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| He warn the US to stay out of alliances with other countries. He did not want to have the US drug into endless wars of the old world europe. |
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| An isolationist foreign policy that basically said "stay out of the Western Hemisphere, and we'll stay out of your area." |
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| Basically it made ranks for people based on the color of their skin |
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| Spanish general that was sent to Cuba that was also named the butcher. He started concentration camps and he was very brutal. |
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| He was the assistant secretary of the Navy and gave up his position just to fight in the war in Cuba. He had his army uniforms designed by Brooks Brothers. |
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| And expansionist that believed that what America was doing to expand its nations overseas was a good thing. |
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He was an anti-imperialist. "The way to sell American goods is to make them better and sell them cheaper. Not to just go and take over countries government.”
He offered to buy the Philippines himself for $20 million just so we could set them free. |
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| The American naval base in Cuba that was demanded in exchange for the Cubans to have their freedom |
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| Small crowded poorly ventilated apartments with inadequate sanitation for worker level income class people. |
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| Political organizations that ran the cities but were not the government. They provided benefits and things that people wanted to citizens. |
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| The leader of a huge political machine. also known as “boss Tweed” |
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| President of the United States in 1876 when he was awarded the presidency if he would pull troops out of the south. |
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| The presidency would be given to Rutherford B. Hayes if he agreed to pull troops out of the south. |
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| Pendleton civil service act |
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| And ask that required people to be tested for competency for some government jobs. Not all, but some. |
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| Republican reformist who want to see the government turn around and have good people placed in office |
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| Interstate commerce commission |
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| The Federal regulatory agency or people will be paid to keep tabs on the railroad companies and make sure that they are not cheating people at overcharging them outrageous prices and fees. |
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| The Sherman antitrust act |
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| Passed by Congress to control monopolies and unfair business combinations. This legislation was passed, but not enforced so it was pretty much pointless. |
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| An act that gave away land in the Great Plains two people who would move there and homesteaded for five years |
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| The brutal Army general who hated Indians and was sent there to relocate them. His famous quote is "the only good Indian is a dead Indian." |
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| Organized in the 1880s, they were an organized labor union that basically try to improve the life of workers. |
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| Industrial workers of the world |
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| After slavery was outlawed, plantation owners would "higher" these families to live on their farms and her work portion of their fields. And they would give up a portion of the crop at the end of the year to the plantation owner. |
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| Basically the government does nothing for the people and the people do nothing for the government. No money is spent |
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| They owned their own farming equipment. They were basically like sharecroppers, but in a little bit better of a situation. |
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| A form of credit where merchants would sell items to farmers if they promise to give a portion of their crop plus interest to them (the merchant) at the end of the year |
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