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US hist. after 1877
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History
Undergraduate 2
07/19/2011

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Rutherford B. Hayes: Election of 1876 and Reconstruction
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Ended reconstruction
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James A. Garfield
Definition
2nd president assassinated
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Chester A. Arthur: The Pendleton Act
Definition
Civil service reform
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Grover Cleveland
Definition
Only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms
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Steel
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Andrew Carnegie and Vertical Integration
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Oil
Definition
John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company
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Social Darwinism
Definition
Belief that rich people are better than poor people
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Immigration
Definition
Most immigrants were coming from Southern and Eastern Europe
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Filth and “Muck” of Urban America
Definition
Crowed, dirty, unsanitary
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Popular Culture
Definition
What people did for fun: baseball, Wild West Show
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Manifest Destiny
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Belief that U.S. should stretch from ocean to ocean
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The Transcontinental Railroad
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Links east to west
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The Battle of Little Big Horn
Definition
Defeat of Custer
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The Battle of Wounded Knee
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Last major engagement of Indian war
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Agricultural Revolution
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Lead to improvement in farming
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Populism
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The political party founded by farmers
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Election of 1896
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McKinley defeated Brine
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The Monroe Doctrine
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Separated the world into hemisphere, Europeans stay on your side, American stay on our side
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Necessities of Imperialism
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1st - Merchant marine, 2nd – large navy to protect the merchant marine 3rd – refueling stations
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Goals of Imperialism
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Cheap raw materials, new markets
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“Open-door” Policy in China
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All countries could trade with China equally
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Cuba Libre and Yellow Journalism
Definition
Sensationalize stories to sell newspapers, but specifically referenced to Cuba
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“Remember the Maine”
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Slogan of Spanish-American war
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The Teller Amendment
Definition
The United States would not occupy Cuba after the war
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Commanded the Rough Riders in Cuba
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“Speak softly and carry a big stick”
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Roosevelt’s quote, stick refers to naval power
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Defining Progressivism
Definition
They wanted to make society a better place
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The Muckrakers
Definition
Focus on social issues
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Upton Sinclair
Definition
He wrote ‘the Jungle’ about slaughter houses industry in Chicago
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The 19th Amendment
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Gives women the right to vote
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William Howard Taft
Definition
Gained 100lbs, got stuck in bathtub
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Woodrow Wilson
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President during WWI
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Central Powers in World War 1
Definition
Austria, Germany, Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Sparks started WWI
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Lusitania
Definition
Passenger liner that was sunk by the German
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Zimmermann Telegram
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January 16, 1917
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US entry into WW1
Definition
april 6, 1917, congress approves Wilson's request
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