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Battle of Little Big Horn |
also known as "Custer's Last Stand" overall, he was to see (and wait) strengths of the native. Custer didn't obey orders and attacked the Plains Indians leading to the death of Custer and all his men. (he was unaware of how many men he was truly up against) Army came and cleaned up the mess driving out natives completely |
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Dawes Act |
(1887) Indian lands broken into allotments - effort to turn them into yeoman farmers (make them more white) |
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Andrew Carnegie |
The Gospel of Wealth - born in Scotland, came to US at 13 & begins to work in iron industry where his telegraphic skills draw attention. By the time he is in his 20s he is at the highest ranks of American business. He goes into Steel - forms US steel |
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How The Other Half Lives |
Written by Jacob Riis - he explored |
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Plessy v. Ferguson |
(1896) established "separate but equal" - John Harlan's dissent |
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NWSA/AWSA/NAWSA |
NWSA- National Woman's Suffrage Association (May 1869) suffrage but also called for a range of women's rights AWSA- American Woman's Suffrage Association (November 1869) focused on suffrage - more radical - led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony NAWSA- National American Woman's Suffrage Association (May 1890) a merger of NWSA & AWSA - Stanton & Anthony first presidents. |
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Haymarket Bombing |
(strike) 4 died due to the Emergence of Workers Rights and Labor Unions |
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Homestead Strike |
(American Association of Iron and Steel Workers - 1892) a virtual war where police killed many |
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Ida Wells |
antilynching, black, and women's issues |
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The Farmer's Alliances |
(1870s-1890s) -Texas- "Southern Alliance" and - upper Midwest- "Northwestern Alliance" Merge later toform "National Farmer's Alliance" (went my other names as well) "Colored Farmer's Alliance" - South |
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William Jennings Bryan |
Good - (division of populists) |
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"Cross of Gold Speech" |
dollar hinged on silver and gold |
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Spanish-American War |
Cuban resistance to Spanish rule - American's grow outraged over stories coming from Cuba. Explosion of the USS Maine (Feb. 15, 1898) War on Spain - US wins (June 22 - July 17) Expansion to a war to strip Spain of colonies : Admiral George Dewey & US Navy - destroys Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay - May 1 US emerges on World Stage
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Muckrakers |
refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting; often worked to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. |
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The Jungle |
Author - Upton Sinclair (muckraker) |
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Women's Trade Union League |
(1903 - dagger armed at the heart of the family) wanted to ally with AFL |
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Triangle Shirtwaist Company |
(Strike - 1909) fire March 25,1911; 146/500 employees dead |
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Booker T. Washington |
"Blacks should be self sufficient" - Atlanta Compromise 1895 |
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Tom Johnson |
Mayor of Cleveland (best governed city in America) |
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Teddy Roosevelt |
McKinley assassinated 1901 , TR @ 42 becomes youngest president in country's history. Breaks trust, environmental conservation, railroad regulation, foreign policy - "speak soft & carry a big stick" The "open door" in Asia (trade)
TR brokers peace in Russo- Japanese War (1905) becomes first American to win Nobel Peace Prize (1906) |
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Robert Lafollette |
Governor -> Senator could become lab (testing) for democracy |
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William Howard Taft |
TR's hand picked successor and Secretary of War |
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Election of 1912 |
Eugene Debs (Socialist) Wilson wins (former governor of NJ) Republicans are split |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
(Feb 1917) Germany tells Mexico to start a war with US and Germany will become an ally; helping Mexico get Texas back along with a few added states
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