Exam I Flashcards
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Who’s hostile to the institution slavery?
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Lincoln
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What is Lincoln’s primary concern?
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To maintain union of the states
3
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What is the threat to survival of the union?
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Slavery
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What couldn’t have debate ab slavery because slavery was protected in the constitution?
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3/5 Compromise
5
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Who did succession happen under?
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James Buccanan
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
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If African Americans can have citizenship. Jan 1, 1863
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What happened during 1861-1862?
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Lincoln offers to preserve the institution of slavery
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Fire Eaters
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Republicans of the South
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When did Lee make an invasion?
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Sept. 1862
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Union Calvary finds northern Virginia War Plan….
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Wrapped around cigars
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War that occurred on Sept. 21st 1862?
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Battle of Anteetum
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What was the result of the Battle of Anteeneum?
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Lincoln’s army wins and they encourage for a slave revolt.
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What only affects the states that remain in rebellion?
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Emancipation Proclamation
14
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When does reconstruction begin?
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1862
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Who made the general order? and what did it do?
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Lincoln, and it made a way to manage hostile population. This is the first reconstruction plan.
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Ten- Percent Plan
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10% of men of 1860 swear a vote to the U.S, then make guarentees.
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What was the result of the Civil War?
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant
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What was the capital of the Confederacy?
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Richmond
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Who demand states to ratify the 13th amendment?
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Wade and Davis
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What affects southern states?
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Cash Value of Slaves
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How did Lincoln handle the Debt. repudiation?
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Pocket Veto
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When was Lincoln’s last public address?
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April 11, 1865
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Determined to punish the rebel states
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Congress
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What was the first state to grant votes to black men?
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Tennessee
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What was Booth's original assassination plan?
To kill everyone
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Who was accused of being part of the assassination?
Dr. Mudd- famous actress
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Lincoln's 2nd vice pres.
Andrew Johnson
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Northerners who opposed seccession and devoted to slavery
War Democrats
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Nominated George McCellon
War Democrats
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Traders; demanded US ends war and let slaves go
Copper Heads
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He was a failure as a commander but the press loved him.
George Washington
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Gives command effort for war in 1860s
Ulysses S. Grant
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Political Party in 1860 that ran against republicans and democrats as a fourth party
Constitutional Union Party
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What was the Constitutional Union Party made of?
Conservative Whigs who wanted to avoid secession over the slavery issue.
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Who was the only member of Congress left after secession?
Andrew Johnson
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What state was the last state to secede?
Tennessee
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Pro- slavery southern Democrat
Johnson
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Land- owners that have complete control over white voters who live in dominion
Plantation Economy
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Alchoholic, refused to resign, couldn't read well until adulthood and was a tailor, did not play an active role in Lincoln's affairs
Johnson
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Had 37% of popular vote
Lincoln
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Abandoned city of Atlanta and got Lincoln reelected
Confederates
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What states had the political power?
slave states; 1/3 of voting
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Used 10% Plan to get states to be slave holders and they ignore 13th amend.
Johnson
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Commander of the Army
Grant
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Traders
Gray Coats
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1863- 1865
Period of Self Reconstruction (failure); after 13th amend. was ratified
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Laws passed by southern states in 1865 and 1866, with intent of restricting African Americans freedom and compelling them not to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt, adopted everywhere; problem in southern states,
Black Codes
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Every freedman, free negro and mulatto
Sec. 5 of Black Codes
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Illegal to be freed and black living in this state
North Carolina by 1837
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Why is Mississippi trying to restrict movement of blacks?
Because they needed them to do work and they relied on them for cotton cultivation
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If blacks did not follow black codes...
They would get arrested or be fined, if they can't pay then they would have an auction
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By 1866...
All former enslaved ppl have been reduced
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Created during war, group tries to figure out nation building
Expanded Freedman's Bureau
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Guarentee's fair treatment of railroads, movie theaters, etc.
Civil Right's Act of 1866
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ratified in 1866, rewrites entire US constitution, alters relationship b/w states and government, creates national citizenship
14th Amendment
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Period that starts after Civil War
1865-1867
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When does Reconstruction ends?
1901, most profound change
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What was the purpose of Reconstruction?
Change and remake of citizens relationship b/w states and Congress
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Lincoln's 10% Plan is a..
War Policy
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What was the purpose of Black Codes?
To maintain control over labor force over cotton production
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Who are the black codes made for?
Whites
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Men b/w ages 17-28 yrs. old, left handed, weighs around 180-200 pounds, has all teeth
Field Hands
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It was difficult to sell slaves outside of...
