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75 Cards in this Set
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George Washington
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1789-1797
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John Adams
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1797-1801
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Thomas Jefferson
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1801-1809
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James Madison
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1809-1817
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John Quincy Adams
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1825-1829
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Knights of Labor Union
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came before AFL. Ended when they were protesting for an 8 hour work day. A riot broke out, Harmarket Riot, and a bomb went off in the crowd that killed some people. After this the Union quickly lost many members.
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AFL Labor Union
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federation of unions. It was joined together by many different smaller unions.
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Purpose of Industrialization
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salary; benefits; conditions; hours
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Power of Unions
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unity negativity; boycotts; power to enforce
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Union Tactics
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strike; boycott; protest; slowdown; blue flu (when police call in "sick" this is their way of going on "strike".
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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built ships
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Jay Gould
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involved in railroads and built them
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J.P. Morgan
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involved with banks
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John D. Rockefeller
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oil; Standard Oil Company
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Andrew Carnegie
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steel; Gospel of Wealth
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Dawes Severalty Act
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gave each Native American family 160 acres to settle on
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Free Silver
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silver is coming from the west
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Native American Policy
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If Americans don't get off Native American land then they will fight the government
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Ghost Dance
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Native Americans think that if they do a dance before a battle then when they go to fight the bullets will bounce off of them
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Election of 1876
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Hayes said that if he was elected president he would pull troops off of Western Land. he gets elected and ends reconstruction.
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Mugwumps
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supported democrats (rino)
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Stalwarts
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favored political machines and political patronage (spoilsystem)
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Halfbreed
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wanted civil service reform (James G. Blaine
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William Jennings Bryant
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most famous populist; ran for president three times; famous for his cross of gold speech; elected secretary of state before World War I; he helped prosecute in the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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Populism
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stated that pretty much do what ever you need to get elected
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Cross of Gold Speech
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by William Jennings Bryant. Dealt with bimetallism. Whether of no the U.S. Should go to gold standard or silver standard. He figured that since silver was free in the U.S. They should use some of it.
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Scopes Monkey Trial
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was when a law was passed in Tennessee that people couldn't teach evolution, but a teach taught it anyway. The man was taken to court and William Bryant helped prove him guilty.
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Columbian Exposition
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This took place in Chicago. It showed how American poer was moving west. Similar to a World's Affair.
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Jacob Riis
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went around taking pictures of tenements to show people the bad conditions poor people were living in. He wrote a book about it called How the Other Half Lives.
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Ida Tarbell Oil
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she went undercover in the Standard Oil Company to see how they made all their money. She found out that they do it through rude corrupt tactics. Wrote a book called The History of Standard Oil Company.
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Upton Sinclair
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he went undercover in the meatpacking industry. He wrote the book The Jungle which talked about what really went on in the factories.
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Ida Wells Barneti
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She wrote about the black racial issues and how horrible lynching really was. Wrote a book called Southern Horrors.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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He wrote about the unjust treatment of Native Americans. Wrote a book called A Century of Dishonor.
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Yellow Journalism
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twists information to make it completely different then it really is. Like a tabloid.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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This was a great fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York, that killed over 100 people.
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1607
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Jamestown Founded
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1620
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Mayflower Compact Pilgrims Arrive
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1630
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"City Upon a Hill"; Massachusetts Bay Colony
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1636
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Harvard founded
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1660
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The Great Restoration
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1689
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Glorious Revolution
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1720-1732
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Great Awakening
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1732
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Georgia Colony Founded
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1754-1763
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French and Indian War
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1763-1776
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Pre-Revolution
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July 1776
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Declaration of Independence
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1776-1783
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Revolutionary War
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1781-1789
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Articles of Confederation
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April 1789
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Washington's Inauguration
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1789-1801
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Federalist Period
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1803
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Louisiana Purchase
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1803
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First Supreme Court Case; Marbury vs Madison
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1812-1815
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War of 1812
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1817-1825
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Era of Good Feelings
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1st degree heart block
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1823
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Monroe Doctrine
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1829-1837
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Jacksonian Era
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1830s
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2nd Great Awakening
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1840s
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Manifest Destiny
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1830s-1860
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Cult of Domesticacy
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1846-1848
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Mexican American War
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1848
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Seneca Falls Convention
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1849
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Gold Rush
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1850
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California becomes a state
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1852
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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1853
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Gadsden Purchase
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1854
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Republican Party Founded
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1857
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford
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1860
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Lincoln's Electoin
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1861-1865
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Civil War
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1865-1877
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Reconstruction
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1865-1900
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Industrialization
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1869
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Transcontinental Railroad
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1890s
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Populism
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1896
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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