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11 Cards in this Set
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plessy v. Ferguson
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the supreme court legalized segregation in public places if the facilities were equal in condition or function "seprate but equal" was established
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Haymarket square riot
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police tried to break up a meeting of anarchist and communist in Chicago. a bomb exploded killing 7 policemen and wounding 70
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AFL
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a businesslike and non-revolutionary labor union direcred by Samuel gompers wanting higher wages shorter hours and safer working conditions called "Bread and Butter" Unionism
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melting pot
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characterized American cities with its great mixture of imigrants although most immigrants lived in neighborhoods with one thnic group represented
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boss tweed
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political boss of N.Y. who stole $45 million from the city
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gospel of wealth
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Carnegie defended the accumulation of wealth arguing that millionaires would help the poor by donating some of their money to worthy causes
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social Darwinism
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applying Darwin's principle of natural selection "survival of the fittest" it was argued that the government should stay out of the buisness world ,unristrected competition eliminates the weakest buisnesses and improve economy as a whole
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hull house
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settlement house run by jane addams in Chicago
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Booker T. Washington
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founder of Tuskegee Institute focused on job training programs for Blacks
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W.E.B. DuBois
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leader of the Niagara Movement that demanded immediate black equality in all areas of society
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Granger Movement
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Farmers organized politically in order to regulate railroads and increase "cheap money" did not do much to change the life of farmers
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