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History Tamu
1st test
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History
Undergraduate 3
02/12/2012

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Henry Grady
Definition
Strong editor of New Southern Creed
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2 New Kinds of Tobacco
Definition
Bright Leaf and Burley
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James Buchannon Duke
Definition
Created the rolling machine
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Crop Link System
Definition
Farmers acquired items for farming from a furnish merchant. Created an endless cycle because no one was ever able to pay.
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Mississippi Plan
Definition
- This set voting requirements on African Americans. It was a way to work around the 15th amendment.
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Requirements of Mississippi Plan
Definition
( Residency requirements- often migrated from place to place)
( Disqualified those who committed certain crimes such as loitering.)
( All taxes including poll taxes had to be paid by Feb 1st of that year.)
( All voters had to be literate.- exception was understanding clause.)
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Pacific Railroad Act
Definition
Pledge nation to build train link between East and West. This would link the economy.
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2 factors that stopped cattle industry-REPLACED BY BIG BUSINESSES
Definition
Severe waether and overgrazing
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was Fredrick Jackson Turner- “ The importance of the frontier” true.
Definition
people depended on people to live and not everyone was equal
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vertical integration
Definition
Own all parts of the process.
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Gospel of Wealth
Definition
- Give wealth away and invest in the public.
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Horizontal integration
Definition
- buys out other companies or run out of business.
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4 changes of the labor force
Definition
1) Less value placed on manual skills
2) Depersonalization
3) No personal relationships with managers
4) More Workers and not enough jobs
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National Labor Union
Definition
Considered first union. It was a coalition of trade unions. Kept middle class workers out.
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Knights of Labor
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- no requirements of membership.
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American fed of Labor
Definition
decided big business was a fact of life and they must work with them.
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
Definition
made it to where you had to take an exam for a government
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McKinney Tariff-
Definition
raised custom tarrifs
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The grange
Definition
1st organization of farmers to address issues. It began to advocate economic solutions for farmers.
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Farmers Alliance
Definition
- a political group that suggests things like coops.
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National Farmers Alliance
Definition
an industrial union that involved all types
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Sub Treasurys
Definition
System of government warehouses that allow farmers to store crops until prices increase. Problem: Government didn’t want to be involved.
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Popoulos Party
Definition
First candidate was James Veer. It endorsed the sub treasury plan, Regulation of transportation cost, tariff issues, and free coinage of silver. No one else was using the silver system.
Although the populous party didn’t win, they took a lot of states proving America wanted a change.
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Boss tweed
Definition
ran tamanay hall democratic party
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Social Darwinism
Definition
Herbert Spencer was first to apply it to the natural world. This idea inspired laze-fair government.
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William Summner
Definition
said survival of the fittest wasn’t made by man and couldn’t be changed by man.
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Social Gospel
Definition
religious philosophy that focused on improving living conditions as well as saving souls.
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4 Factors that motivated expansion in impearlism.
Definition
1) Awareness of increased economic power. Saw the need for more markets.
2) Awareness that European countries were expanding their empire, especially in Africa.
3) Social Darwinism was applied to foreign relations.
4) Ideals about Anglo Saxon supremacy. John Fisk- wrote that this was primary reason for expansion.
Josiah Strong was an advocate of white surpremecy, he wrote “Our Country”.
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Alfred Mahan
Definition
wrote influence of sea power. A nation cant achieve greatness without three things.
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3 things nation cant achieve greatness without
Definition
1) Big Merchant Marine.
2) Big Navy
3) Colonies
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3 Areas of special interest
Definition
carribean
pacific
central America
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Treaty of Reciprocity
Definition
Hawaii-no tax on things in return they couldn’t sell to any other countries.
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Teller Ammendment
Definition
America was not trying to take over. Hawaii
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Treaty of Paris 3 terms
Definition
1) Spain surrendered all claims to Cuba.
2) U.S gets Puerto Rico and Guam.
3) U.S agreed to pay Spain 20 million for Phillipeans.( didn’t like this but America beat them.)
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