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Semester Exam 2010
Chapters 13-23 flashcards SFI
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History
11th Grade
12/08/2010

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placer mining
Definition
surface mining with simple tools (pick axes, panning)
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quartz mining
Definition
mining deep into the earth
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Chisholm Trail
Definition
one of the cattle drives in the Great Plains
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homestead
Definition
a tract of land available for settling
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Homestead Act
Definition
up to 160 acres of land; if you made it for five years, the land was yours
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dime novels
Definition
el cheapo books that romanticized cowboys
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Wheat Belt
Definition
nickname for Great Plains
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longhorn
Definition
cattle on the cattle drives
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buffalo
Definition
livelihood for NAs, almost pushed to extinction
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lassiez-faire
Definition
let business do what business does
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time zones
Definition
divided regions by the hour
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Central Pacific RR
Definition
met with the Union Pacific in Omaha Nebraska
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Union Pacific
Definition
met with Central in Omaha Nebraska (Grenville Dodge)
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economies of scale
Definition
big corps mass produce, make cheap goods, out-compete smaller businesses (WALMART)
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horizontal integration
Definition
buy out competition
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vertical integration
Definition
owning all the resources
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Credit Mobilier
Definition
scandal where Union almost went bankrupt and Congress was sold cheap shares
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operating costs
Definition
costs of running a business (wages, shipping)
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fixed costs
Definition
costs you have to pay regardless of whether or not the business is running (mortgage, taxes)
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monopoly
Definition
grip on an entire industry
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holding company
Definition
makes no goods, just owns stock
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trust
Definition
merged without violating laws
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Thomas Edison
Definition
lightbulb dude
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Definition
invented steamboat
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John D. Rockefeller
Definition
Standard Oil
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Andrew Carnegie
Definition
Gospel of Wealth, Bessemer process
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Ellis Island
Definition
in NY, processed European immigrants (very quick)
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Angel Island
Definition
in CA, processed Asian immigrants (very slow b/c of nativism)
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nativism
Definition
anti-immigrant/foreigner
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Tammany Hall/William Tweed
Definition
boss, NY political machine
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Horatio Alger
Definition
motivating rags to riches stories
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Charles Darwin
Definition
if you don't know this guy I will cut you
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Social Darwinism
Definition
weak will die out and strong will rise in society
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Herbert Spence
Definition
founded Social Darwinism
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Thomas Eakins
Definition
painted realism
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Ragtime/Scott Joplin
Definition
composed famous music
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naturalism
Definition
idea that people fail due to circumstances beyond their control
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Salvation Army
Definition
aid/religious counseling
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Jane Addams
Definition
founded Hull House
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settlement house
Definition
*English lessons, medical care, education
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patronage
Definition
putting your BFF in office
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stalwart
Definition
opposed civil service reform
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halfbreed
Definition
opposed patronage
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James A Garfield
Definition
assassinated by a stalwart
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Pendleton Act
Definition
the pres decides which jobs would be filled according to rules by a civil service committee
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ICC
Definition
regulated interstate commerce
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goldbug
Definition
wanted gold standard
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silverite
Definition
wanted silver standard
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poll tax
Definition
tax to vote
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grandfather clause
Definition
if your grandfather voted, you could vote
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Civil Rights Act of 1875
Definition
this was repealed and private orgs could segregate
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Definition
"seperate but equal" (bullshit)
Term
Jim Crow laws
Definition
unspoken/unwritten rules on African Americans (ex. no guns)
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lynching
Definition
hanging without a trial
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Ida B. Wells
Definition
anti-lynching writer
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imperialism
Definition
economic and political domination of a strong nation over a weaker nation
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New Imperialism
Definition
depend on raw materials from around world to protect investments
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Josiah Strong
Definition
Anglo-Saxonist dude
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Anglo-Saxonism
Definition
white people are better
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Matthew C. Perry
Definition
naval expedition to Japan to negotiate trade treaty (Treaty of Kanogawa)
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Queen Liliuokalani/Hawaii
Definition
forced to give up power
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Pan-Americanism
Definition
US and Latin America should work together to support peace and trade
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Alfred T. Mahan
Definition
wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
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Spanish American War
Definition
flames fanned by yellow journalism; Cuba free, US owned Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Definition
Filipino revolutionary
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Rough Riders
Definition
badasses of the Spanish American War
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Foraker Act
Definition
Puerto Rico= unincorporated territory w/ gradual self gov
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Platt Amendment
Definition
1) no other treaties, no taking territory 2) naval station 3) no debt 4) US had protection/intervention rights
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Theodore Roosevelt
Definition
big stick policy, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating with Japan and Russia
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big stick policy
Definition
"walk softly and carry a big stick"
Term
spheres of influence
Definition
area of influence from country
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Open Door Policy
Definition
opened China to trade
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Definition
US had rights to build and control Panama Canal
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Roosevelt Corollary
Definition
extension of Monroe Doctrine-- US could intervene in Latin America
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William Taft
Definition
believed more industry/$, less military
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Dollar Diplomacy
Definition
substituting dollars for bullets
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17th amendment
Definition
requires direct election of Senators
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16th amendment
Definition
Congress could levy income tax
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19th amendment
Definition
women can vote now!
