U.s. History Ii

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the scandal that involved the V.P. in which the new railroad construction was used as an avenue to steal millions of dollars from the government

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Credit Mobilier

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laws passed in the Southern states to restrict the rights of newly freed slaves were known as

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Black Codes

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established to help blacks and poor whites by giving them food, shelter, clothing

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Freedmans Bureau

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After the war the economy in the south was

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worse than prior to the war

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this idea never took hold due to its lack of support

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"40 acres and mule"

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the Supreme Court decision ruled that the U.S. Govt. did not have the right to punish whites who oppressed the blacks

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U.S. vs. Cruikshank

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this scandal took place when IRS officials accepted bribes from distillers who wanted to avoid paying taxes

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Whiskey ring

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granted huge tracks of land to create a railroad connecting the east coast with the Great Planes

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Pacific Railway Act

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Government program used to promote settlement in the Great Plains due to land offer

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Homestead Act

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railroads took advantage of farmers by...

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charging unfair shipping rates for short distance shipments

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major cause for the explosion of land settlement
from 1870-1900

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railroad expansion

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Speculators often searched for land to settle before it came open for settlement as well as...

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taking advantage of government land grants

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features government control of the economy and usually involves an equal distribution of wealth

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socialism

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a neutral third party often used to help settle labor disputes

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arbitration

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reasons for technological boom of the late 1800's thru early 1900's

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*abundance of natural resources
*large number of inventions
*growing population provides a market for new products

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benefits of the railroad industry

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*new towns
*helped develop new industry
*promotes independence of the naiton

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did little to slow the development of trusts

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Sherman Anti Trust Act

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features private ownership of industry rather that government
ownership

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capitalist economy

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the idea of helping those that supported a campaign by giving them government jobs

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patronage

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the idea that America was a mixture of people of many different backgrounds

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melting pot

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Immigrants from European countries were often more accepted than immigrants from Asiatic countries because

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they looked more like Americans than the Asiatic and Slavic immigrants

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because of the struggles many immigrants encountered, including culture shock they settled

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in cities with people of the same ethnicity

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with the onset of mass transportation in lager cities

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people could now expand the city outward by moving further from the cities center

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solutions to the unsanitary city conditions of the early 1900's

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*installation fo sewer lines
*establishment of sanitation departments
*hire private scavengers to clean the streets

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___thought jobs should be rewarded based on merit

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Civil Service Reformers

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felt that A-A needed education so the leaders of their community were well educated and respected

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WEB Dubois

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fought lynchings in the south and wanted to improve racial equality

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Ida B Wells

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made the idea of expanding cities upward feasible

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*steel beams
*elevators

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viewed public education as a step ladder for success that would help keep people loyal to capitalism

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Andrew Carnegie

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felt that A-A should try to gain economic freedom and in doing so would gain political power

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Booker T Washington

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brought about the ruling that "seperate but equal" is ok

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Homer Plessy

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were passed to separate blacks and whites in public and private facilities in the south

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Jim Crows Laws

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A-A faced discrimination because

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of competitors in the job market

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Roosevelts approach when the mine strike of 1902 threatened the energy need fo the U.S.

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mediator

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oversaw the execution of a new banking system established under Pres. Wilson

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Federal Reserve Board

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was established to "police" large corperations and keep from establishing trusts

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Federal Trade Commission

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scientific management was first used by

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Henry Ford

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the three pronged strategy to gain womens suffrage

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*convince state legislatures to grant women voting rights
*pursue court cases to test the 14th amendment
*push for a national constitution amendment to grant women the right to vote

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the 16th amendment

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*helped gain revenue lost to the government because of the Underwood Tariff
*taxed people who made more money at a high rate
helps generate the main source of revenue for the government today

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used money from western land sales to build dams and large scale irrigation projects

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Newlands Act

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French engineer who stood to make big money off the building of the Panama Canal

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Philippe Bunau-Varilla

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helped coax America into declaring war on Spain due to his intercepted letter that portrayed President McKinley as a coward

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Enrique Dupuy De Lome

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Imperialism

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extending ones influence over an area usually overseas to increase military, economic, and political power

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The Great White Fleet

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was significant because it was Roosevelt's way of letting the world know that the U.S. was a Naval Power

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led the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American war in Cuba

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Teddy Roosevelt