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molly maguires
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miners from PA created a violent group demanding better working conditions. Mcparland shut them down.
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sandlot incident
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party tried to force congress to exclude chinese
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workingmens party
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first organized labor union, led by dennis kearney, mostly irish and they were against rr barons
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RR strike of 1877
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workers protested wage cuts. violence for 45 days. shut down transportation in VA. ruined relations between industrialists and workers. first international strike.
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knights of labor
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led originally by uriah stevens. wanted to work with industry to get reform. led by terence powderly who didnt beleive in strikes and it did well until 1886 when they did a strike
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AFL
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specific unions per craft for skilled workers. led by samuel gompers. wanted to make all industries closed.
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socialist party
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believed in reform by ballot. eugene debbs took over and expanded it. (deleon infuence)
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eugene debbs
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led ARU, socialist party
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samuel gompers
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led ARU
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dennis kearney
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led workingmens party
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uriah stevens
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knights of labor
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terrance powderly
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knights of labor
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pullman strike
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led by ARV and AFL as the first organized strike and a response to paycuts
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wobblies
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combined union memebers with socialist party, hated capitalism, sabotaged machinery so the company would have to make an agreement
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haymarket square riots
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led by workers at the mccormik factory in chicago. anarchists showed up with bombs and killed 8 cops. socialist headquarters was shut down and gave unions a bad rep
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thomas nast
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caricaturist, father of american cartoons
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margaretha schurz
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made first kindergarten for germans in US
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amadeo giannini
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italian immigrant who founded bank of america
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jacob riis
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muckraker who publicized living conditions in lower east side NY
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muckraking
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journalists who expose misconduct of elite
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progressivism
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housewives lobbyed for reform
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walter rauschenbusch
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social gospel movement sought to rectify social and economic injustice
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new women
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women in the workforce
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carrie catt
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iowa womens suffrage association
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alice paul
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founded national womens party and led protests at the white house for womens rights, contributed to 19th amendment
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19th amendment
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womens suffrage
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18th amendment
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prohibition
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margaret sanger
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american birth control league (planned parenthood)
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jane adams
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hull house- shelter for poor immigrants. lobbyed congress for child welfare and such
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Hayes
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elected pres by electoral vote, ended reconstruction by pulling troops out of south, put country back on gold standard
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tammany hall
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corrupt organization to promote irish immigrants into political positions
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william "boss" tweed
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leader of tammany hall
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greenback party
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supported silver standard and paper money
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bland-allison act
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put currency on silver standard and made gold vs silver a major political issue
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desert land act
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got land, had to irrigate
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timber and stone act
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got land in mountains but it was corrupted by timber companies
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garfield
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moderate republican, wanted to end croaniesm. assassinated in 1882
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charles guiteau
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assassinated garfield bc he supported conkling and wanted to be french ambassador
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stalwart
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republicans who didnt agree with hayes' civil service policies and wanted grant reelected
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arthur
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garfields vp, hid after he was assassinated- 80 day crisis. suported croaniesm
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pendleton act
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passed by arthur, required a test for a gov position
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chinese exclusion act
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passed by arthur, allowed to suspend immigration, directed toward chinese
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cleveland
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fiscal conservative, intervened in pullman strike, supported gold standard
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mugwumps
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republicans who supported cleveland
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interstate commerce act
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regulate monopoly on rr, created interstate commerce commision which enforced rules
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benjamin harrison
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mckinley tariff, sherman anti-trust act, imperialist, organized first pan-american conference
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mckinley tariff
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raised to 50%
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granger movement
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led by oliver kelley, mostly wealthy farmers. wanted families to band together to promote economic and political wellbeing
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populist party
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poor white farmers in south, wanted silver standard, guaranteed banking, income tax
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sherman anti-trust act
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passed by harrison to break up monopolies
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thorstein veblen
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wrote "conspicuous consumption"
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samuel l clemens
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mark twain
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owen wister
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wrote "the virginian," first western
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spanish american war
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for cuban independence, ended spanish reign in america, first time US entered foreign affairs
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hearst and pullitzer
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sensationalized newspaper, used it to try to change political policy
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yellow journalism
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eggagerating the truth to make it bigger than it is
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delome letter
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letter written and intercepted by cuba and sent to US media talking bad about mckinley, revved up US for war
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USS maine
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ship off coast of cuba, exploded, said it was spain, caused US to declare war
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teller amendment
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if US won war they wouldnt take over cuba
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george dewey
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battle of manilla bay
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battle of manilla bay
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led by george dewey, no US died
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guantanamo bay
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trench warfare
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battle of el caney
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US had worse weapons but still won
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battle of san juan hill
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rough riders won
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rough riders
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led by teddy roosevelt, fought battle of san juan hill
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treaty of paris
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cuba got independence, US got guam and puerto rico and bought philipines, ended spanish reign in america
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platt amendment
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US indirectly got most control of cuban gov, also got guantanamo bay
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