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Chapters are like computer mice- they are small and numerous (this title is like a c418 song title) Flashcards

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Water shipping

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James J. Hill

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Railroads. James J. Hill Company.

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Andrew Carnegie

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Carnegie Steel

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John D. Rockefeller

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Standard oil Company. Standard Oil Trust.

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James Buchanan Duke

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American Tobacco Company.

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New South

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Tobacco. Textiles.

Danville, Virginia. Greensbourogh+Charlotte, North Carolina.

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John Pierpont Morgan

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Mergers.

United States Steel Corporation. Carnegie Steel. First Billion dollar corporation.

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H. J. Heinz

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Pittsburgh. No Sunday advertising.

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Alexander Graham Bell

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1876

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Thomas Alva Edison

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Menlo Park, New Jersey

lights (2x), mic, power

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Roscoe Conkling

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In charge of opperation that skimmed Money from NY customs house.

Chester A. Arthur did the ground work.

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Stalwarts

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High tariffs, hard money, spoils system.

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Half-breeds

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Low tariffs, soft money, unspoiled system

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James A. Garfield

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Ohio. Republican. Half-Breed.

Shot by Charles Guiteau

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Chester A Arthur

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New York. Republican. Stalwart (ground work in skimming from NY customs)

Tried to lower tariff, but it lead to the Mongrel Tariff.

Pendleton Act established Civil Service Commission.

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1884

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Republican James G. Blaine lost to Democrat Gov. NY Grover Cleveland.

Mugwumps.

Interstate Commerce Act.

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1888

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Republican Benjamin Harrison beat Democrat Grover Clevland.

Benjamin Harrison appointed James. G. Blaine, who was very ineffective and this ruined everything, to be Secretary of State.

Billion Dollar Congress.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1890. Vague.

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McKinley Tariff

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Way too high tariff ruined lives

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Knights of Labor

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Secret society of skilled and unskilled ppl. from multiple professions.

Terrence V. Powderly

700,000 @ height.

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American Federation of Labor

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Samuel Gompers.

Split from Knights of Labor for skilled craftsmen.

8-hour days standardized.

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Haymarket Riot

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Chicago factory workers demanded 8-hour days.

Police were bombed and 11 ppl. died.

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Homestead Strike

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Carnegie Steel Company employees in Homestead, Pennsylvania fought Henry C. Frick’s guards.

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Eugene V. Debs

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Founder of American Railway Union.

Leader of Pullman Strike.

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Pullman Strike

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Lower wages lead to Eugene V. Debs encouraging people to sabotage Pullman by taking the cars out of trains and leaving them by the wayside.

The Pullman ppl. were fired making it general.

Generality lead to looting.

Cleveland put an end to all of it to save the postal service.

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Grange

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Founded by Oliver H. Kelly.

Regulation of railroads upheld by Munn V. Illinois

Farmer’s Alliance

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1892

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Populist Party- James B. Weaver (free silver)
Democrat - Grover Clevland (also won 1884)

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1896

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Republican - Willaim McKinley (gold standard, pro tariff)
Democrat - William Jennings Bryan (great commoner)
Populist - Died

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New Immigration

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Immigration from eastern europe

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Charles Darwin

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A scientist w/ low IQ, etc

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Mark Twain

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Genius. Realism.

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Stephen Crane

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Red Badge of Courage. Maggie: A girl of the streets. Naturalism.

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Jack London

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Call of the wild. Naturalism.

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Dwight L Moody

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Clerk in Northfield, Massachusets.

Moved to Chicago to get rich.

Prayer Meeting revival made him a minister.

1873 speaking tour of GB.

1875 speaking tour of US.

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Sam Jones

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Southern evangelism.

35
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Circuses

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Vaudeville Shows- vaudevillians
Circuses- PT Barnum + James Bailey = Barnum and Bailey Circus + John and Charles = Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Wild West Show- Pawnee Bill, Mexican Joe, William “Buffalo Bill” Cody (Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull)

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Baseball

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Cincinnati Red Stockings first pro team

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