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social darwinism

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some people are more adapted to the changing economy. the more adapted deserve support from the government.

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jim fisk and jay gould

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personal corruption. got rich by manipulating the gold market. they bribe gov officials so it works and they make a ton of money until the president finds out.

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boss tweed

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city and state corruption. runs nyc with tammany hall as if he is mayor through rigged elections and bribes. revealed that he is behind corruption but nothing can be done because he is bribing so many people. attorney general not being bribed puts him in jail. organized the needs of everyone in the community, effectively indebting them and making them vote for him. also stole millions from taxpayers. overall he was good for them and it was a beneficial relationship for both.

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bloody shirt

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politicians used the civil war to campaign and support their case.

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credit moblier

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national corruption. executives in railroad were meant to build a large section of the transcontinental railroad with money from the gov but they just take the money. bribed a ton of money, even the vp.

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pendelton act

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ends spoils system partly. what you know, not who you know.

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hard vs soft money

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should dollars be backed by gold/silver or nothing?

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resumption act of 1875

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get money printed in civil war out of circulation because it is not backed. panic of 1873 led to this.

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billion dollar congress

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spending the surplus money made from tariffs.

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mickinley tariff of 1890

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highest tariff ever.

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sherman silver purchase act of 1890

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allowed for silver backed dollars.

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panic and depression of 1893

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one of the longest and worst depressions. 20-25% unemployment, harsh winters.

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jp morgan

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bails the gov out of debt twice. also buys carnagie steel, making it US steel, the number one steel produce for many years.

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vanderbilt

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focuses on railroads in the northeast which has many people making him very successful. first to switch to steel.

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hill

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focuses on railroads in the north. connects duluth to seattle, making it a major trading port.

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robberbarons

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negative view of monopolists, willing to do anything it takes to make money.

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captains of industry

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positive view of monopolists, changing the economy for good by taking risks.

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interstate commerce commission (icc)

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made railroad rates reasonable and fair and created a federal commission to oversee this. created to regulate commercial activity because businessmen had too much power. first federal regulatory board like this.

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bessemer process

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creates steel (better than iron as it is harder). removes iron impurities and makes it stronger.

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vertical integration

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own all parts of business steps. used by andrew carnagie.

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sherman anit-trust act

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keep competition alive and reduce monopolies. ineffective because businessmen can fight it with money and courts are siding with business.

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national labor union

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bring together all workers for political reform. both skilled and unskilled workers.

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knights of labor

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focused on work day length and shutting down child labor and monopolies. wanted 8 8 8. included blacks and women. don’t like strike because they think they are barbarous, laborers do it anyway. a riot turns the country against them and they end.

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american federation of labor (afl)

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focus on skilled labor to start. focus on resasonable goals like increasing wages and improving workplace safety. led by samuel gompers.

