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41 Cards in this Set
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19th century urban housing
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most poor people lived in apartments called tenements; wealthy people started moving out to the outskirts of the city known as suburbs
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Late 19th century immigration (3) |
push factor: land and job scarcity pull factor: employment opp and freedom first wave were typically from northern and western europe |
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Bull moose party (3) |
-republican party split in 1912 election -Theodore Roosevelt formed his own progressive party (he was fit as a bull moose) - loss to democrat candidate Woodrow wilson |
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U.S entry into WWI (5)
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-wilson urged neutrality at start
-U.S trade with britain and france was interrupted -Unrestricted submarine warfare: germany sanked lusitania -Zimmerman telegram: note from germany to mexico, to urge mexico to attack U.S -Election of 1916: wilson’s “kept us out of war” |
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Great migration of African Americans (3) |
-Mass movement of african american from rural south to industrial north
-Pushed by poverty and racism -Pulled by factory jobs and freedom |
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Spanish american war & its aftermath (3) |
-yellow journalists expose cuban war, then the U.S intervenes to "aid" cuba but takes over it -cuba gained independence -U.S becomes a world power |
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Silver coinage issue (5) |
-"free and unlimited coinage of silver" -saw silver as "people's money" and gold as money of oppression -populist party didn't want to rely on gold for money system -to relieve labor conditions -cut farmer's debt, increase money currency and supply |
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Yellow journalism (2) |
-exaggerated news, to sell more newspapers -false information spread across the nation, increased interests in world affairs |
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19th century union movement |
-union workers fought for their rights as labor workers |
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Development of mass communication (2) |
-radio became one of the most influential inventions -making communication and news easier |
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Chief joseph (4) |
-chief of nez perce tribe -friendly with whites, but some indians killed whites and now the whites were hunting/attacking indians -he took his tribe to flee, but was surrounded 50 miles away from canada border -chief tried to resolve it peacefully, in the end they were all sent to Oklahoma |
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Joseph Pulitzer |
hungarian-born journalistic tycoon who became the leader in the techniques of sensationalism in new york world |
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William jennings bryan |
united states lawyer who advocated free silver and prosecuted john scopes for teaching evolution in Tennessee high school |
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Booker T washington (2) |
-ex slave who worked hard and became the head at industrial school -believed that one should make them self useful to go against white supremacy |
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Geronimo (2) |
-leader of apaches in arizona and new mexico -fought against white man who tried to force them off their land - |
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William Mckinley (4) |
- president during spanish american war -raised protective tariffs and rejected infationary proposes -defeated democratic rival william jennings bryan by advocating the "gold standard" - established open door policy to china -made hawaii U.S territory in 1898 |
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Billy sunday |
-left his baseball career to win people to christ -american fundamentalist who opposed radicalism and progressivsm |
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John rockefeller (3) |
-started the oil company and absorbed or destroyed any competition -succeeded by marketing high quality at low cost per unit -threatened rivals, bribed politicians, employed spies and extorted railroad rebates |
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Theodore Roosevelt domestic policy (7) |
-clayton act attempt to imporve anti-sherman act (outlaws monopoly) -federal trade commission: increased govt regulatory power -northern securities company -federal reserve act (central bank and U.S money) -underwood tariff act -pinchot-ballinger affair: forestry reservation -national reclamation act |
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The "Lost generation" |
generation reaching maturity during and after the war |
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causes of first world war |
M.A.I.N. (Millitarism, Alliances, Imperialsm, Nationalism) and assasination of duke franz ferdinand |
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Muckrakers |
term coined by theodoore roosevelt in 1906 to describe writers who practiced exposing corruotions of public figures -targetes corruption in gov't and politics |
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Populist movement |
revolt from south and midwest farmers against democrat and repub for ignoring their interests and difficulties - farmers were suffering from crop failures and falling prices |
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The scopes trial |
1925, john scopes a biology teacher was prosecuted for teaching the evolutionary theory in Tennessee high school - defense lawyer was clarence darrow |
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Urban machine |
gangsters had power and political affiliations - able to get a political candiate votes in exchange, the candidate looks the other way as gangsters commits illegal acts |
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Social darwinism |
"science" ideal used by wealthy Americans that they deserved their wealth and by natural selection |
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The red scare (4) |
-1919-1920 led by attorney general Mitchell palmer against suspected communists
-Thousands of americans arrested -Occurred due to the formation of the Comintern and bombings -Palmer raid: only uncovered 3 pistols |
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The black sox scandal |
-consipiracy in 1919 world series between chicago white soxs and Cincinnati reds -conspired with gamblers, white sox intentionally lost the game |
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socialist movement |
international organization of socialist party in 1904, who shares a common marxist worldview -transition of capitalism to communism |
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Open door policy |
mckinley's policy open trade with china and everyone has equal opportunity to trade with everyone else - no discrimination |
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horatio alger |
writer of dime novel stories for young boys |
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james garfield |
-president of U.S in 1881, assassinated 6 months into office -favored tariff reform and social reform - halfbreed (moderates) |
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william randolph hearst |
expelled from harvard then built a newspaper empire based on yellow journalism and sensationalism |
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sitting bull |
one of the leaders of sioux tribe (1877), a medicine man. fought alongside crazy horse in the sioux war in 1876 in the battle of little big horn, they were forced into canada |
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Frederick jackson turner |
american historian who said that humanity would progress as long as there is land to occupy. frontier provided homes and fixed social problems |
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Andrew carnegie |
kept wages low and disliked unions -bought steel company and built railroads, becoming billionare success |
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W.E.B dubois |
black leader who opposed booker t washington's approach for helping blacks helped found the NAACP in 1910 |
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calvin coolidge |
pro-business president who took over for harding (1923-1929), restored honesty in gov't, accelerated tax cutting and created laissez faire policy |
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william cody and wild west shows |
shows in 1883 that was considered "american" included indians, live buffalos, and good shooter annie oakley |
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teddy roosevelt's foreign policy |
panama canal (part of his big stick diplomacy)- allowed ships to travel from east cost to west coast faster monroe doctrine- kept america isolated and stated america can interfere in economic affairs of america |
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Sacco-Vanzetti trial |
Two italian immigrants (nicola sacco and bartolomeo vanzetti) were charged with murder and executed because they were anarchist and draft dodgers
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