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79 Cards in this Set
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Confederate States of America (South) |
The South fought against the North in the Civil War (lost) and followed reconstruction laws |
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3 Facts of Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan |
1. Pardons were given to Southern Officials 2. Designed to bind the nation back together 3.Outlaw Slavery |
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Homestead Act |
Gave land to home settlers if plant crops on the land for 5 years |
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President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan |
Freely gave pardons to Southerners |
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Dry Farming |
Farms that plant seeds deep in the ground |
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3 reasons for settlement in the West |
1. Free land 2. Mining Industry (Co, MO, AZ) 3. Cattle Industry |
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Alexander Graham Bell |
Telephone inventor, company built long distance telephone lines |
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Reasons for Mexican-Americans losing Western lands |
American courts would not recognize Spanish land grants |
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Trust |
Business organization of several businesses working together (ex. Standard Oil) |
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Corporation |
Owned by many people, viewed by law as one |
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Department Stores |
Brought together a huge array of different products |
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American Railway Association |
Created time zones in 1883 |
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Gross National Product |
Total value of goods and services that a country produces in one year |
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American Federation of Labor |
Labor union that pushed for closed shops, that hire union members only |
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Knights of Labor |
Labor union that called for strikes to fix labor disputes |
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What sparked railroad protests in the late 1800s? |
Wage cuts |
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Edwin Drake |
First drilled oil in Titusville, PA |
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Closed shops (Labor Unions) |
Business that only hire labor union members |
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3 reasons why Europeans migrated to America |
1. Europe's class system 2. Poverty 3. Political unrest |
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Chinese Immigration Act |
Law which prevent Chinese Immigrants from becoming American citizens |
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Social Darwinism |
Theory of evolution and natural selection; applied to human society |
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3 aspects of the Populist Party |
1. Supported William Jennings Bryan 2. Wanted reform 3. Never won a major election |
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George Plunkitt |
Dishonest politic from NYC |
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3 aspects of the Gilded Age |
1. Corrupt Politicians 2. Wealthy Businessmen 3. Growth of cities |
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Roosevelt Corollary |
No outside interference from Europe (Extension of Monroe Doctrine) |
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Isolationism |
The policy of not getting involved |
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Imperialism |
US wins Spanish American War; annexes Hawaii for naval bases |
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Commercial Bureau of the American Republicans |
Organization to promote corporations along the nations of the Western Hemisphere |
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Laissez-Faire |
Government won't interfere in businesses (private business) |
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Interstate Commerce Commission |
Sets rates to insure railroad profits |
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Muckrakers |
Journalists who investigated social cases and political corruptions (ex. Upton Sinclair wrote Jungle about the meat packing industry) |
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Suffragists |
Women fighting form the right to vote (19th Amendment) |
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Progressivism |
Political theory that the government should protect workers and the poor |
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Clayton Antitrust Act |
Break up big businesses; set fair prices |
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Keating-Owen Act |
Act passed to regulate child labor |
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What type of government did Vladimir Lenin create in Russia? |
Communist Government; sets off the Red Scare |
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3 aspects of the League of Nations |
Created by Wildrow Wilson 1. General Association of Nations 2. Designed to promote peace 3. Designed to avoid war |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
Germany would help Mexico regain lost land in the US (TX, NM, AZ) if the allied with them |
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3 new forms of warfare introduced during WWI |
1. Gas Attacks 2. Airplanes 3. Tanks |
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Selective Service Act |
Part of draft; a system of conscription |
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Role of American Women in World War I |
Women served in the army as clerical and nursing positions |
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Schenck v. United States Supreme Court case |
Says that freedom of speech can be limited during war time |
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Why was daylight savings time implemented in the United States? |
-Shorten work days -Conserves fuel during war |
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Triple Entente (WWI) |
(Allies) Britain, France, and Russia |
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Central Powers (WWI) |
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Ottoman Empire |
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The Great Migration |
African Americans moving South to North looking for jobs |
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Espionage and Sedition Act |
Government act during WWI meant to end criticism of the war |
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Red Scare |
Fear of communist caused by Russian Revolution |
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Charles Lindbergh |
First pilot to fly across the Atlantic |
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The Wright Brothers |
Built the first successful plane in 1903 |
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Andrew Mellon's influence on the United States economy: |
Chief architect of economic policies in the 1920's |
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Mass Media |
Includes radios, TV's, movies, newspapers and magazines |
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The Golden Age of Hollywood (1927) |
First talking motion picture |
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Harlem Renaissance |
Flowering of African American arts in the 1920's |
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Cotton Club |
Harlem night club where jazz was played |
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Ku Klux Klan |
-Saw increase in member ship due to professional promoters in the 1920's - Targeted on African Americans, Catholics, Jews and immigrants |
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Teapot Dome Scandal |
-Albert Fall -Allowed private interest to lease government land |
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John Scopes |
Put on trial for teaching evolution |
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NAACP (1922) |
lobbied for anti-lynching laws |
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Henry Ford and the Assembly Line |
-concept under mass production -system that divided operations into simple task |
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Bonus Army (WWI): |
WWI Veterans that camped in Washington D.C to receive bonuses |
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Buying on Margin |
Method of buying stocks with borrowed money |
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Speculation (Speculators) |
Investing in stocks betting that the market would make a profit |
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Why did the stock prices fall in 1929? |
Investors sold their stocks at a great rate to get rid of them |
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Explain the term, "Riding the Rails" during the Great Depression |
Unemployed people riding trains from town to town |
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Herbert Hoover |
-tried to provide jobs -believed that state and city governments should provide relief - did not increase government pending |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt |
launched New Deal that would change the spirit of America |
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FDR'S "Court Packing" Scandal |
-Attempt to add judges to the supreme court -Huge political mistake |
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Huey Long's criticisms of the New Deal |
Wanted a redistribution of wealth between rich and poor |
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Elanor Roosevelt |
-First lady of the United States of Theodore Roosevelt - Active in getting women in the New Deal |
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New Deal |
-Safety Net -Gave America the sense of security -Slightly improved the US during the Great Depression -Addressed the needs of women, African Americans and labors |
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Emergency Banking Relief Act |
Gave banks a license to operate after examination |
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Ellis Island |
First stop for many immigrants coming from Europe |
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Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" |
Criticized the meat packing industry |
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Alphabet Agencies |
-Name given to FDR'S New Deal -Gave economic relief |
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Great Depression |
farmers destroyed their cops to raise prices |
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National War Labor Board |
wanted to prevent strikes during WWI |
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Why did Britain enter WWI? |
Germany invaded Belgium |
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Who generally favored businesses? |
Republicans |
