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| Agricultural Areas in 1850s |
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Corn and Wheat: Missouri and Arizona
Mines in North East
Textiles in the north
Rice in Lousiana
Tobacco in East
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| Major Urban Areas in 1880s |
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| Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans |
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| Where did immigrants come from |
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| First group was from Europe. Second group was from Asia |
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| Differences between old and new immigrants |
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| Old Immigrans came from N. and Central Europe for new land. New immigrans from South Europe for economic opportunity |
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| Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise |
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| African American who delivered speech to an almost all white audience encouraging equality |
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| Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth |
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| Carnegie wrote this article to convince the rich to inves money where it would be productive |
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| Sojourner Truth's Ain't I a Woman Speech |
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| Former slave, gave a speech promoting women's rights at a womens rights convention |
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| founded this settlement to support mothers and the needs of children |
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| heldped improved poor living conditions by exposing them through photography and writing. |
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| worker forced to work for little pay and harsh conditions in a factory |
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built his wealth from a monopoly on railroads
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| Electric company found by George Westinghouse to improve long-distance communication |
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Car company that manufactured railroad cars initially in planned worker community
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| Milton S. Hershey founded chocolate company in 1894.largest north american chocolate manufacturer |
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chemical copany founded in 1802 as a gunpowder mill; still large company today
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| scientist an inventor who developed the first telephone |
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| inventor responsible for inventing the phonograph and practical light bulb |
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| american industrialist dominating the oil industry. contributed to philanthropy |
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| founded meat-packign firm and promosted refrigerated train car |
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| meatpacking industrailist who is considered a robber baron |
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| urges social and political changes. favor common people over rich business owners |
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| 1887; authorized President to survey and divide Indian tribal land |
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| President Grant bough large amounds of gold altering stock market. 2 congressman charged |
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| construction company building western portion of transcontinental raildroad distributed stock to other congresmen |
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| scandal involvign politicians and whiskey distributors using tax revenues |
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| New York City political organization founded by Boss Tweed; political machine |
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| City Boss and Political Machine |
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| represent corrupion in early political system invoving "favors' in return of support |
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| shot less than 4 months into his term by his stalker Charles Guiteau |
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| Pendelton Civil Service Act |
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| ruled that government jobs be awarded based on merit; improved civil service |
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| promoted farmers by regulating fare prices of railraod companies |
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| regulated railroad industry by controlling monopolies |
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| belief system of a group of people who identify strongly with a nation |
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| supported American involvement if European nations attempted to colonize North or South America |
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| conflict between Spain and the U.S. over revolts in Cuba against Spanish rule |
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| "yellow press" has no well-researched or legitimate news |
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| right of women to vote and run for office |
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| idea of one country maintaining power through force over foreign countries |
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| enables citizens to bypass state legislature by statutes and amendments |
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| allows citizens to remove and replace public official before the end of a term |
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measure that appears on a ballot
1) legislature refers measure to voters
2) measure appears due to petition |
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| Food and Drug Administration |
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| protects public health by regulating food safety, tobacco, drugs, etc. |
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| journalists who supported reform by exposing poor conditions to the wealthy |
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| 4 years long; triple alliance and tripel entente; allies won resulting in strict Treaty of Versailles |
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| addressed Congress with speech on world peace; Great War fought for moral cause |
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| outlawed alcohol which directly increased the organized crime rate; prohibition |
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| Tennessee the last and 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment-women's vote |
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| Nashville Equal Suffrage League; helped pass 19th Amendment; women's rights activist |
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| encourage passage of the 19th Amendment being youngest member of legislature |
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| governor of TN who called teh session that ratified the 19th amendment |
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| buying stock on margin; risky loans; run on banks; overproduction of crops |
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| government is not involved in economy or affairs of individuals |
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| cultural movement in the 20s; "New Negro Movement"; New York City |
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| writers in the 20s who considered America to have lsot morals |
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| wrote The Jungle that encouraged regulation of food safety |
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| civil rights activist; NAACP; opposed Booker; insisted on FULL civil rights |
