work vs private property
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what were the results
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1600 replacement workers hired
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how many jobs were cut
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500
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what was kept
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12 hour workday
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what was Carnegie profit
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1892- 4 million year – 1900- 40 million year
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how many years until another strike against us steel
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40
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when and where was the Pullman railroad car strike
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1894 chicago
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what does this turn into
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National railroad strike
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who led this
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Eugene debs
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what happens to debs
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Arrested for making speech six months in jail
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what does pres clevaland do
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Calls for army
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how many times do debs run for pres
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Five times
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what happens in 1912 for him
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gets one million votes
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how many workers were out of jobs in the panic of 1893
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1/2
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what did Jacob coxy do
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Led a march to Washington of unemployed workers
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what was this march’s nickname
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Coxey’s army
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what was the argument for foreign policy
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Isolationism vs expansionism
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what were the three main colonizing countries
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Britian france and gremany
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who was against colonies
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G Washington
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who was Alfred t mahan
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Wrote The Importance of Sea power in world history
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what were the three things this book said us need to be a world power in the 20th century
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must have foreign markets for exports, strong navy, and must build an interoceanic canal
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why did this book become popular
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Read by t Roosevelt
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what position did ted Roosevelt hold in 1895
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Ass sec of the navy
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what did the Cubans do
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Revolted against spain for freedom
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what were the four steps of the Spanish American war
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Gen. Weyler’s Concentration camps, yellow journalism, newspapers, Spanish embassador to the us, uss main to havanah cuba
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what is yellow journalism
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Propaganda stretch the truth
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what were the popular newspapers
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Pultier and hearst
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what does delone’s letter say
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Calls mckinely a spineless jelly fish
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what does teddy do during this
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Sends navy to phillippeanes
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who is under command
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Dewey
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what was teddy and his army called
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The rough riders
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what is teddy’s next position
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Gov of ny
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what do we do with phil.
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Civilize and Christianize and make a colony
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what was the Filipino insurrection
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They fought against amaericans
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how many Filipino died
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200,000
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how many us deaths
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4000
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how long was phil a colony
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46 years
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what was the teller amendment
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Cuba will be independent
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what was the platt amendment
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Us had right to intervine and us got gauntanamo bay forever
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what is the next position Roosevelt gets
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Vp
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what territories did us get
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Phillipeines gaum pourto rico
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us is now what
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Imperialistic
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what was the sec of state in 1900
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John hay
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what does he propose
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That china have an open poor policy for trade with all powers
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how did china respond
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Boxer rebellion, Chinese trying to throw out us troops too
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