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| Government full of favoritism (payoffs), rewards, and corruption! |
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| Republicans formed this party as a reform unit to stop favoritism and corrupt systems |
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| Age of optimism (seeing the good in things) |
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| Theodore Roosevelt Re-elected (Teddy Bear) |
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Presidential Election -
Roosevelt and Taft and Wilson
Wilson WON! |
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| Anti-Asian Act - stopped immigration from China |
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| Wright Brothers flight of first plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
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| Birth of Nations (1st hour long movie) |
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| The Great Train Robbery (First narrated movie) |
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Located in Panama (passage from Gulf of Mexico to Pacific Ocean)onlyhad railroad
*Route would cut travel time to 1/2
*French started but didn't have techology they needed, disease killed alot, and didn't have good plan.
*US stepped in during war because this would help us defend country. Panamanians revolted against their government and then US was allowed to lease Panama and build panama canal |
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| Inacted to make sure there were no monopolies in business (one company controlling everything) |
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| Writers/journalist that exposed the "dirt" about people or businesses |
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Known for "square deal"
1. conservation of natural resources, 2. control of corporations, and
3. consumer protection |
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| Rebelling Chinese people who thought they needed to rid their country of foreigners and mass killed Christians and others |
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| Made sure food and drugs were prepared safely in a good environment (FDA) |
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| Reduced taxes of food and wool. |
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| Further clarified laws from Sherman Anti-Trust Act and interlocking directories preventing monoplies and boycotting |
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| movement is a social movement urging reduced or prohibited use of alcoholic beverages |
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| Black man who accepted segregation but pushed for and trained blacks for jobs and other handy work. Encouraged peacefulness. |
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| Income Taxes (to help government pay for things) |
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| Direct Election of Senators |
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| Essay - End of Reconstruction |
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1. Election of 1876 Democrats agreed to give up if Republicans would end reconstruction by removing troops from South.
2. Democrats regained control of state government.
3. Blacks left out of politics and white society.
4. New South encouraged industry and less dependent on cotton and agriculture. |
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1. Farmers feeling left out of politics and not important.
2. Populist group led by farmersl.
3. Wanted silver coins, government to control railroads, and electoral reform.
4. Progressive movement was urban based.
5. Leaders were well educated and politically savy. |
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| Essay - American Business |
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1. Levels of business included proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and trusts.
2. America had resources, wealth, manpower, communication, and transportation to help success.
3. Big business could keep costs low.
4. Labor unions formed to help workers with pay and working conditions. Striked to get companies to negotiate. |
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1. Cities grew by immigration and people moving from rural areas.
2. Immigration brought new language, culture, and challenges.
3. Government services increased to meet needs of city dwellers
4. US population changed to maily urban |
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1. Victims of racism, prejudice, segreation, discrimination.
2. Blacks in south were lynched
3. Blacks not able to participate in society, education, and government.
4. Separate but equal was common thought but not reality.
5. Washington accepted segregation so long as they had opportunity to work.
6 Du Bois willing to agitate and fight for black rights |
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| Essay - Building a World Empire |
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1. Many countries overseas were trying to build empires (own everything)
2. Instable Cuba made US interested in it.
3. US fought Spain and won Cuba and Philippines.
4. War increased US interest in passage through Panama Canal.
5. US supported revolution against Columbia to get right to build Panama Canal.
6. Unlike the French, US succeeded in building Panama Canal |
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1. Europe affected by imperialism, nationalism, internationalism alliances.
2. Assassination of Ferdinand started the war.
3. US neutral at first until Germans kept using submarine warfare and killing US civilians.
4. US involvement help to end stalemate trench war.
5. Treaty of Versailles signed by parties called for Germany to pay for war destruction. |
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