Deep Southern States
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Slave production sate
Virginia
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Effects of war on southern white labor:
Loss of men
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Designed to guarantee fair treatment, northern states have affect from this, attacks public accomadations
Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Manages white population, worry ab freedom
Freedman's Bureau
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Refers to a promise made in the US for agrarian reform to former enslaved black farmers by WiIliam Sherman
40 acres in a mule
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Military orders issued during American Civil War
General Order number 10 (Sherman)
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Any male to claim a section of federal land (700) acres
Homestead Act
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Can't be an African American citizen in the US
Dredd Scott Decision
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birthright citizenship, privileges, and immunities of US citizens, all citizens afforded the due process of law and equal protection of the law
Sec. 1 of 14th
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Effects of 14th amend:
Created US as a single unit, changes BOR, created citizenship
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detained in Sanfrancisco when he tried to come back into US
Wong- Kim Ark 1898 court case
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Congressional representation, punishment for abridging citizenship rights, gets rid of 3/5 compromise
Sec. 2 of 14th amend.
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Traitors cannot hold federal offices
Sec. 3 of 14th
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Bankrupt southern states (wealth was source of power)- punishment from war
Sec. 4 of 14th
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Congress can enforce amend. as it sees fit
Sec. 5 of 14th
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Has to be 2/3 of majority of congress to...
Override veto
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Prohibits the federal govt. and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race
15th Amendment
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Believe in expansion in producer and concerned with freedom of competition
Republicans
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Why was there no republican party in south?
Because they opposed slavery
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Refers to when Johnson tried to gain support for his reconstruction policies and for his preferred candidates
Swing around the Circle
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What was the problem with Reconstruction?
Huge majority may miss opportunity
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Reconstruction makes clear that...
Major generals protect civil rights and justice
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At the delegate convention...
Most all voters vote for republican candidate
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Guarentee equal opportunites and slave freedom, disenfranchised confederates from political power, had to ratify 13th and 14th amendment
New Constitutions
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Political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections
Carpet Baggers
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Important cartoonist, declares states to be readmitted
Thomas Nast
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14th amendment was not ratified until
July 28th 1868
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Drafted for special protection for blacks
14th amendment
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Very hated, he becomes a danger for democratic party, could interfere with senate, he starts firing cabinet
Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
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President cannot remove a cabinet officer if senate approves
10 yr of Office Act
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Method of removal of a person of federal position
Impeachment
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Impeachment symbolizes...
Political overreach
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What was Congress' plan?
That military will be ruled by the South
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First black to run for office, ppl in awe of him, trained as a minister, plans to elect black judges, senators, etc.
Tudis Cambell
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Richest of aristocracy
Pierce Butler
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Pierce Butler negotiated with blacks and gave them how many acres?
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New Orleans in 1860 was a...
Bankrupt City
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Why did delegates meet in New Orleans?
To draw up a new reconstruction law for the state
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He was a soldier, he was viewed with suspicion of white neighbors and a villan
Marshall Twitchell
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Daughter of a large cotton planter, Marshall Twitchell's wife
Adel Coleman
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New pioneer society
South
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What happened during summer of 1867?
Twichell commanded black troops in war
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Why did Twitchell enter the state legislature in 1868?
To remake the southern states
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What did the Atlanta Constitution infer?
That blacks were unfit to hold political office
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A minister, politician, African American, after civil war, he was a pioneer in Georgia organizing new congregations of African Americans
Henry Mcneil Turner
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Repudiated Reconstruction
Democratic Party
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Union General, promised to support reconstruction, half a million black voters voted for him
Ulysses S. Grant
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Learned to read, into photography, customers talked politics, managed to pass tax increase
John Linch
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Do not believe blacks should hold political power
Ku Klux Klan
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Attacked by members of KKK
Abram Colby
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In 1870, who bought another plantation and decided to run for state senate, his white neighbors resented his family's growing wealth
Twitchell
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Professor at Harvard, in 1893 went to historical convention, " closing of the frontier"
Frederick Jackson Turner
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What was the main point in the frontier thesis of "closing of the frontier"?
most important attempt to give ideas of American citizens
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What inspired Frederick Turner's paper?
Census
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In 1893 who announces the frontier is closed?
Bureau
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US before the Civil War:
cotton is a big deal, and US was wealthy
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What was the affect of the Civil War?
Economic Collapse
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What was a big deal in 19th century?
Steamboats
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What was the primary commercial center?
New York
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Connects the Great Lakes to New York City?
Erie Canal
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What are the countries that market for what the US is producing?
G.B, France, and Germany
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Who standardizes the gage for transcontinental railroad?
Lincoln
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Pathway from Chicago to San Francisco
Transcontinental Railroad
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Person who has become rich through ruthless business practices.
