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17 Cards in this Set
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limited for both women and minorities
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educational opportunities
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separate but equal law that kept schools and other public facilities segregated
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Jim Crow Laws
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made up 5% of work force; nearly one in five children between ages of 10-16 was employed in terrible working conditions
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Child Labor
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growth of cities led to invention of these two things so cities could grow up instead of out
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skyscraper and elevator
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built to house millions moving into cities and usually became slum areas due to overcrowded conditions and lack of adequate sewage and garbage systems
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tenements
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had to pass a medical exam; difficult to find jobs and place to live because of discrimination; often taken advantage of by landlords
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immigrants
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Seeking control of foreign trade to bolster the domestic (US) economy; opposite of isolationism; supported by Theodore Roosevelt
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imperialism
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As a result of this, the number of new inventions increased, Americans moved from farms to cities, African Americans moved north, and efficiency was improved by division of labor
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industrialization
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offered a faster and more practical means of transporting goods, created a national market, became a model for big business, and encourage innovation in other industries
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railroads
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the purpose of these was to organize skilled workers and provide better working hours, wages, and working conditions
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labor unions
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Great RR Strike of 1877, Haymarket Riot, Hometead Strike, Pullman Strike of 1894
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famous labor strikes protesting wage cuts and long work hours
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American Federation of Labor leader
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Samuel Gompers
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created to provide information to famers, new farm machines and techniques to increase farm output; small farmer began to sell out to larger farmers
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US Department of Agriculture
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Business leaders combined funds and resources to create these large companies that controlled an industry
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monopolies
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Robber barron who owned the Standard Oil Company
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John D. Rockefeller
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amendment that gave Congress the power to levy an income tax
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16th amendment
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amendment that provided for the direct election of senators
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17th amendment
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