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Cards Term 1868 election grant heracio seymore Definition u.s. grant rep. war hero heracio seymore dem. Term dem. and rep. motto in 1868 election Definition rep. let us have peace dem. this is a white mans govt. Term marshall Definition sent x grant to stop kkk violence and scandals in government took attention away from civil rights issues Term spoils system Definition bribing and favoritism to get gvt jobs Term civil rights act 1875 Definition charles sumner-prohibited descrimination in transportation and public amusement was okayed in juries but not in privatley owned that werent owned by fed govt Term 15th amendment Definition 1870, technically allowed the right to vote to blackmen south made poll taxes and literacy tests to make it hard for blacks to vote Term election of 1876 Definition hays-rep. won by 1 elc. vote tilden-dem. dirty/stolen election. guns to make people vote certain way. Term compromise 1877 Definition hays....to make mad democrats happy. he promise to take troops outa the south Term plessy furguson case Definition 1896- supreme court declared segregation constitutional "separate but equal" can still separate blacks and white as long as there is equal buses etc for each race Term republicans split to democrats split to Definition stalwarts half-breeds north and south Term garfeild Definition 1881 assassinated Term cleveland Definition became prez after grafeild assass. was first dem. elected for long time Term agrarian revolt Definition famers werent being represesnted in congress. falling prices-overproduction high bank mortgages railroad and grain elevator monopolies Term grange movement Definition cooperation and lower competition btw farmers Term granger laws. munn vs. illinois case Definition 1877. state can regulate private property prices if the property is devoted to public use Term mary e lease Definition grow less corn and more hell alliance summer. womans rights and unions Term populism Definition peoples party- apealed to farmers class currency back by silver rather than gold increase money supply direct election of senators x people Term election 1896 Definition mckinley Term william jennings bryan Definition cross of gold-speech gave him nomination for dem. prez Term wiliam allen whites Definition whats the matter with kansas-helped mckinley win "gold over silver" Term railroads Definition inion and cetral pacific met in promotory point,utah americans first major industry chinese and irish immigrant workers Term BIG 4 $ Definition mark hopkins charles crocker colis hunington leland stanford Term cornelius vanderbuilt Definition joined railroad companies. enterprise 1860-70s Term telegraph cable Definition 1866 conected us to europe Term alexander grambell Definition phone 1876 Term george eastmen Definition kodak camera Term tom edison Definition light bulb,telegraph,mimiograph, motion picture camera Term john d rockafeller Definition standard oil company introduced -vertical integration -holding company Term andrew carnegie Definition steel empire in pitts. 40million/yr corporations should give money to public for pools,parks, and hospitals, libraries Term jp morgan Definition king of consolidations at&t gen electric int. harvester bought out carnegies steel empire 450$mil Term industrialization Definition -mass production assembly line -steel instead of wood and bricks -urbanization -inequality of wealth -standard of living goes up Term social darminism Definition human social natural selection rich vs. poor Term herbert spencer Definition social darminist. no middle class. poor will slowly fade out Term william grahm sumner Definition social darwinist. gvt is gettin in the way of how social and economin should develop naturally. let strong survive essay"absurd effort to make the world over" Term russel conwell Definition social darwinist minister-Acres of Diamonds lecture you can get rich if you believe Term gospel of wealth Definition carnegie wrote to encourage philanthropy Term horacio alger Definition unitarian minister - popularized rags to riches Term barber barons Definition opposed captains of the industry Term socialism Definition economic system which large businesses and major companies are government owned and controlled. personal income is monitored (taxes) Term henry george Definition proposed tax for railroads who were gettin prime land along railroads. common man oculdnt get prime land. PROPOSED "SINGLE TAX" TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM Term edward bellamy- Definition "looking backward" describes classless society utopia 2000 Term cultural changes due to industrialization Definition immigration from europe chicago polish califnorina racial against chinese workin mens party of california - unions Term 1900s salaries etc Definition 21c an hour 490/yr 59hr/wk 20% women in factories 20% were wage earners 5 million women in workforce CHILREN WORKED IN FACTORIES Term 1877 RAILRAOD STRIKE Definition 100 deaths panic of 73 hays sent in fed troops to break up strike Term kights of labor Definition first industrial labor union. 1869 numbers dropped when radicals came in...? Term samuel gomper Definition head of american federation of labor. 8hr days women and men equal pay etc. safety Term spanish american war Definition makes america a world power Term imperialism Definition some wanted an american empire with colonies Term bryan Definition the flag of a republic forever flag of an empire never Term alfred thayer mahans Definition navy-wrote book- influence of sea power upon history naval build up. Term revolt in cuba Definition cuba libre revolutionary movement of jose marti. independence from spain Term weyler Definition spanish sent him to cuba to act as a gov. There was tons of killings. Term yellow journalism Definition exagerate emotional stories about the atrocities in cuba. people who were for the rebellion were gettin killed Term william hearst Definition new york journal...yellow journalism Term joseph pullitzer Definition new york world. promoted anti weyler with stories Term delome letter Definition spanish ambassador wrote letter critizisign mckinley. got discovered. It was published in hearsts new york journel. de lome resigns Term sinking of uss maine Definition mckinley sent the battle ship to havanna bay cuba. blew up mysteriously killed 260 men. REMEMBER THE MAINE TO HELL WITH SPAIN Term FACTORS OF THE SPANISH WAR Definition imperialism cuban revolution yellow journalism delome letter Term atier teller ammendment Definition prohibits annexation of cuba. no take over by us. military presence but no take over Term naval blockade of cuba Definition after spain promised to get out. mckliny ordered naval blockade. Term declarations of war Definition spain declares war on april 24,1898 us congress declares war on april 25 but makes it retroactive to the 21st Term end of war and its outcome war heroes Definition 1898 cubans on our side Term battle of manilla bay Definition george dewey Term theodore roosevelt Definition san juan hill Term progressivism Definition urban areas. regulated capitalism industrial reform more government regulation Term muckracking Definition exposing corruption through books journals etc. Term ladies home journal Definition exposed medical fraud Term ida tarbells Definition history of the standard oil company Term uptain sinclair Definition the jungle unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry Term pure food and drug act Definition 1906 Term meat inspection act Definition 1907 lead to fda Term jane adams Definition social work. assist poor and immigrants to get jobs and hull house housing > kids off streets Term margarat sanger Definition new york city nurse. birth control. to lighten overcrowded cities Term social gospel movement Definition churches involved in protecting children. and working man. cleaning up cities. Term washington gladden walter rausenbush Definition churches involved in cleaing up the city Term john dewey Definition educational reform. progressive education child centered approach to learning pragmatist- practical approach to learning Term temperance movement Definition no alc. womans christian temperance union anti saloon leagues Term alice paul Definition led 5000 woman protest for womans sufrage Term 19th amendment Definition women right to vote Term gambling bans Definition prostitiution child labor moral reform Term 16th amendment Definition federal income tax Term 17 amendment Definition direct election of us senators Term 18th amendment Definition prohibition of alcohol Term allied power Definition england france russia Term central powers Definition germany austria ottoman empire bulgaria Term reasons for us to join war Definition violation of freedom of the seas england blockaded trade between us and germany sinking of the lusitania Term threat to US by... we declare war Definition april 6 1917 germany