Unit 5

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1. Waving the Bloody Shirt

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northerners who wanted people to remember that the south started the civil war

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2. Compromise of 1877

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The compromise essentially stated that Southern Democrats would acknowledge Hayes as President, but only if the Republicans acceded to various demands

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3. Credit Mobilier

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Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America construction company. The distribution of Crédit Mobilier stocks by Congressman Oakes Ames along with cash bribes to congressmen took place during the Andrew Johnson presidency in 1868. The revelation of the congressmen who received cash bribes or stocks in Crédit Mobilier

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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. The act provided for some government jobs to be filled on the basis of competitive exams

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5. Laissez-Faire

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the capitalist idea that the economy runs itself

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7. Andrew Carnegie

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was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, entrepreneur and a major philanthropist.

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6. Robber Barons

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: 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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10. Haymarket Square Riot

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: rally in support of striking workers. An unknown person threw a bomb at police as they dispersed the public meeting

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9. Interstate Commence Act

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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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12. New Immigration

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when Europeans from countries other than England started to come to the U.S