Corruption: Grantism, Populist, Progressive, Gilded Age #7 Flashcards

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1
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Republican corruption

A

no democrats in the way

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2
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Grant wins 2nd term

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waved the bloody shirt

reform/liberal rep & democrats behind him

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3
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Compromise of 1877

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Hayes becomes president if..

  1. no more Reconstruction
  2. Southern trans-continental RR
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4
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Railroad companies: land grants

A

More than Homestead Act

170million

promote hasty poor construction

corruption
regional monopolies

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5
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vertical integration

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company would control every stage of the industrial process

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6
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US vs EC Knight 1895

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Sherman Anti-Trust apply to only commerce. NOT manufacturing

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7
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Social Darwinism

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Herbert Spencer

Help for the poor was misguided

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Gospel of Wealth

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Rich know how to use their $$ best

Public works
Rich’s interest

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Working women industrial America

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young and single

marry–> home

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10
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Yellow-dog contracts

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agreement not to join a union

contract to get employed

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11
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National Labor Union

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first
organized ALL workers

urban/rural
skilled/unskilled

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12
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Knights of Labor

A

mixed-race

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13
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American Federation of Labor

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Practical economic goals

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14
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Pullman Strike

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Prompt Supreme Court to OK government intervention in strikes

Unions lose power

Eugene V Debs

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15
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Street Car Cities

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segregate urban workers by income

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16
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Frederick Law Olmsted

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Central Park

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17
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Urban Machines

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a crude form of welfare for urban new comers

find jobs and apartments

stole from state gov.

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18
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Social Gospel

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linked Christianity with the Progressive reform

encourage middle-class Protestants to attack urban problems

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19
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Seneca Falls

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Women’s suffrage

Middle-class

20
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3 R’s

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Reading, writing, arithematic

McGruffey reader

21
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education in progressive

A

integrate immigrants

encourage melting pot

71% colleges accept women
1/3 of enrollment women

22
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politics in the gilded age

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belief in limited government

do-little, laissez-faire, social darwinism

23
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Democrats in the Gilded Age

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Southern

North: machines, immigrants, catholic, against temperance

24
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Populist party

A

for farmers

attack laissez-faire

political alliance b/w poor whites and blacks

25
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The Progressive Party

A

A Republican party branch

Taft and Roosevelt disagree

AKA the bull moose party

26
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Bull Moose Party

A

Progressive party

Election of 1912

27
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Pendleton Act 1883

A

merit-based for government jobs

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Panic of 1893

A

Due to no $$ in circulation even though economy was growing

29
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Coxey’s army

A

his idea of fiat $$ is what we use today

government arrest marchers

30
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McKinley Tariff

A

raised the average duty on imports to almost 50%, an act crafted to protect domestic industries from foreign competition

31
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benevolent assimilation

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Even though we came by force we came to help protect the native inhabitants. We did not come as invaders or conquerors of the Philippines. The president wanted to ensure the people we were coming to protect and ensure their rights.

really just wanted to establish their sphere

32
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Cross of Gold speech

A

stop gold coinage

inflation

Will Jennings Bryant

33
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Election of 1896

A

Cross of Gold Speech

Will Jenn Bryant vs. McKinley

Esptablish
Rep-business
demo- little guys

34
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Yellow Jounalism

A

newspaper front lines

catchy

hyped up propaganda

35
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Platt Amendment

A

NO treaty w/ any other countries

US right to intervene whenever

Expansionism

36
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Open Door Policy

A

US just don’t want to get late to the game of China

37
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Gentlemen’s Agreement

A

Limit Japanese immigration

Pressure Cali to end discriminatory measures against Japanese

38
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Speak softly, carry a big stick

A

we must be the world’s policeman

whiteman’s burden-ish

39
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Muckrakers

A

talk about all the dirt of the city

decline: hard to top the last story

40
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Progressive Political Changes

A

Austrialian/secret ballot

Direct primaries (Wisconsin)

Direct elections of senators

41
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Square Deal

A

Roosevelt

mediate labor and business

42
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Roosevelt

A

Square Deal

Bring back Trust Busting

43
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Elkins Act

Hepburn Act

A

Railroad regulation

44
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Haymarket incident

A

lead to the fall of Knights of Labor

45
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Comstock Law

A

Privacy

Birth control

Margaret Sanger

46
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Pan Americansim

A

Community of western hemisphere in America’s sphere of influence

47
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Watchful Waiting

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Wilson waiting on what will happen to Mexican politics