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What is the 13th amendment? From what time period?

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no slavery 1865

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What is the 14th amendment? From what time period?

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national citizenship and equal protection 1868

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What is the 15th amendment? From what time period?

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freedmen have the right to vote (guarantee right to vote for former slaves) 1870

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What is the Republican Reconstruction?

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Once African Americans received the right to vote, black men constituted as much as 80% of the Republican voters in the South. White supremacy want to make sure that African Americans are second to them. Established a vicious trap known as sharecroppers. Convict leasing systerm.

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What is the Democratic Redemption?

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veterans of the Confederate army formed the Ku Klux Klan. They cause voter intimidation. Democrats controlled majorily of the Sourth State.

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What is the Cotton Pickers? When created?

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The Cotton Pickers is a painting by Winslow Homer made in 1876.

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Describe the picture

when was it painted?

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There are two African American cotton pickers in the field. One individual looking down minding her business picking cotton. The other individual standing erect looking towards the horizon; she has a mysterious face of what is beyond the plantation.

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What did Washington talked about in “The Atlanta Compromise Speech” (bucket)

what does it represent?

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Washington: Cast down your bucket. (one will eventually gain more skills) no more slavery, work hard - get somewhere

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What did DuBois talked about in “The Niagara Movement”

What are the results of the things that DuBois mentioned within this article?

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DuBois: Sees the unjust system Jim Crow Laws

Jim Crow Laws is the result of white supremacy

Segregation resulted. ex: restrooms, school

(pretension: white America pretend)?

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When did the Homestead Strike occurred? What happened during the Homestead Strike?

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1877

1st nation wide strike in US history

Railroad workers wages were cut
Major deflation

Refer to movie notes

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Who are the Knights of Labor? When were they found?

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the largest labor union before the Haymarket Riot of 1886

founded in 1869

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What is the Haymarket Riot (or Haymarket Massacre) of 1886?

When and where did it occurred?

Who were involved and what happened to them?

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It is a big rally about labor law striking for an 8hr/day in Chicago

The Haymarket Riot occured on 4 May 1886 in Haymarket square in Chicago

Someone threw a bomb at the police (people assume labor union) The riot destroyed its reputation

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Describe/what is the significance of the constitution of the Knights of Labor?

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Setting laws, defining mission and accomplish Refer to reading, notes, recording

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Who created the “cross of gold” source? what party?

What is the “Cross of Gold” source about?

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William Jennings Bryan is thepresidential nominee for the Democratic Party

Toilers (farmers) nailed by cross of gold (gold standard)

Bryan supported bimetallism

gold standard - limited money supply but eased trade with other nations

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What was a situation of the “cross of gold” regards to money?

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couldn’t print money unless there is enough gold

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what is a solution to the gold standard?

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bimetallism

silver standard

16oz silver : 1oz gold

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What is the significant of “waving the bloody shirt”

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McKinley is running for the presidency against Bryan. He says that Bryan is all talk, but no action

McKinley’s “waving the bloody shirt” is a reminder to the people that the Democrats (Bryan is running for Democrat), back then in 1861 started the civil war.

Waving the bloody shirt also has been used to define someone who brings up a past injustice or mistreatment in history to justify or cover up an injustice being committed in the present

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Explain about Republican Reconstruction?

Who were involved, what did they try to do, Why did the do it?

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Scalawags and Carpetbaggers were involved into the Republican Reconstruction.

The Republican government south attempted to deal with beneficially with the problems left of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.

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What is the Democratic Redemption?

When did it took place?

Who were involved, What were they doing, Why were they doing it?

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Took place in 1870s

veterans of the confederacy (Ku Klux Klan) were involved

Democrats controlled majority of the South State

They created voter intimidation, literacy test requirements, poll taxes, black codes

The Southern Democrats took over the control of the south and they promise to fix the problems that the republicans have brought upon to the south after the civil war. They will be known as the redeemers.

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Describe the picture

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Haymarket riot / Haymarket massacre

of May 4, 1886

A strike for 8hr/day

someone threw a bomb to police

Knights of Labor reputation deminished

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Name the given objectives of the KOL constitution

I, II, III, V

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I: unifying people to ogranzation (join the union)

II: toilers = workers

III: want to know the condition (buearu of labor statistics)

V: speculators (don’t like them)

[they look for a piece of land and know if there is oil, good, they buy land cheapily, wait for price to go up and sale]

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Name the given objectives of the KOL constitution

X, XII, XIV, XV

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X: strikes may become violent (most strike unions lose so they arbitration than strike)

[arbitration - the use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute]

XII: Convict Leasing illgal in US

XIV: 8hr/day working [yes]

XV: cash money (gold standard) people didn’t trust paper money

money is based on TRUST

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What point was Robert G. Ingersoll tried to make in the “Waving the bloody shirt” source?

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McKinley, who is running for republican against Bryan for democrats for presidency, reminds the people that the the Democrats were the ones who started the Civil War in 1861 and are responsible for it.

there are good and bad in all parties, but democratic party are bad and worse

New Democratic party - believed in rejecting?

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What is “Our Country” by Josiah Strong about?

When did this occurred?

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This occurred or was created in 1891

The Anglo-Saxon race - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.