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Prohibition
Definition
NO alcohol
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temperance
Definition
cutting back on alcohol
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18th amendment
Definition
outlawed alcohol
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Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
Definition
ladies against alcoholism
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Upton Sinclair
Definition
muckraker, "The Jungle"
Term
Meat Inspection Act
Definition
that meat can't be nasty, yo
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Children's Bureau
Definition
investigated child labor
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Progressive Party -> Bull Moose
Definition
Roosevelt ran in 1912 in this party
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New Freedom vs. New Nationalism
Definition
Wilson- New Freedom, Roosevelt- New Nationalism
Term
Pancho Villa
Definition
Mexican revolutonary
Term
Triple Entente
Definition
France, Great Britian, Russia, formed Allies
Term
Triple Alliance
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, formed Central Powers
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Black Hand
Definition
Serbian nationalist group, member killed Franz Ferdinand
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Allies
Definition
Triple Entente
Term
Central Powers
Definition
Triple Alliance
Term
U-boats
Definition
German submarines
Term
Sussex Pledge
Definition
Germany said it wouldn't go hogwild with the U boats anymore
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Zimmerman note
Definition
telegram from Germany to Mexico asking for alliance, PISSED OFF America
Term
Selective Service Act
Definition
draft, 18+ male have to sign up in case of war
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Great Migration
Definition
AAs went north for jobs, away from racism
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Fuel Administration
Definition
conserved coal and oil for war
Term
Liberty Bonds
Definition
buy from government, funds war, get your money back later
Term
Committee on Public Information
Definition
'sold' the idea of the war
Term
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Definition
1st amendment violation, couldn't criticize war/gov
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doughboys
Definition
new to the army and battle
Term
convoys
Definition
big groups to protect goods and soldiers
Term
Bolsheviks
Definition
led by Lenin, overthrew provisional gov in Russia
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Vladimir Lenin
Definition
led Bolsheviks, took power
Term
Big Four
Definition
Britian, US, France, Italy attended peace meeting (Russia left out)
Term
League of Nations/US opposition
Definition
big circle of happiness, isolationist US didn't want to get involved in world affairs
Term
Red Scare
Definition
communist= disloyal (mail bombs, unrest)
Term
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
Definition
ace pilot in WW1
Term
Russia
Definition
had most war casualties due to bad leadership and primitive tech
Term
Sacco-Vanzetti
Definition
nativism, anti-anarchist, not a fair trial
Term
flappers
Definition
snazzy girls challenged traditional roles
Term
Margaret Mead
Definition
anthropology?
Term
creationism
Definition
idea that God made the universe
Term
John T. Scopes
Definition
taught evolution, tried for violating Butler Act
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Butler Act
Definition
don't teach evolution
Term
21st amendment
Definition
repealed 18th amendment and prohibition
Term
speakeasies
Definition
illegal drinking bars
Term
bootlegging
Definition
smuggling alcohol
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Volstead Act
Definition
upped police power to enforce prohibition
Term
Harlem Renaissance
Definition
revival of AA arts, entertainent, literature
Term
Langston Hughes
Definition
poet, voice of AAs, "Dream Deferred"
Term
Duke Ellington
Definition
pianist and bandleader
Term
National Association of Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Definition
this group lobbyed against lynching
Term
Marcus Garvey
Definition
"Negro Nationalism" dude
Term
UNIA (Universal Negro Improv. Asso)
Definition
promote black pride and unity
Term
Ohio gang
Definition
president's buddies in office, led to scandals
Term
Teapot Dome Scandal
Definition
sec of interior Albert Fall took bribes
Term
Albert B. Fall
Definition
took bribes, Teapot Dome Scandal, Ohio gang shtuff
Term
Calvin Coolidge
Definition
believed government should stay out of business
Term
Silent Cal
Definition
Coolidge's nickname
Term
Golden Age of Hollywood
Definition
20's flourishing movies and entertainment
Term
Kellogg-Briand Act
Definition
attempt to outlaw war
Term
assembly line
Definition
everyone has a different task, moves along fast
Term
Charles Lindbergh
Definition
first to fly across Atlantic
Term
supply-side economics
Definition
lower taxes will help economy as people spend/invest more
Term
cooperative individualism
Definition
encouraged manufacturers to share info, make associations
Term
moratorium
Definition
halt on something
Term
Hoover's party took credit for prosperity
Definition
major reason for Hoover's landslide victory
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overproduction
Definition
main cause of Great Depression
Term
stock market
Definition
selling and buying stock, speculation
Term
Black Tuesday
Definition
day stock market collapsed
Term
installment plan
Definition
buying on credit
Term
margin call
Definition
when company calls in loan
Term
speculation
Definition
predicting stock value will go up
Term
budget deficit
Definition
going over-budget and spending more than you have
Term
bank run
Definition
storming a bank and making it go out of businesses
Term
hobos
Definition
poor hobos.
Term
shantytowns
Definition
cardboard box houses, Hoovertowns
Term
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
Definition
?
Term
Snow White
Definition
first animated film
Term
Brain Trust
Definition
FDR's advisor groups (i.e. New Freedom, New Nationalism)
Term
bank holiday
Definition
prevented bank runs
Term
Securities Act
Definition
regulated stock market, *truthful information
Term
American Liberty League
Definition
opposed New Deal (for some strange reason)
Term
NIRA
Definition
suspend anti-trust laws, codes of fair competition (ruled unconst)
Term
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
Definition
don't raise certain crops (ruled unconst)
Term
FDIC
Definition
?
Term
Glass Stegall Banking Act
Definition
created FDIC + banks can't invest in stock market
Term
Public Works Admin
Definition
construction projects, jobs
Term
Schechter v. US
Definition
ruled NIRA unconstitutional
Term
SEC
Definition
regulated stock market
Term
Huey Long
Definition
c'mon, share the wealth, guys
Term
court-packing plan
Definition
FDR raised number of judges to make sure his programs were pushed through
Term
Fair Labor Standards Act 1938
Definition
minimum wage, maximum hours, child labor
Term
Dust Bowl
Definition
drought and over farming led to DUST
Term
John Steinbeck
Definition
Grapes of Wrath
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