Robber Barons
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What happens in Mexican American War?
US claims New Mexico, NM pays US, they find gold in California so US buys the Golden Purchase.
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How did the federal govt. build railroads?
Picked union and south pacific railroads and they met in Utah
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What was the reason that ppl moved to Nebraska?
The Homestead Act
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This opened up settlement in western US that allowed any American and freed slaves to put in a claim up to 160 free acres of federal land
The Homestead Act
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Granted homesteaders and other entrants an additional 160 acres of land if they planted and cultivated at least 40 acres of trees within 10 yrs
Timber Culture Act of 1873
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Authorized the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad to build a railroad and telegraph line and also provided land from public domain and govt. bonds to help pay for the construction ( 5sq miles of land for every mile of railroad) during Civil War
Pacific Railway Act of 1862
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What was the original railroad track made of?
Iron
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What fuels the economic boom of the railroad overtime?
Replacing the iron with Steel
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What govt. overthrew monarchy of Mexico and leads to a civil war in Mexico?
French Govt.
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What was the 1st attempt of the French to settle?
The Battle of Puerto Rico
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What were the results of the Battle of Puerto Rico?
Mexican forces defeated the French
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When did the Battle of Puerto Rico occur?
May 5th
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Provided guidance to improve soil, the govt. offers land grants to state govts.)
Morrial Act
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What did state govts. have to provide in return to fed govts.?
Agricultural Colleges (birth of land grant universities)
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Federal Govt. wanted...
To grow population and encourage technological advances
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Why encourage ppl to settle in trans miss. west?
To push electoral votes
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Teepees, buffalo, and horses
Plains Indians
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What did the Spanish give the US?
horses and hogs
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Who brought horses to US?
Kenkisadors
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Who brought hogs to US?
Geronimo (Apache)
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Tribes were offered southwest territory land within 5 civilized tribes
Washington's Policy
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In 1820s, who granted lands in Georgia and were forced to leave because they found gold?
Cherokee
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Designate small reservations to Indians
Reservation Policy
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Creates concentrated tracks of land and involves 3 tribs (Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne)
Horsecreek Treaty
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Tribes loose land to...
Speculators
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Why are settlers in Nevada?
Because they discovered silver ore creek
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Rain of silver
Lode
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Takes boundaries of Modern state Oklahoma
Indian Territory
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Where do white ppl not want to live?
Black Hills Region of South Dakota or Oklahoma
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What and why soldiers were sent to Great Plains?
Buffalo Soldiers, black men, to keep peace b/w settlement
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US military officer, and commander who gained fame for his post- war exploits against Native Americans in the West
George Armstrong Cluster
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Sitting Bull
Lakota Sioux
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Takes tribal lands and split them, granted full citizenship
Dawes Severalty Act 1887
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What could not be sold fro 25 years in return for granted citizenship?
Allotments
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Lived on their own wild on southern range
Long Horn Cattle
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Updated the barbed wire 1874
Joseph Glidden
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Starved to death
Confederate Army
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Had massive slaughter houses
Chicago
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developed new technology to preserve meat in a can
Armour
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Process of getting cows out Chicago to Wisconsin
Cattle Drives
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Young men who are stuck up
Called dudes
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Born into a wealthy family, dutch family in New York City, went to Harvard and was a lawyer
Theodore Roosevelt
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Important anthropologist and political activist
Joe Medicine Crow
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Assimilation has effect on European and Asian immigration
Chinese Exclusion Act
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Proposes we throw ppl in a pot and throw them out
"Melting Pot"
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Begins in Pennsylvania (Quaker State)
Oil
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Extract and process oil
Edwin Drake
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Standard Oil, business controls 95% of oil refining in the 1890s
John D Rockefeller
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Invented a way to back space on typewriter
Gootinburg
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Machine makes it more productive to type
Leno Type
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Takes roll of paper and prints both sides on a page
Web Presses
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Scribe, write down a hand copy
Called a Scrivener
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His company is American Tobacco Company
Buck Duke
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Called a robber barron, regulates telephone, inventor and engineer, works out of Baltimore Maryland
Alexander Graham Bell
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Period after Reconstruction
Guilded Age
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Bell made his profit through...
American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
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Running for nomination and wins, has the opportunity to restaff govt., served in the revolutionary war
Benjamin Garfield (1880)
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Approach president (Garfield) and shoots in the gut at the public event
Charles Catow
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The invention of metal springs came about around
Late 19th Century
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Greatest wizard of Menlo Park, had access to money and industries, his operation is ab invention and publicity, most famous for light bulb, he controls the burn of the bulb
Thomas Edison
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Edison style bulb
carbonized filament
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Best electricity
George Westinghouse
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Recorded sound, spring powered machine, has a crank and drums, $20
Phonograph (1890s)
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This man and Roosevelt go to Buffalo World Fair
William McKinley
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Shoots McKinley
Leon Czolgoz
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The value of a product lies in the value of the...
