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Undergraduate 2
11/01/2009

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end of reconstruction
Definition
1877 brought the us together after civil war
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end of reconstruction
Definition
1877 brought the us together after civil war
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13 th amendment
Definition
abolishes slavery
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14th amendment
Definition
defines the citizenship of blacks and gives them voting rights
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15 th amendment
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gives blacks voting rights. full male sufferage
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november 1876
Definition
presidency results were a tie and no one knew who won for 5 months. leads to comp. 1877. it was between hayes and tilden
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compromise 1877
Definition
southern democrats agreed to recognize republican hayes as president as long as republicans move troops out of southern states.
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railroad strike 1877
Definition
americas largest cities go into near anarchy in north. this causes the north to give up on the south and their affairs.
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guilded age
Definition
also known as the progressive era. 1877-1920. mark twain gave it thins moniker because america had a guildeed surface but on the insde it ws still rotten because theri was still civil and politcal unrest.
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UII
Definition
1. urbanizaton. 2. industrialization. 3. immigration. creates the modern entitiy of america.
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what about life in america changed after UII
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1. AG to industry 2. country liveing to the city. 3. from autonomous state to a culture of immigrants.
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3 big migratoins of gilded age
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wherever to the us. whrever to cities. wherever to west
Term
why where cities possible?
Definition
steel
Term
1800 how many in cities?
Definition
less than three percent
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1900 how many in cities
Definition
33%
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1900 how many in cities
Definition
33%
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1920
Definition
majority live in cities
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describe the economic growth between 1870-1900
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4 to 12 million it tripled
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factory system
Definition
makes production faster. each employee does a single task on an essembly line. transition from craftsman to worker. most significant product of UII
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american view on immigration
Definition
it scares them. no english and foreign religion and culture. ie. catholic and jews. thought they would ruin democracy.
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reasons to immigrate
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1. push factors 2. pull factors
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city machines
Definition
immigrants votes that were cast for the promise of certain returns. ie. job food
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UII effect on south
Definition
wasnt one bitch
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why did the south not industrialize?
Definition
it had comparative advantage in AG. it what they knew
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tennets
Definition
its where you lend land t tennets to harvest and they pay rent with portion of crop
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croppers
Definition
get a share as wage
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crop lein
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share cropping
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micro factor that killed share cropping
Definition
if the price of crops fell in between harvest and yu got into debt with a higher projected value of your crops than your screwed
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macro factor that killed crop lein
Definition
debt holders dont like owing money so they doube production which drives the price down lower. screwed again
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Frederick jackson turner
Definition
in 1890 census beuro drew population density map and saw that their was no fronteir lefts. turner thought that this should advocate american foreign development because the us is defined by the fronteir experience.
Term
how many battles between cowboys and indians?
Definition
200
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powder river war
Definition
war that broke indian resistance on the northern planes. this war created a treaty between the souix indian. we got black hills south dakota
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little big horn
Definition
greatest indian victory. they slaughtered southern army. this was a pyrric victory because it pissed the americans off and we subsequently took out all indian military establishments
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governmeant views on the indians
Definition
indians were homeless so Us gov wanted to bring them god and capitolism. kill the indian save the man
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dawes act
Definition
calls to break up indian reservations and give it back to the indians as privitized land.
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wovoka ghost dance
Definition
said the hardships are because the indians are offending the gods
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ghost dance and theory behind it
Definition
the indians thought that if they reestablish their culrute than the gods will honor them. he will protect them from bullets and kill the whites
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wounded knee
Definition
a group of ghost dancers who are disarmed are shot . 250 killed. inncoents killed
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haymarket square:
Definition
in chicago started over a company (mccormik) using machines instead of people. bomb goes off kills people.
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samuel gumpers
Definition
founded the AFL american federation of laborers
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AFL
Definition
replaces knights of labor. AFL only takes acceoted skilled labor
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guilded age politics
Definition
voter turnout great, political parties the closest, races were closest
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populist
Definition
most consequential third party in history. they blame everything on everyone. founded in north dkota and texas over wheat and cotten.
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1900 AG
Definition
production doubled. more competition cuts price value leads to poverty.
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alliance movement
Definition
farmers allied themselves to keep the prices of shipping down, storage costs down and value high.
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election of 1892
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populists win 5 states in electoral votes
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omaha platform
Definition
established 1892 ratifies the populists. 3 main points: public finance, anti monoply, politics
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omaha public finance
Definition
gov to build and pay for public storage houses, gov to control banks, and paper money
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omaha anti monoply
Definition
gov control railroad and telephone
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politics
Definition
secret ballot and direct election of senators
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omaha politics
Definition
secret ballot and direct election of senators
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panic 1893
Definition
worst panic in idustrial era.
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populst rxn to panic 1893
Definition
populists are excited because they want to recruited these angry workers into their party. however doesnt work to well cuz there are big differecnes between farmers and workers.
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mary elizabeth lease
Definition
spoke to people t piss them off. said raise less corn more hell. populist
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sherman silver purchase act
Definition
undermined the gold based system. uses gold but also silver.