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| Atlanta Compromise; wanted ACCOMADATION of African Americans |
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| Jamaican political leader; Back-to-Africa movement |
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| peace treaty after WWI that was so strict it caused WWII |
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| government has total rule over society; no individual freedom |
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| radical authoritarian nationalsim. control by one party -Nazis |
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| state controls everything including economy |
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| handmade shelters built to accomodate low income families suffering from the Depression |
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| hatred of Jews that to WWII and the Holocaust |
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| war veterans who protested to receive money before they were supposed to |
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| FDR wins 1932 election, after which Democrats control for 62 years |
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| Social Security Act; permanent system of retirement pensions, unemployment insurance and welfare |
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| employed unskilled workers and redistribute food, clothing, and housing |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority; provided flood control, electricity, and economic development to the South |
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| Indian Reorganization Act |
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| force Native Americans onto reservations; must obey state and federal laws |
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| insured band deposits to $100,000 in case of bank failures |
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| Civilian Conservation Crops; provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to conservation of natural resources |
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| guaranteed better working conditions for actory workers |
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| Axis and Allied Powers WWII |
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Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan
Allies: France, Britain, U.S., Russia |
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| provided military benefits to veterans returing from the war |
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| President Roosevelt's secretary of state who helped carry out foreign policy including United Nations |
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| one of three sites used in Manhattan Project to Congruct bombs |
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| atomic bomb project in 1942; contructed three bombs at three different sites |
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relief-jobs and loans
recovery- aid to workers
reform- eliminate abuses in economy |
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| Capitalists v. Communists |
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| Cold War; free enterprise and citizen rights vs. control of everythign |
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| Russian Satellite Nations |
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| easter european countries given money from Russia to be communists |
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| U.S. in a race with Russia to see who could land on the moon first |
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| movement during the Cold War inspired by extreme fear of communists in America |
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| Eisenhower Interstate Highway System |
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| inspired by Hitler's Autobahn. Allows easy transportation of supplies |
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| Truman established policy delcaring that the U.S. will not allow communism to spread |
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| U.S. fought North Korea in order to stop communism from spreading to South Korea |
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| U.S. fought North Vietminh to prevent South Vietnam from becoming communists |
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Russia moved missiles to Cuba. U.S. blockaded Cuba and told Russia to move missiles or we would nuclear strike
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| Germany was split into four parts after WWII to prevent them from regaining power. U.S. had West Germany |
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| Plessy, African American, sat in whites only train car and is arrested. upheld segregation; "seperate, but equal" |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| African American girl applied to all white school and denied; ends segregation |
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| Miranda accused of kidnapping and rap but conviction overturned because he wasn't aware of his rights |
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| Gideon accused of theft, judge doesn't give him attorney. S.C. overturns conviction because he should have had attorney |
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| AFrican American students enrolled in whites only high school in support of desegregation |
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| protest against the ploicy of racial segregation on the public transit system in Alabama |
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| civil rights protesters who rode buses into segregated south; local violence used |
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| nonviolent campaign to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville, TN |
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| civil rights activist. first African American student admitted to University of Mississippi; pressured Kennedy |
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| Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1968 |
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| enforce desegregation and ensure fair voting; prohibitted discrimination in public places |
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| domestic programs by Lyndon B. Johnson to eliminate poverty and racial injustice |
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| U.S. trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and take down Castro in 1961. It was a failure |
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| post World War II generation with high birth rates |
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subculure whose values and norms of behavior deviate from those of mainstream socity
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| president of The Trump Organization; TV personality |
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| invented Micrsoft; one of the world's wealthies people |
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| engineered Ford Mustang and Pinto Cars; revived Chrysler Corporation in the 80s |
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| online bookstore into Amazon.com |
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| two Washington Post reporters who uncovered the Watergate scandal |
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| U.S. senator from Tennessee; involved in Watergate |
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| white house counsed to Nixon; involved in Watergate |
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| started in 1950, 1961 Kennedy sent troops, Johnson declared war in 1964, 1970 Nixon drew out troops, 1974 all troops gone |
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| Reaganand Bush vs. Clinton |
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| Reagan and Bush were republican, but Clinton was a Democrat. All 3 pushed party's agenda and moved toward prosperous time |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement 1994; U.S. Mexico and Canada do not charge tarrifs on each other |
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