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13 Cards in this Set
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Reconstruction |
Period where people were trying to bring together the north and the south, and how to naturally accept blacks back into society - North imposed culture and political order on war-torn south |
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Guilded Age |
Time where US population grew quickly - wealthy got wealthier, poor got poorer |
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Eugenics |
"scientific evidence" nativists use that biologically and racially classify people to further bring home the idea that they're superior (irish = drunks) |
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Pluralism |
Immigration into the US |
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Muckrackers |
Helped bring to light problems in society - exposed corruption in politics |
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Teddy Roosevelt |
Made the square deal, which set out to determine which companies were good companies and which ones were bad ones. He also made the most changes to the constitution (19th (women vote) and 20th amendment) |
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Imperialism |
US emerges as world force, deployed manifest destiny overseas, sends missionaries to china and other parts of asia |
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Progressive Era |
A time where reform was an impulse because of sudden realization of social divisions being horrible - to reinvent the nation for the better |
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Jim Crow Laws |
Laws originated from black codes & regulated black behavior to impose social and economic control - criminalized black leisure, limited mobility, locked into farming contracts |
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The Golden Spike |
Last spike put into the transcontinental railroad (railroad connecting E & W) |
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The New Deal |
Programs meant to resuscitate the American economy & introduced dramatic new social welfare programs that reshaped American life |
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Dollar Diplomacy |
Main goal was to expand overseas markets for American business, failed in Asia & the political craziness in central America limited impact of policy |
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KKK |
Formed in response to African American voter participation - they used force: voter intimidation & midnight rides to intimidate people (hung people, burned people) |
