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American History (Test 1)
Questions form notes from class up to and including 9/19/13
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Undergraduate 1
09/19/2013

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George Washington
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He warn the US to stay out of alliances with other countries. He did not want to have the US drug into endless wars of the old world europe.
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Monroe doctrine
Definition
An isolationist foreign policy that basically said "stay out of the Western Hemisphere, and we'll stay out of your area."
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Social Darwinism
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Basically it made ranks for people based on the color of their skin
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General Valeriano Weyler
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Spanish general that was sent to Cuba that was also named the butcher. He started concentration camps and he was very brutal.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Definition
He was the assistant secretary of the Navy and gave up his position just to fight in the war in Cuba. He had his army uniforms designed by Brooks Brothers.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Definition
And expansionist that believed that what America was doing to expand its nations overseas was a good thing.
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Andrew Carnegie
Definition
He was an anti-imperialist. "The way to sell American goods is to make them better and sell them cheaper. Not to just go and take over countries government.”
He offered to buy the Philippines himself for $20 million just so we could set them free.
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Guantánamo Bay
Definition
The American naval base in Cuba that was demanded in exchange for the Cubans to have their freedom
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Tenements
Definition
Small crowded poorly ventilated apartments with inadequate sanitation for worker level income class people.
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Political machines
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Political organizations that ran the cities but were not the government. They provided benefits and things that people wanted to citizens.
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William Tweed
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The leader of a huge political machine. also known as “boss Tweed”
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Definition
President of the United States in 1876 when he was awarded the presidency if he would pull troops out of the south.
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Compromise of 1877
Definition
The presidency would be given to Rutherford B. Hayes if he agreed to pull troops out of the south.
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Pendleton civil service act
Definition
And ask that required people to be tested for competency for some government jobs. Not all, but some.
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Mugwamps
Definition
Republican reformist who want to see the government turn around and have good people placed in office
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Interstate commerce commission
Definition
The Federal regulatory agency or people will be paid to keep tabs on the railroad companies and make sure that they are not cheating people at overcharging them outrageous prices and fees.
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The Sherman antitrust act
Definition
Passed by Congress to control monopolies and unfair business combinations. This legislation was passed, but not enforced so it was pretty much pointless.
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The Homestead act
Definition
An act that gave away land in the Great Plains two people who would move there and homesteaded for five years
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William T. Sherman
Definition
The brutal Army general who hated Indians and was sent there to relocate them. His famous quote is "the only good Indian is a dead Indian."
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The Knights of labor
Definition
Organized in the 1880s, they were an organized labor union that basically try to improve the life of workers.
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Industrial workers of the world
Definition
Known as wobblies
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Sharecroppers
Definition
After slavery was outlawed, plantation owners would "higher" these families to live on their farms and her work portion of their fields. And they would give up a portion of the crop at the end of the year to the plantation owner.
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Laissez-Faire government
Definition
Basically the government does nothing for the people and the people do nothing for the government. No money is spent
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Tenant farmers
Definition
They owned their own farming equipment. They were basically like sharecroppers, but in a little bit better of a situation.
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The crop Lien system
Definition
A form of credit where merchants would sell items to farmers if they promise to give a portion of their crop plus interest to them (the merchant) at the end of the year
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