Labor required for its production
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Invented capitalism, "communist manifesto"
Karl Marx
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Union movement
Knights of Labor
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American labor union leader, politician and attorney, best known as head of knights of labor in late 1880s, elected for mayor of Penns.
Terence Powderly
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Founded the American Federation of Labor, served as pres of organization.
Samuel Gompers
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ppl who make steel
Puddlers
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ppl that are taken off farms
Anarchists
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Anarchist, political activist and writer, played a role in development of anarchist political philosophy in 20th century, from a jewish family
Emma Goldman
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Goldman's lover, terrorist
Johann Most
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Famous mine strike
Cour D' Alene ID 1892
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Private police force will be brought in
Homestead, 1892
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Takes over Cargegies security firm
Henry Clay Frick
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Private mercenary armies (detective agency)
Pinkertons
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Tried to kill Henry Frick
Alexander Berkman
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Interest of economy
Capital
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Like to recruit a variety group of ethnicity
Large Factories
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Uninvited Guests
Anarchy Movement
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Was the response to Industrial Revolution, kill everyone
Anarchist Movement
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Will show up to strikes to cause trouble
Anarchists
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Purchased on estate to be a Scottish lord
Andrew Carnegie
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Frick's daughter swallowed a...
Hat Pin
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Moral duty for industrialists to give away all their money
Gospel of Wealth
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Want to be viewed as trying to produce an Eutopian work force
Large Industrial Operators
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Perfect place
Eutopia
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What was purpose of Industrial towns?
To have control over everyones life
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Fake money, company money where you can only spend in the store itself
Scrip
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Purpose of the Pullman Pallis car factory?
To build and refurbish passenger cars
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Organizes the shutdown at Pallis car factory, able to get workers to go on strike, arrested for tampering with mail
Eugene v. Debs
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Demands transparency
Protests groups
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Only pres in history to serve 2 non- consecutive terms in office, political reformer
Grover Cleveland
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State has to defend why it has possession of your body
Habeaus Corpus
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As a result of striker case...
Labor injuction against strikers
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Which pres. sends militia to break up strike?
Pres. Grover Cleveland
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How would president break up a strike?
By shooting a grape shot into a cannon
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What is the main opponent for labor movement?
Federal govt.
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Socialist Movement
Debs
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Outright abolition of all private property
Socialism
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Democrat, bloody shirt, civil war veteran, new York state governor
James Blane
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Who becomes Buffalo's executioner?
Cleveland
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1st party system
Federalists
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2nd party system
Whiggs
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Republicans that are against Blane because they want to clean up politics and they are concerned corruption has lost faith in institutions
Mugwamps
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pple turn to communism bc of...
Corruption
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Cleveland is responsible for receiving her inheritance
Francis
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By 1890:
Farmers go bankrupt, currency is unstable, no transparency
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Famous for breading watermelon
Ruban Cobb
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Farmers demand central govt. abolish private controlled railroads
Socialized Railroads
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Believe this will create inflation
Free Silver
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Farm activist in 70s and 80s
Mary Lease
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Who are mad about railroads?
Farmers
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Low inflation and a scarcity of paper money...
Increased farmers' debt during the 1880s
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Fought monopolistic grain transport practices during the decade following the American Civil War
The Grange
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Targeted at railroads
Granger Laws
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Populist Meeting took place:
Nebraska 1890
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Politics in Barbara county, elected as state agricultural administer, part of democratic party, decides to run for governor in 1890
Ruban Cobb
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Burbon Democrats are not in favor with...
Cobb
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Delegates are in favor with...
Cobb
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Speaker of the House from Montgomery
Thomas Jones
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Helped with Jones get a helper vote for jones
Saier Law
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Calls himself a Jeffersonian Democrat
Cobb
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Who is the candidate for the populist party and is successful for the small states
Weaver
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Who is the candidate for democratic party?
Cleveland
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Who is the candidate for republican party and takes 10% of electoral vote
B. Harrison
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Democratic Party nominates...
Henry
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Democratic nominee in 1894
Oats
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Who got Cobb elected as governor of Alabama?
Populist
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Not in favor of prosperity, prosperity is the overall theme for his campaign
Mckinley
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What party rejects the gold standard?
Republican
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McKinley's opponent, "The Commoner", most famous traveling revivalist
William Jennings Bryan
