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n American history, this timeline refers to the era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States during the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction eras of the late 19th century (1865-1901).
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The Gilded Age
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What does it mean to "come to live permanently in a foreign country."
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Immigrate
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Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
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Emigrate
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A factor that leaves one with no choice but to leave one's current home (especially parental home), country, region, organization, or religion.
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Push Factor
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The lure of another country, region, organization, or religion.
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Pull Factor
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The adoption of a conqueror's culture by a conquered people.
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Assimilation
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The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
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Nativism
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The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban.
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Urbanization
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A run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.
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Tenement
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Happening or developing gradually or in stages; proceeding step by step.
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Progressive
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Law that made government hiring based on merit.
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Civil Service
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The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
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Spoils System
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A political machine (or simply machine) is a disciplined political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts.
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Political Machine
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One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage).
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Muckraker
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A temperance movement is a social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence, or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation.
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Temperance
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The permanent professional branches of a government's administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians.
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Civil Service
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The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.
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Spoils System
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Group of people who control politics in a city or state (usually run by bosses).
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Political Machine
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One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage).
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Muckraker
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A temperance movement is a social movement against the use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence, or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation.
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Temperance
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A colony of Spain, an 1895 revolt occured here which was led by Jose Marti.
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Cuba
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Who sent Valeriano Weyler to Cuba. He set up concentration camps where thousands of Cubans died from starvation and disease.
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Spain
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1. Dislike of European influence in the Americas
2. Sympathize and Empathize with the Cuban people 3. Yellow Journalism 4. De Lome Letter |
Long term causes of Spanish-American War.
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What was it considered when the USS Maine, off the coast of Cuba exploding and us blaming Spain and using it to go to war even though later it was discovered to be an engine explosion.
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Immediate cause of Spanish-American War
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A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920."
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Suffrage
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An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change.
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Conservation
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A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries.
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Imperialism
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Take (territory) as if by conquest.
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Annex
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A group of many islands in a large body of water.
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Archipelago
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A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
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Coup
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Also known as the the yellow press is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.
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Yellow Journalism
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Rebellion: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
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Insurrection
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A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas.
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Isthmus
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The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United States are known as state legislatures. Six territorial legislatures also exist.
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State Legislature
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A person or group besides the two primarily involved in a situation, esp. a dispute.
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Third Party
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American reformer who brought the idea of settlement houses from Britain to the U.S. She founded the Hull House.
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Jane Addams
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An American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall. He controlled Democratic politics in New York City.
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Boss Tweed
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A book by Upton Sinclair that told of abuses in meat packing industries.
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The Jungle
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An American educator, author, orator and political leader. He wanted equality through slow and patient change and wanted blacks to learn trades (Tuskese-Institute).
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Booker T. Washington
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An American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. He wanted fast and radical change and he believed blacks should receive traditional educations.
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W.E.B DuBois
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A Danish American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller
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Jacob Riis
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United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)
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Upton Sinclair
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An American Republican (and later a Progressive) politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906 to 1925). He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in 1924, carrying Wisconsin and 17% of the national popular vote.
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Bob LaFollette
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A book by Jacob Riis that told of terrible conditions in which the poor lived in cities.
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How the Other Half Lives
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A women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. Catt served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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an American suffragist and activist. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.
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Alice Paul
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A radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol in pre-Prohibition America. She is particularly noteworthy for promoting her viewpoint through vandalism. On many occasions Nation would enter an alcohol-serving establishment and attack the bar with a hatchet. She has been the topic of numerous books, articles and even an opera.
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Carrie Nation
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the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii. She was put under house arrest after the USS Boston stormed into Hawaii.
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Became president of Hawaii after planter established government in Hawaii.
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Sanford Dole
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a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War
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George Dewey
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a hero in Cuba and an important figure in Latin American literature. He raised funds and gave speeches in support of Cuban independence. He told sympathetic Amerixans of the Cuban struggle for freedom in the newspaper, Patria. Fought for Cuba.
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Joese Marti
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Spanish governor who used brutal tactics to crush the Spanish revolt.
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Valeriano Weyler
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a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War that resisted American occupation.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of the construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. The Goethals Bridge between Staten Island, New York City and Elizabeth, New Jersey is named in his honor, as is the Goethals Medal and the troop ship USNS George W. Goethals (T-AP-182).
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George Goethals
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An army physician who helped control the spread of mosquitoes and the spread of disease. he ordered workers to locate all pools of water where mosquitoes laid their eggs.
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William Gorgas
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This Constitutional revision in 1913 authorized a federal income tax
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16th Amendment
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this amendment made U.S. senators to be elected by the popular vote instead of party leaders picking them in the past
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17th Amendment
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an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages; repealed in 1932
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18th Amendment
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an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex
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19th Amendment
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A series of government reforms that started at the state level.
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Wisconsin Idea
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What does NAACP stand for
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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What does WCTU stand for
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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What does NWSA stand for
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National Womens Studies Association
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a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
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Tammany Hall
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A battleship sent by president McKinley to Havanna to protect the American citizens and property there.
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USS Maine
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What ship was destroyed pn February 15 which killed at least 260 of the 350 American sailors and officers on board
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USS Maine
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Military unit organized by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War.
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Rough Riders
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Statement by Theodore Roosevekt that the US had a right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law and order
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Roosevelt Corollary
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