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34 Cards in this Set
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what do cities need?
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houses (upper, lower, middle)
services utilities (water, sewage) business/factories transportation (public, private) education election/government immigration system |
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great migration
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African Americans moving north for jobs and freedom
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plessy vs. Fergusson
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stated that "Jim Crow Laws" were legal, separate but equal was legal, and segregation was legal.
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Ida B. Wells
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wanted to stop violence against African Americans
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Lynchngs
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violence against African Americans
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W.E.B. Dubiois
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attempted to go though the government in order to gain African Americans' rights; created the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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Booker T. Washington
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believed that education was the key to equality
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goals of the progressive era
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improve social injustices
improve economic conditions to have a government run by the people |
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people of the progressive era
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Teddy Roosevelt: square deal
Woodrow Wilson: New Freedom |
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The West/Immigration:
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(1862-1900)
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People who came from Ellis Island:
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Polish, Russians, Hungarians, and Yugoslavians.
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Homestead act of 1863
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the government gave land for free if the land was going to be used for farming
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two acts that restricted immigration:
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Immigration Restriction act of 1921
Chinese Exclusion act of 1882 |
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the Transcontinental Railroad was mostly built by:
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the Chinese and Japanese
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Indians were located in:
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the North West
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cattle drivers were led by
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cowboys
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who went west?
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ex-slaves and ex-confederates
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inventors of the first airplane
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the Wright Brothers in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (1901)
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things to know about Pittsburgh, PA
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steel - Andrew Carnegie
Bessemer Process - a better way to make steel |
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things to know about Cleavland, OH
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oil - John Rocerfeller
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things to know about Detroit, MI
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cars - Henry Ford = assembly lines
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things to know about Chicago, IL
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meat packing
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things to know about New York City, NY
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finance - J.P. Morgan
railroads - Cornelius Vanderbilt first subway in the USA telephone - Alexander Graham Bell light bulb - Thomas Edison |
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three key things to know about the Industrial Revolution:
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1) large labor force (immigrants)
2) national resources 3) Laissez fair - the government stays out of businesses |
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unions
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Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor (Gompers) American Railway Union (Eugen vs. Debs) International Ladies Garment Workers Unions |
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Referendum and Initiative
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the people vote on laws to be passed or not passed
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recall
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taking a person out of office in the middle of the term
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primary
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the people decide who will be the candidate for their party
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17th Amendment
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direct election of senators
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strikes
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Haymarket Square
Homestead Steel Strike Pullman Strike |
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what was the end result of strikes?
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all strikes were violent and the companies always won
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trust/monopolies
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Sherman Anti Trust Act - prevents any business from "restraining trade"
Clayton Anti Trust Act - outlawed price fixing |
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womans rights
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because of WWI women worked in factories
Led by Susan B. Anthony |
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19th Amendment
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womens right to vote (1920)
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