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25 Cards in this Set
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1. Waving the Bloody Shirt
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Republicans reviving the memory of southern Democratic disloyalty during the Civil War
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2. Compromise of 1877
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an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election.
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3. Credit Mobilier
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Crédit Mobilier of America was a construction management company restructured by George Francis Train and Thomas C. Durant, vice president of the Union Pacific Railroad, in 1864.
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4. Pendleton Civil Service Act
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established the United States Civil Service Commission, which placed most federal government employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called spoils system.
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5. Laissez-Faire
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allowing industry to be free of state intervention, especially restrictions in the form of tariffs and government monopolies.
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6. Robber Barons
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a term revived in the 19th century United States for businessmen and bankers who dominated respective industries and amassed huge personal fortunes, typically by anti-competitive or unfair business practices.
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7. Andrew Carnegie
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a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, entrepreneur and a major philanthropist, one of the most famous leaders of industry of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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8. Interstate Commence Act
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The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory body in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland.
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9. Haymarket Square Riot
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a disturbance that took place on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at the Haymarket Square in Chicago, and began as a rally in support of striking workers.
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10. Pullman Strike
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a nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894. The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois on May 11 when approximately 3,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt.
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11. New Immigration
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A rush of incoming people coming from Europe and Asia into the United States
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12. William “Boss” Tweed
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an American politician most famous for his leadership of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York.
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13. Jane Addams
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a founder of the U.S. Settlement House movement, and the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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14. Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
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a United States federal law signed into law by Chester A. Arthur on May 8, 1882, following revisions made in 1880 to the Burlingame Treaty of 1868. Those revisions allowed the U.S. to suspend immigration, and Congress subsequently acted quickly to implement the suspension of Chinese immigration, a ban that was intended to last 10 years.
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15. Homestead Act
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one of several United States Federal laws that gave an applicant freehold title up to 160 acres (1/4 section) of undeveloped land outside of the original 13 colonies.
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16. Joseph Glidden
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an American farmer who patented barbed wire, a product that forever altered the development of the American West.
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17. Helen Hunt Jackson
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an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.
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18. Dawes Severalty Act
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was enacted on February 8, 1887, regarding the distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma. Named after its sponsor, U.S. Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts, the act was amended in 1891 and again in 1906 by the Burke Act.
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19. Safety Valve Theory
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a theory about how to deal with unemployment which gave rise to the Homestead Act of 1862 in the United States. Given the concentration of immigrants (and population) on the Eastern coast, it was hypothesized that making free land available in the West, would relieve the pressure for employment in the East. By analogy with steam pressure (= the need for work), the enactment of a free land law, it was believed, would act as a safety valve.
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HLA DR2
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Goodpasture syndrome, allergy, multiple sclerosis, SLE, narcolepsy
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21. Social Gospel
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a late 19th and early 20th century Protestant Christian intellectual and social movement which applied progressive Christian ethics to dealing with social issues.
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22. Populist Party
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a short-lived political party in the United States in the late 19th century. The party did not remain a lasting feature most probably because it had been so closely identified with the free silver movement which did not resonate with urban voters and ceased to become a major issue as the U.S came out of the recession of the 1890s.
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23. Omaha Platform
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was the party program adopted at the formative convention of the Populist (or People's) Party held in Omaha, Nebraska on July 4, 1892.
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24. William McKinley
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was the 25th President of the United States, and the last veteran of the American Civil War to be elected to the office. He was the last President to serve in the nineteenth century and the first to serve in the twentieth.
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25. Cross of Gold Speech
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delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. The speech advocated bimetallism.
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