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20 Cards in this Set
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William Marcy Tweed
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The Leader of Tammany Hall, New York's Political Machine
He was corrupt |
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James Garfield
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Republican President who was assasinated. His assassination led to the passage of the Pendelton Civil Service Act.
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George Eastman
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Invented the first widely-used camera
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Promoted civil service reform by naming independents to his cabinet.
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Booker T. Washington
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Founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
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Christopher Sholes
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A designer who used improved steel to construct the first skyscraper.
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Joseph Pulitzer
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A pioneer in the newspaper business
His name is on a reporting award |
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John D. Rockefeller
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He was considered a "robber baron" and a "Captain of Industry"
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Promonotory Point
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The place where the golden spike of the railroad was put in.
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Kitty Hawk
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Location of the first successful flight in a powered vehicle.
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Angel Island
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Where most Asians immigrating to the US came through.
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Fifteenth Amendment
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Granted African Americans the right to vote.
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Nativists
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People who wanted to prevent or greatly limit the entry of new immigrants in the 18oo's.
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Horizontal Integration
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When a business buys out all competitors that produce a product similar to their own.
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Plessy vs. Fergusen
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Supreme Court case that allowe "seperate but equal" facilities.
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The Gentelmans Agreement
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Discriminated against Japanese immigrants.
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Graft
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When a politician rewarded a worker's support by giving them a governemnt job.
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Dawes Act
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Act that assimilated Native Americans into American society
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Social Gospel Movement
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Helped take care of poor immigrants in the 1800's.
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Rural Free Delivery
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Helped businesses increase their sales in the late 1800's.
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