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APUSH Chapter 20 Vocabulary
APUSH Chapter 20 Vocabulary
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10th Grade
01/30/2011

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George M. Pullman
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American industrialists that created the Pullman Sleeping Car for trains.
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Eugene V. Debs
Definition
Leader of American Railway Union (ARU), and founder of International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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William Jennings Bryan
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Presidential cantidate for People's Party in 1896 election
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William Randolph Hearst
Definition
American Newspaper publisher and important influence whom participated in journalism that uses less facts and more eye catching pieces
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Joseph Pulitzer
Definition
Hungarian-American newspaper published that created yellow journalism and was against big business and corruption
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers
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Theodore Roosevelt
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War hero in Spanish-American war that led American troops to victory in Cuba
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People’s (Populist) Party
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Political party based on Populists views that participated in critical 1896 election
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Farmer’s Alliances
Definition
agricultural economic movement amongst U.S. farmers
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Subtreasury system
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Populists plan that would allow farmers to store nonperishable crops in governmental storehouses until market prices rise.
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Homestead Strike/Lockout
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Frick turned Carnegie's Homestead steel mill into a Fort and locked out union laborers forcing them to go on a violent strike
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Pinkertons
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private, professional security/ police force for hire.
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Panic of 1893
Definition
panic that was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures
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American Railway Union
Definition
Labor union founded June 20, 1893, by railway workers gathered in Chicago, Illinois, and under the leadership of Eugene V. Debs. Coalition of ALL railway workers
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Pullman Strike/Lockout
Definition
laborers of the ARU went on strike against Pullman railrays which got violent and required help from federal troops to control chaos
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Coxey’s Army
Definition
protest march by unemployed workers to Washington D.C to try and force federal relief legislation
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Expansionism
Definition
the doctrine of a nation's expanding its territorial base or economic influence within other countries around the world
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Annexation of Hawaii
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America fought with Great Britain and France for which country should annex Hawaii, and America's business triumphed
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Boxer Revolt
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pro nationalist movement in China between 1898 and 1901, opposing Western imperialism and Christianity
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Open Door Policy
Definition
concept in foreign affairs allowing multiple Imperial powers access to economic markets and religious influence in China, with none of them in control of that country
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Spanish-American War
Definition
War between America and Spanish troops over power of Spanish controlled Cuba. America was victorious in releasing Cuba from Spain's unmoral treatment
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USS Maine
Definition
Military ship sent to Cuba that was mysteriously destroyed killing 267 crew members and prompting cries for war back home
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Rough Riders
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name given to 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry for Spanish-American War
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Battle of San Juan Hill
Definition
decisive battle of the Spanish-American War that pulled victory towards America
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Imperialism
Definition
the creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationship
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Platt Amendment
Definition
stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba after the Spanish-American War
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Treaty of Paris (1898)
Definition
Treaty that ended Spanish-American war and ceded the Philippines along with Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S
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