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What was the purpose of "our country" source by josiah strong?
Anglo-Saxon will spread itself over the earth. move down Mexico, Central, South America, upon islands of sea, Africa, beyond Result of competion of races will be the "survival of the fittest"
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What is Social Darwinism?
classification of the world to social groups survival of the fittest race?
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What was the statement for war in the Philippines about? When did the U.S.-Philippines War started? lasted?
1898-1913 (also known as the Forgotten War) It is about that Philippines belongs to US. Philippines is the door to China a hug market for trade. Philippines has a surplus of rice, coffee, sugar, coconuts, hemp, tobacoo, mountains of coal
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What did the the statement of war in philippines said about the Filipinos and Spaniards?
Filipinos are a barbarous race. 300 years of superstition in religion, corruption in government Spaniards are a decadent (characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline) race Spain is different to Anglo-Saxon; Catholicism not as Protestant
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What are the Progressive Reforms?
Public utilities: water, telephone, electricity, transit 1906 Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 1911 Standard Oil monopoly broken up 1913 16th amendment: federal income tax 1913 17th amendment: direct election U.S. Senate 1913 Federal REserve Bank, U.S. dollar 1920 19th amendment: women's suffrage
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What are public utilities progressive reform?
cleaning up the city (ex. Chicago traffic jam) water treatment plant telephone electricity state law (mandated monopoly) electricity
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What progressive reform occured in 1906?
Food and Drug Administration
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What progressive reform occurred in 1911?
Standard oil monopoly broken up
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What progressive reform occured in 1920?
19th amendment: woman's suffrage
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What progressive reforms occurred in 1913?
16th amendment: federal income tax 17th amendment: direct election U.S. Senate Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. dollar
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What is the 16th amendment? What year was it passed?
Federal income tax 1913
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What is the 17th amendment? year?
direct election U.S. Senate 1913
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19th amendment? year?
women's suffrage 1920
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What is the purpose of "To Make the WOrld Safe for Democracy"?
Pres. WIlson asked Congress to declare war. Under constitution both houses of Congress has to vote on it. Pres. can't declare war pres. is the commander in chief; highest ranking military officer
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What was the reason for the request to Congress to declare war on germany on 2 April 1917?
Every vessel approach or neat great Britain, neutral along with belligerents, German submarines sank every vessel. There has been no discrimination on sinking ships.
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How many times united states declared war and for which war(s)?
5 times 1. WWI 2. WWII 3. Spanish-American war 1898 4. War of 1812 (against great britain) 5. US-Mexico war
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Who were Democratic in the "The world must be made safe of democracy"?
US great britain france all the allies save their democracies as well as german democracies (defeat germany get rid of those dictators) [theory] Russia?
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What effect did Russia had on the war due to the Russia Communist Revolution?
Russia dropped out of the war. America joined the allies
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what is the 19th amendment? year?
woman's suffrage (right to vote) 1920
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What is Fordism? Who started Fordism? What did it caused?
Henry Ford started fordism Fordism sped up the production of Model-T cars Price of a model-T : $850 --\> $263 Average annual wage $875 FOrdism caused a big growth of auto industry in 1920s
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What is American Gothic? Who created it? When was it created?
American Gothic is a painting of two people in front of their house on a farm it was painted by Grant Wood in 1930
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Describe the picture
farmer and wife look of frustration or worried Traditional people such as the people depicted in the painting doesn't like or keep up with modern times and look upset about it. male sign of anger/hostile no collar, dirty overalls, he was farming wife looks worried, looking at male. maybe annoyed and wants to leave too frustration impatience mysterious
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Why name American "Gothic" ?
The gothic arch window in the background
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What is "modern times"? Who created it?
a video created by Charlie Chaplin
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What is considered modern about modern times?
the setting. the scene in th beginning movie is moderned. filmed only once; uses electricity mass entertainment Nickelodeon ( movie theater cost 5 cents)
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What kind of movie is it?
comedy a silent movie, anyone could figure out and understand evn if illiterate
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What is the significance of Modern times?
it is fast pace dehumanizing people going to work is like herds of cattle and sheep
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What does "caught in the gears of the machine" mean? what is key to modern times
workers becomes part of the machine must be practical efficiency and profits are keys
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what is a panic?
when most of everybody is selling the stocks all at the same time No buying = no demand = price drops ===\> value of company plummet
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2 main rules about panic
1. Don't panic and sell 2. If you decide to panic, when is the best time to Panic? - Immediately (be the first)
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What is the Wagner Act?
after 1935 Unions right to exist, to get a contract. sit down with employers and have a contract of hours, working conditions, shifts, wages, pension plan, health insurance
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Main job for Unions from members?
to get a contract
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what is an Aresenal of democracy
Warehouse of weapons refer to the war movie(documentary)
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Who is Fred Korematsu?
born in US citizen of California decent of japanese parents
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What was significant about Fred Korematsu?
may 9 1942, all persons of japanese ancentry should be excluded from that area of california. was convicted in a fed. district court for remaining in San Leandro, California, contrary to Civilian Exclusion Order No. 34
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What did justice Hugo black and Justice robert jackson said about Korematsu's case? what is a decenting opinion
his crime was being Japanese decenting opinion: one may still lost the case and still want to write something about it
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What is Eisenstaedt's "V-J Day" when?
a photo of a sailor kissing a random female in Time Square, New York on August 1945
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what happened right before "V-J Day in Time Square"?
victory over japan drop atomic bomb on japan
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wHAT IS THE significance of this photo?
left before ware - depression came back after war - prosperous baby boomer - family goes up optimism (hopefulness/confidence) of 1945
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What does DuBois proposed in The Niagara movement
1. we would vote; with the right to vote goes everything 2. we want discrimination in public accommodation to cease 3. we claim the right of all freemen to communicate with them that wish to be with us 4. we want the laws enforced against rich as well as poor; against Capitalist and well as Laborer; against white as well as black 5. we want our children educated
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