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HIST 106 Exam 1
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History
Undergraduate 3
02/20/2012

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George Bancroft
Definition
• “Romantic Nationalism”- patriotism; love your country
• Progress
• Liberty
• Anglo-Saxon destiny
• The History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States (1882)
• PHILOSOPHICAL IDEALS
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Charles Austin Beard
Definition
• Progressive Historian
• An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (1913)
• ECONOMIC DETERMINISM
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Frederick Jackson Turner
Definition
• Turnerism- he was trying to get his finger on who the American people were, what they represent

• The Frontier has defined American character
Term
Who was the father of the Navy?
Definition
John Paul Jones
Term
Martin Luther King Jr.
Definition
• Let freedom ring from all corners of the world
• Asking for freedom for a segment of the American population
Term
Analysis of History (Acronym)
Definition
Social
Political
Economic
Cultural
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Social Analysis
Definition
Race
Class
Gender
Term
Inflation
Definition
Decrease in the purchasing power of a currency
Term
Panic of 1873
Definition
Caused by the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke and Co. (this occurred because of the excessive building of railroads and the company being unable to pay people's bonds back to them; also known as Northern Pacific Default)
Term
Hangover from the Civil War
Definition
High-Priced Grain, distrust of "Greenback" dollars (people wanted gold)

No US central bank

Franco-Prussian War added to the worldwide depression (no U.S. exports)
• Led to falling grain prices because we didn't need to export to Europe anymore after the war
Term
Callable loans
Definition
The bank is secured by stocks and bonds and if the loan goes south the bank is not affected
Term
Who was president during the Reconstruction?
Definition
Andrew Johnson
Term
Why did the Reconstruction era end?
Definition
Rutherford B. Hayes gave up on trying to give blacks in the South equal rights.
Term
Black Codes
Definition
• Challenged federal authority (defy constitutional amendments)
• Said that it protected the rights of blacks, but did the opposite
Term
What were the top priorities for Freed African Americans?
Definition
Land & Education
Term
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
Definition
To provide food and medical care, to help the freedmen to resettle, to ensure justice for the freedmen, to manage abandoned or confiscated property, to regulate labor, and to establish schools
Term
Disfranchisement
Definition
Made it very difficult for blacks to vote through literacy tests and poll taxes
Term
White Primary
Definition
Whites told blacks who to vote for at the risk of their life. Used to influence blacks.
Term
Booker T. Washington
Definition
Founded Tuskegee Institute, first black person invited to the White House (Theodore Roosevelt invited him). Wanted to accept being second to the white man.
Term
W.E.B. Dubois
Definition
First black PhD to come out of Harvard. Disagreed with Booker T. Washington in that he wanted equality
Term
Atlanta Compromise
Definition
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
Blacks will submit to the whites still and work for them, but in turn received education and more due process in law.
Term
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Definition
Standardize rates of railroad shipping; Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) monitored railroads to make sure they complied with the new regulations.
Term
National Alliance Ocala Platfrom
Definition
Reclaim R.R. lands and reduce or eliminate tariffs
Term
Carnegie
Definition
ALL ABOUT CONTROLLING COSTS!!!
Better use of steam power, steel, electricity, etc.
Term
Vertical Integration
Definition
One company. From start to finish. From raw materials to finished goods. No relience on third party.
Term
Horizontal Integration
Definition
Buy out your competition, expand what you do to preserve the company
Term
J.P. Morgan
Definition
Bank investments
Term
Knights of Labor
Definition
Did not distinguish between skilled and unskilled
Term
American Federation of Labor
Definition
Distinguished between skilled and unskilled
Term
Eugene V. Debs
Definition
"Power of the ballot"
Union not paying R.R. workers what they deserved
Term
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Definition
• Manage production
• Professional managers
• Employer control vs. laborer control
• Tasks divided into sub-tasks
• Lower morale
• Worker hostility
Term
Who were the main U.S. immigrants in 1880?
Definition
British (Irish, English, Scottish)
Germans
Scandinavians
Term
Where do the Chinese and Latin-Americans immigrate to?
Definition
Chinese went to Pacific coast, Latin-Americans went to South TO WORK
Term
Populism
Definition
Government more directly tied in with the people
Term
Progressive Movement
Definition
Advocating social, political, and economic reform
Term
Requirements of an empire
Definition
Imperial Power must:
Support
Manage
Defend
Term
Presidential Timber
Definition
Not the best guys to hold office. Same political system now in U.S. as back then (Legislative, Executive, Judicial)
Term
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
Definition
Sway the public's view on the "Cuban-American War with Spain" via the newspaper (DeLome letter- made McKinley look like a pansy)
Term
Teller Amendment
Definition
Tells Cuba that they will be independent and on their own.
Term
John Hay
Definition
"splendid little war"
Term
Platt Amendment
Definition
We can invade Cuba or get involved with their economic affairs (Guatanamo Bay)
Term
Filipino-American War
Definition
McKinley annihilated Spain
Term
Mark Hamilton
Definition
Europe didn't realize how important the navy was
Term
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Definition
Captain (USN)- The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
Term
U.S. Fleet Concept
Definition
U.S. is a two-ocean navy built around battleships
Term
Britain's Fleet Concept
Definition
"two-power" standard
• Security of the homeland, countries of the Empire, and sea lanes
Term
John Fisher
Definition
First Sea Lord; bring in old ships
Term
Russo-Japanese War
Definition
Japanese trapped Russian fleet at Port Arthur
Term
Japanese-Russo War
Definition
Admiral Togo, British supported Japanese
• Teddy Roosevelt brings Japanese and Russians to Portsmouth, New Hampshire and T.R. got Nobel Peace Prize
Term
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Definition
U.S. and Britain had no "exclusive control" and that Panama was a neutral canal
Term
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Definition
Modifies Clayton-Bulwer treaty in that it diminishes British influence so America runs Panama Canal. Britain saw Germany as more of a threat than the U.S. so they gave them approval.
Term
Hay-Harran Treaty
Definition
The U.S. agreed to pay Colombia for the right to build a canal in Colombia's province of Panama. The Colombia Senate reject the agreement.
Term
Hay-Burnau Varilla Treaty
Definition
U.S. asked Colombia threateningly again for permission to build in Panama Canal, and the Colombian Senate agreed.
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