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30 Cards in this Set
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Booker T. Washington
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Booker T. Washington's Atlanta compromise- accommodation and vocational uplift- blacks must prove that they are not useless- come from bottom work their way to top
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Coxey's Army
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a march of unemployed on Washington to ask for relief in the form of federal road- wanted government to build roads to bolster employment- you can put together friendly protest but government sent federal troops to break it up.
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William Jennings Bryan
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populist at heart that adopted goals of Omaha stand- won democratic nomination after "cross of gold" speech- first modern presidential campaign- talked wherever people were
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"separate but equal"
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Plessy v Ferguson (1896)- racial segregation is constitutional- precedent requires separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites
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Jim Crow Segregation
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Racial caste system operated 1877 and the mid 1960's- mostly in southern and border states- consisted of formal laws, etiquette and customs- minorities = second class citizens
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Niagara Movement
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1905- DuBois forms the Niagara Movement for cultural and economic equality- meet on the Canadian side because hotel's are segregated and members could not be together
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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(1882) denied entry to Chinese laborers while allowing some merchants and students to immigrate
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Dawes Severalty Act
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1887- 160 acres to families, replacing communal holdings- "surplus land" opened to white settlement-100 million acres passes from Indian control-established a trust fund to collect proceeds from mineral, timber, grazing leases on Indian
land- grossly mismanaged designed to promote assimilation by breaking up the tribes |
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U.S.S. Maine
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America wants to intervene in Cuban civil war because of the American investments but no reason- maine pulled into Spanish harbor and is blown up- story is told that Spanish blew it up BUT the coal dust in the us main caused it to explode- with this precedent, it gives the US the reason to intervene in the Cuban civil war
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Jane Addams
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provided outreach to community through Hull House- Providing structured activities for students- day care for mothers- taught classes and gave a good meal and bath to people in the community
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William Howard Taft
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Theodore Roosevelt's hand picked successor for the 1908 election- caught between cross fire of Old Guard and Insurgents- sided with Old Guard to raise tariff which caused bad blood between him and the Insurgents and TR
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Mann Act
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1910- made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral purposes"
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The People's Party
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emerged from the farmers' alliances and the knights of labor- unhappy with democratic and republican failures to address the monetary crisis and adopt the coinage of silver (bi-metallic standard)- ran in 1892 election and wins 5 states and 1/3 of North Dakota
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1896 Election
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Gold v. Silver battle- silver = people's money- republican= McKinley- Democrats=WJBryan- Populists= WJBryan too! political suicide ends populist party- democrats take in views on populist party- GILDED AGE POLITICS ARE OVER
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The Civil Rights Cases
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civil rights act of 1875- imposed criminal penalties against private businesses which practiced discrimination-several cases grouped before the supreme court concerning exclusion of African Americans dinning rooms, operas, theaters, and Pullman cars- 8-1 vote that civil rights act is UNCONSTITUTIONAL- Justice Harlan lone vote
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Ida B. Wells
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influential journalist that spearheaded anti- lynching campaign- civil rights advocate and womens suffragette
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Atlanta Compromise
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Booker T. Washington's accommodation and vocational uplift that called for African American's to take on more responsibility in their communities and prove themselves to whites
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NAACP
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NAACP was first the Niagara Movement started by DuBois- in 1909 the movement turned into the birth of the NAACP- promoted equality and social justice- DuBois edited the journal "The Crisis"- worked through court to promote reform and challenge Jim Crow
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Wounded Knee Massacre
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December 29, 1890- negotiations with Sioux and 7th cavalry- Sioux agree to come back to where cavalry is but rumored they are to be taken to Oklahoma- cavalry massacre over 250 unarmed men/women/children- 100's more died of hypothermia as they try to escape
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Spanish American War
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America intervenes with Cuban civil war with Spain because of American investments- but they tell citizens its because Spain blew up U.S.S. Maine- surge of patriotism- we portray it as helping Cuba- Spanish American war created a new American empire
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Philippine- American War
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revolt against American rule- The Philippine's is restored to concentration camps and starvation is used to kill revolt- takes 4 years to put revolt down
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Muckrakers
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laid bare shameful facts of society- raised public awareness of specific issues- Upton Sinclair "The Jungle" about the meat packing industry- articulated the societies general fears
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Woodrow Wilson
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ran in the 1912 election for democrats -republican party split between Taft and T Roosevelt running Bull Moose Party- first southerner since civil war- platform was NEW FREEDOM
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New Nationalism
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T Roosevelt (bull moose)- big business is not always bad w/ regulation- abolish child labor and womens suffrage with minimum wage- social insurance- social security- government regulation of work standards
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New Freedom
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Woodrow Wilson (democrat)- limited government- small business- free competition- breaks up big business- tariff reduction
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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1906- created the FDA- provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines.
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Omaha Platform
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1892- called for graduated income tax- 8hr day- outlaw private armies- initiatives and referendums- direct election of senators- subtresury system- government ownership of rails/communication
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William McKinley
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republican in 1896 election- ran a front porch campaign- won because of double ticket of WJBryan for democrat and populist ticket- assassinated and FDR takes place
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WEB DuBois
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black elitist that believed in the "talented tenth"- blacks achieve full suffrage and equal rights led by the top 10% elite of society as role models- started the Niagara Movement that later turned into birth of NAACP
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Kingdom of Hawaii
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royal family ran country as constitutional monarch with British help- legislature dominated by European/American ancestry- economic crisis- queen attempts to change constitution and strengthen power of monarchy- Europeans ask for American help which prevents monarchy from fighting back
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