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great railroad strike
railroad companies cut wages for the second time in one year. began on the east coast, then spread city to city. troops went from city to city to shut it down, not in favor of the laborers. it did kill 100 people, making employers hear them out and change.
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haymarket square riot
tractor factory cut wages so workers protested, police were called for safety, bomb was thrown and strikers were blamed.
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homestead strike
talk of union for steel, manager locks them out because he doesn't want unions, police called as laborers began to attack. strikers beat police, national guard is called and stops it.
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pullman strike
railroad cars. result of the panic of 1893, wages are cut but the rent for the company town was not lowered. led by eugene v debbs. rail traffic stops for US mail so the gov steps in and arrests debs and others for tampering with US mail.
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jacob riis
studies the poor in the cities as a journalist. writes 'how the other half lives.'
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white flight
white middle class move to suburbs because they have the money to, leaves people of color in the center city.
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old immigration
western and northern europe, ties to america, familiar with democratic gov, increase from 1860-1890 (10 million).
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new immigration
eastern and southern europe, no ties with america, unfamiliar with democracy (political upheaval), 18 mil from 1890-1920. left because of poverty, overcrowding, joblessness, and religious persecution. generally settled in industrial cities.
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ymca and ywca
assisted those coming to the US by providing housing, but to live there you had to follow their rules - trying to control.
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salvation army
want to help the immigrants by telling them how to live their lives.
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jane addams
made settlement houses that truly helped immigrants like hull house. helped them assimilate to America so they could have more opportunities. eventually also creates legislation that fights poverty.
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Cult of domecisity
Women's job is todisplay their husband's wealth in their inviting home.
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Catherine Beecher
Writes 'the American woman's home" teaching women now to be proper.
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Victorian styles
Expensive clothing that shows off superiority.
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Era of consumption
buying simply because you want to.
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Frank Lloyd
Modernizes architecture
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Mark Twain
Modernizes literature through “huckleberry finn” which deals with real, timely issues like racism.
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The octopus
Modernized literature that focused on the harsh realities of railroads.
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Dime novels
Made cheaply, therefore wore available. Some about child labor.
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modernizing harvard
"veritas" becomes their motto, meaning truth. separates from church and allows for more choice and diversity instead of all taking the same class.
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pragmatism
american philosiphy that truth is relative.
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sand creek massacre
cheyenne and arapaho tribes in colorado are invaded when silver is discovered in the mountains. a militia kills many indians.
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battle of little bighorn
the black hills were very sacred to the dakota so they wanted to keep control of it. gold is discovered in it so whites invade. the US tries to buy the area but the dakota won't sell it. the military is sent to protect the whites but they think the natives are forming a war party so they send others to investigate. the whites go to bighorn river but are very outnumbered and the natives kill them all. public opinion turns against the natives.
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wounded knee
natives discuss what to do about all this persecution but the gov thinks they are forming a war party so they shoot and kill over 600 of them. ended the indian wars as most great plain indians moved to reservations.
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carlisle indian school
take indian children off the reservations and teach them how to be "american." hopes that they will assimilate into culture.
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grandfather law
in the south to prevent blacks from voting. if your grandfather voted in the 1860 election, you can vote.
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plessy v. ferguson
separate facilities for white and black are legal as long as they are equal. no one enforces equality.
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tuskegee institute
founded by booker t washington. advocates for the education of african americans.
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confrontation vs accomodation
accommodation is working within the system to make change, slow but legal, advocated for and used by washington. confrontation is pushing against the system, quicker but often illegal, advocated for and used by dubois.
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chinese exclusion act of 1882
many chinese immigrants come for gold rush and transcontinental railroad for labor. their labor is appreciated until these things are over and chinese immigration is banned for a long time. came because they were blamed for the panic of 1873.
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las goras blancas
many mexicans are now in the US after mexican american war. las goras blancas fight back against the land grabs and mistreatment against them by whites.
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why did mckinley win the election of 1896?
ran on high tariffs and gold standard but won because he was supported by big business, therefore having a lot of campaign money.
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dingley tariff
passed by mckinley, made the tariff the highest they had ever been, again favoring industrial workers over farmers.
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thorstein
wrote “the theory of the leisure class” which analyzed the damage upper classes caused by buying unnecessary things instead of contributing money to help society.
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17th ammendment
direct election of senators.
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triangle shirtwaist fire
management locked workers into the shirtwaist factory from the outside so they couldn’t leave when a fire started and 146 women died.
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18th ammendment
prohibition. prevents making and selling of alcohol.
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eugenics
the controlling of reproduction is applied to people. no reproduction in jails or mental institutions.
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19th amendment
women’s suffrage. success because many reformers are women.
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w.e.b. dubois
pushes back against accommodation and fights for activism. cofounded the naacp for activism against racism because accommodation is not working.
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changes from industrialization (2nd industrial revolution)
prior, americans made things to use themselves or to sell locally. after, americans mass produced to sell everywhere.
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telephone
made by alexander graham bell in 1876.
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social gospel
Apply Christian values to right wrongs in society. Many Protestants fought for justice for the poor and encouraged the middle class to contribute to solving urban problems as Christians.
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john d rockefeller
owned standard oil and made many immoral business practices that forced his competitors to sell their businesses. used horizontal integration and eventually owned 90% of the oil industry.
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andrew carnegie
shrewd businessman that grew his company until it dominated the steel industry through vertical integration.
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conspicuous consumption
wealthy people felt the need to buy things to display their wealth.
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union tactics
political actions, slowdowns, and strikes.
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exoduster movement
migration of southern blacks to the west. persecution in the south from lack of protection so they sought accommodation elsewhere. colored relief board and kansas freedman’s society help them.
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cabbat lodge
nativist protestant minister. nativism increased by ministers like him.
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american protective association
nativist group. resistance against catholics because irish immigrants were usually catholics.
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immigration to the west
mainly asian immigrants, especially chinese.
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Pheobe apperson hurst
millionaire, philanthropist, women's suffrage leader. gave money to schools so lower class children could be educated the same as upper class.
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henry george
politician and economist who suggested tax on land where wealthy people have to pay more.
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Edward bellamy
utopian who the the book "looking backwards" where the main character wakes up in a socialist society where everyone's needs are met.
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socialist party of america
created by debbs and a few others. died off quickly.
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national american women’s suffrage association
elizabeth cady stanton and susan b anthony founded to fight for the right of women to vote.
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women's christian temperance union
many members protesting the drinking of alcohol.
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Carrie nation
radical for temperance. destroyed liquor barrels and wasn't touched because she was a woman.
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Dems in the Gilded age
mainly southern, supported state's rights and racial segregation, voted for by big city politicians and immigrants.
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reps in the Gilded age
mainly north, mostly industrial, voted for by blacks, middle class, business men, and protestants.
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debates over tariffs
they were put in place for the civil war to raise revenue and encourage purchase of domestic goods but were not taken away because 50% of the gov’s money came from them. damaging to farmers because other companies made retaliation tariffs meaning they couldn’t sell their crops overseas and damaging to consumers because they couldn’t get global items they wanted/needed.
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gold vs silver
gov liked gold backed dollars because they prevented inflation, but farmers and laborers wanted silver backed to have more money in circulation and to pay debts with inflated dollars.
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Indian Appropriation Act
ended federal recognition of Indian nations’ sovereignty, effectively nullifying previous treaties made. Led to another war that the Americans won.
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Ghost Dance Movement
National act of resistance against encroachment on Native land. Believed this ritual would make their ancestors return and drive whites from their land.
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Assimilationist Movement
Attempt to end Native culture by forcing them to pick up American culture.
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Dawes Act
Broke up tribal organization because the government believed it was what kept them from giving into American culture. Divided lands into plots and said they could have citizenship if they lived there and Americanized themselves.
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National Grange Movement
1868. Started as social and educational to bring farmers together, but quickly became political, using its large numbers to protect farmers against trusts and railroad exploitation.
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Gospel of Wealth
By Andrew Carnagie. Those with health had the God given duty to invest back into society through philanthropy.
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Ida B Wells
editor of a newspaper and she opinionated against lynchings and Jim Crow. Life was threatened and work destroyed, then moved North and continued writing.
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Henry Turner
started the International Migration Society to help Blacks migrate to Africa.
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Booker T Washington
a previous slave who gained a good education and became economically self-sustained. He encouraged other Blacks to do the same as politics were out of their hands and being economically powerful would have the same effect.

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