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History Final
From Civil War to World War 1
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Social Studies
9th Grade
05/15/2012

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Term
Secession
Definition
-to leave the Union
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
-freed slaves in states still in rebellion
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Robert E. Lee
Definition
-southern general
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Ulysses S. Grant
Definition
-northern general
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Appomattox Courthouse
Definition
-where the south surrendered
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Lincoln's Assasination
Definition
-April 14th, 1865 at Ford's theatre. Shot by John Booth
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4 Plans for Reconstruction
Definition
-Lincoln's Plan (too leniant), Radical Republican's Plan (no joining South), Wade-Davis Bill (too harsh, all states has to abolish slavery), Johnson's Plan (like Lincoln's)
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Freedman's Bureau
Definition
-fed and clothed war refugees, helped former slaves find work, educated African Americans
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Black Codes
Definition
-limited African American's rights
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13th Amendment
Definition
-abolished slavery
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Impeachment Process
Definition
-house votes to impeach, senate tries case, 2/3 votes needed to impeach
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Placer Mining
Definition
-small mining with hands and pans
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Quartz Mining
Definition
-large scale mining with machines
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Long Drive
Definition
-used to bring cattle North to sell them
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Homestead Act
Definition
-gives up to 160 acres for living there for 5 years
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Dry farming
Definition
-planting drought resistant crops
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Dawes Act
Definition
-gave land to Natives that lived on a reservation so they could farm
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Allotments
Definition
-pieces of governmant land
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Assimilation
Definition
-joining American culture
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Factors that Led to Industrialization
Definition
-railroads, abundance of natural resources, population tripled
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Laissez-Faire
Definition
-people do what they want and the government doesn't interfere
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Central Pacific Railroad
Definition
-had 4 investors, hired workers from China
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Union Pacific Railroad
Definition
-led by Grenville Dodge, built West from Omaha, Nebraska
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Industrial Union
Definition
-united all craft workers and common laborers in an industry
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Trade Union
Definition
-formed by craft workers of specific skill
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Blacklists
Definition
-list of trouble makers passed onto other businesses once a worker was fired
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Lockouts
Definition
-workers were locked out and went without pay
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Economies of Scale
Definition
-making goods quicker and cheaper
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European Push and Pull Factors
Definition
-military service required, religious persecution, class system (push)
-jobs available, few immigration restrictions, democratic nation (pull)
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Asian Push and Pull Factors
Definition
-unemployment, famine, poverty (push)
-gold, needed railroad workers, California gold rush (pull)
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Ellis Island
Definition
-where immigrants from Europe went
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Angel Island
Definition
-where Asian immigrants went
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Steerage
Definition
-least expensive deck of ship
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Nativism
Definition
-preference for natives, limits immigration
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Political Machine
Definition
-informal political group of people designed to gain and keep power
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Individualism
Definition
-that people could rise in society no matter their background
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Social Darwinism
Definition
-survival of the fittest
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Patronage
Definition
-jobs go to supporters of winning party
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