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populist rxn to sherman silver purchase
Definition
they fused with the democrats
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william bryan
Definition
populist/democrat candidtate. always lost.
Term
election 1896
Definition
bryan defeated caused pops to either merge or dissolve
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progressivism
Definition
1880-1920. concerned people banned together to further some cause. veiw political corruption behind most local probs
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horatio alger
Definition
wrote books about poor people that went from rags to riches
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jane adams
Definition
worked at hull house to reach out to immigrant children. first social worker.
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hull house
Definition
1889. in chicago helped to educate immigrants.
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teddy roosevelt
Definition
first progressive president. helped to further the movement through ammendements.
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taft
Definition
2nd prgressive president. helped through ammend
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woodrow wilson
Definition
helped to further progres. through amend.
Term
16th amend
Definition
1913 authorizes income tax
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17th amend
Definition
allows for direct election of senators
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18th amend
Definition
1919. no alcohal
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19th amend
Definition
womens sufferage
Term
sources for manifest destiny
Definition
1. turners fronteir thesis. 2. alfred thayer mahan 3. social darwinism 3. search for new markets abroad
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alfred thayer mahan
Definition
wanted to build up navy
Term
cuban war of independence
Definition
cubans had been resisting spanish since 1878.
war begins 1895
Term
yellow press
Definition
news papers attempt to spread propaganda about the war. ex. william hurst and ______ nobel
Term
grover clevelands view on the cuban war of independence
Definition
did not want to get involved
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what causes theUS to get involved in the cuban war of independence?
Definition
the USS MAINE blows up and Mcckinly declares war.
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Teller amend
Definition
said that the US would only try and help the cuban liberate themselves from spanish not take them over.
Term
Spanish american war
Definition
after the us delcares war on spanish.
brief fighting because blackade wekened spanish significantly.
Term
armistice of spanish american war
traty of spanish american war
Definition
august 12 1898
dec 1898
Term
what territory did the US acquire from spanish american war
Definition
phillipines. the imperialists were for it and the anti imperialists against it.
Term
US occupation of cuba:
date
what is it an example of
effects on cuba
Definition
1899-1902
military progressivism
it allowed cub to engage in nation buidling, ie. build roads schools etc.
Term
phillipine war:
who lead it for philipinos
what tactics did both sides use
when did phillipinos surrender
Definition
emilio aguinaldo
phillipinos went from convential warfare to insurgency warfare. US used plicy of attrication and chastusement.
1902.
Term
theodore roosevelt
Definition
succeeded after mckinly.
said to speak softly andf carry big stick.
built the panama canal.
Term
roosevelt corrolary to monroe doctrine
Definition
said there could be no european influence in the western hemisphere and said that the US had the right to interfere in the affairs of its neighbors if they could not maintain sovereignty.
Term
howard taft
Definition
believed in dollar diplomacy. which said to give the US your debts. aided honduras nicaragua, haiti, dominican republic,
Term
wilson
Definition
believed in missionary diplomacy. spread democracy by aiding others. in 1915-6 intervened in haiti and dominican republic
Term
jim crowe law
Definition
forced segregation by law. african american are now by law second class citizens.
Term
de jure de facto
Definition
by law and by custo or practice.
jim crowe was de jure
Term
what is an example that the blacks and whites could have coexisted in south
Definition
populists
Term
US V. Reese
Definition
1876 works at nullifying the 15th ammendments (the right to vote). it says that states have the right to restrict voting as long as it wasnt strictly against blacks.
Term
what are some examples of US v Reese decisions?
Definition
literacy tests, poll taxes, and being being able to explain the constition. in missisipi and s. carolina. supreme court suppports it.
Term
how do blacks vote during this period of restricted voting rights?
Definition
with their feet they migrate to the north.
Term
civil rights law 1875
Definition
made it law to have equalrights to facilitys. lasts eight years until overturned because supreme court decided it went beyond constitutional authority.
Term
what was the last period where south could have gone another way
Definition
1870's-1896
Term
Harlens dissent
Definition
says plessy v. furgeson is wrong because the constitution is colorblind
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plessy v. furgeson
Definition
makes segregation legal sperate but equal. makes segregation consitutional. segregation is the way of the land.
Term
williams v. missisipi
Definition
1898 upheldrules about literacy tests and poll taxes . all control of politics is in local hands.
Term
life of segregation
Definition
1896-1954
Term
lynching epidemics
Definition
1880-1930, 1000 people per decade cuz blacks no longer have econ value
Term
what is th north response to lynching epidemic
Definition
philanthrpy. northtried to educate everyone and have it diffuse to blacks.
Term
booker t washington
Definition
founded tuskegee institute. believed education should be based around labor for blacks. so people got mad at him.
Term
atlanta compromise
Definition
booker t's reactionto lynching and jim crowe laws. said to thrive in system not fight against it. this is seen as cowerdly by W.B. Dubois
Term
WB Dubois
Definition
1st african american nigger to recieve phd from harvard he understands booker t cuz hes in the south but says that he needs to fight for equality and not compromise to be laborers.
Term
wb dubois book
Definition
souls of black folks
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