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81 Cards in this Set
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populist party
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express the agrarian protest of the late 19th century
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Ida Wells
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woman's right activist
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injunction
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a party is required to do certain acts
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Taylorism
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theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes processes, improving labor productivity
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great railroad strike
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hourly wages were cut by 7 cents, lasted about 1 month
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carpetbaggers
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northerners who went south during reconstruction to make funny
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cattle drives
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Texas cattle trailed to California make money
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sooners
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settlers entered unassigned lands
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Chief Joseph
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wal-lam-wat-kain (wallowa) Nez Perce Indians during General Oliver O. Howard's attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other "non-treaty" Indians to a reservation in Idaho. humanitarian and peacemaker
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primary elections
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political parties nominate candidates for the following general election
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US vs. Knight
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limited governments to control monopolies
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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required government to purchase twice as much silver
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Bessemer process
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industrial process for the manufacture of steel from pig iron
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tariff
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tax on imported goods
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molly maguires
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secret organization of Irish-Americans
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populist party
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express the agrarian protest of the late 19th century
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Ida Wells
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woman's right activist
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injunction
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a party is required to do certain acts
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Taylorism
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theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes processes, improving labor productivity
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great railroad strike
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hourly wages were cut by 7 cents, lasted about 1 month
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carpetbaggers
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northerners who went south during reconstruction to make funny
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cattle drives
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Texas cattle trailed to California make money
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sooners
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settlers entered unassigned lands
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Chief Joseph
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wal-lam-wat-kain (wallowa) Nez Perce Indians during General Oliver O. Howard's attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other "non-treaty" Indians to a reservation in Idaho. humanitarian and peacemaker
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primary elections
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political parties nominate candidates for the following general election
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US vs. Knight
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limited governments to control monopolies
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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required government to purchase twice as much silver
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Bessemer process
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industrial process for the manufacture of steel from pig iron
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tariff
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tax on imported goods
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molly maguires
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secret organization of Irish-Americans
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knights of labor
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aided groups in strikes and boycotts
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capitalism
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economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, in which personal profit can be acquired through investment of capital and employment of labor
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the grange
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american farmers andrew johnson
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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limit cartels and monopolies. Investigate trusts. harrison
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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1883 placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of "spoils" system. Response to Garfield's assassination
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social darwinism
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the idea that charles darwin's theory cdan be extended and applied to the social domain. evolutionary change
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industrialization
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a process of social and economic change whereby a human group is transformed from a pre-industrial society to an industrial one
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wounded knee
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creek, site of last major battle of indian wars
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transcontinental railroad
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rail connection with the pacific coast- travel across US
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Agency formed to protect and aid the newly freed blacks in the south after the civil war
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Jim Crow Laws
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legalized segregation between blacks and whites, made everything separate for blacks and white
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Thaddeus Stevens
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radical leader in the house advocated confiscation 394 million acres of land from about 70,000 "chief" rebels in the south. Proposed to give 40 acres to every adult male freedperson and then sell the remaining land to pay off public debt, etc.
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scalawags
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white southerners that allied with the republican party
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black codes
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legalized marriages, allowed black southerners to own property, and sue and be sued in state couirts. Primary purpose, to keep african americans properlyless agricultural laborers with inferior legal rights
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13th amendment
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slavery
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14th amendment
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all people born in US are US citizens
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15th amendment
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right to vote
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current presidential candidates
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Barack obama, hillary clinton, john mccain, mike huckabee
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radical republicans
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republicans from 1854 until after reconstruction, pursued impeachment of president andrew johnson
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samuel gompers
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no women, no african americans
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yellow dog contracts
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you will not join labor union
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scabs
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replacements for strike worksers
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black list
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"troublemaker" list
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dawes act
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shattered tribal living areas and gave each indian their own piece of lane
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democrats
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southerners, immigrants, catholic/NE, urban
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buffalo soldiers
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african america soldiers in the west
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assassinated presidents
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lincoln, garfield, mckinley
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civil war veterans
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grant, hayes, garfield, harrison, mckinley
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rockefeller
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oil
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westinghouse
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electrical machinery
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vanderbilt
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railroads
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edison
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light bulb
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carnegie
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steel, richest man in America
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eastman
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camera
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J.P. Morgan
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banks
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Kellogg
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cereal
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chart: right
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business
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chart: left
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households
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chart: middle
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capital
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chart: top
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goods/services
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chart: bottom
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labor
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republicans
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northerners, non-urban, rural, western europeans, protestants, businessmen
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1864
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lincoln/johnson (R)
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1868
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grant (R)
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1872
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grant (R)
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1876
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Hayes (R)
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1880
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Garfield/Arthur (R)
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1884
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Cleveland (D)
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1888
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Harrison (R)
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1892
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Cleveland (D)
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1896
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McKinley (R)
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