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| many people were poor and they tried to hide it with covering things with gold |
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| took control of cities by rigging elections; used illegal means to gain votes (boss marcy tweed) |
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| 1930. Hoover's attempt to save the economy but resulted in the hault of all foreign trade. His goal was to protect american jobs and farmers. |
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republican- Hoover
Democrats- alfred Smith
issues- prohibition, urban vs rural values, immigration, religion. Smith lost because he was on the wrong side of all of these conflicts |
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| hostility from native born americans toward new immigrants. Catholics formed "know nothing" party |
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| dumbell tenements, caused death by disease |
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| 1907. Jap government limited unskilled workers to the US in exchange for San Francisco lifting segregation |
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| protestant who came from north and west Europe. moved to great plains |
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| 1892. big business favors. raised tariffs on manufactured goods to the highest price to date |
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| West encouraged. 1882. Denied citizenship to people born in China and the immigraation of chineese laborers for 10 years. US feared their customs and practices. California group that formed against Chinese were named the working mans party. |
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| where the German and Irish arived |
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| where the Chinese and Japanese arrived |
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| California at Angle Island |
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| A.K.A. spoil system. Giving government jobs to people who helped get president elected. Replaced by the merit system |
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| 1894. Revenue act. imposed 2% income tax, first peacetime income tax |
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| A.K.A. Pendleton act of 1883. Government administration. EStablished civil service commission to ensure that jobs would be given to those who qualified through examination |
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| ensured jobs would be given according to qualifications through examinations |
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| Tweed ring. Ran Tammany Hall |
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farm debt
stock market speculation
use of credit
uneven distribution of income
traditional government policy
overproduction of consumer goods |
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| stockbrokers demand for immediate repayment of a loan |
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| purchasing stocks with borrowed money as little as 10% could be paid down on secured stocks |
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| results of stock market crash |
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car industry crashed
workers got laid off
banks went under |
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| hoovers attempts to rescue the us |
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rugged individualism
state government helps
RFC (trickle down theory)
hawley smoot tariff
international trade went down |
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| organized a march on Washington to demand bonus. tried to pass patman bonus bill. Hoover orderd military force under general mcarthur to remove veterans |
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| veterans wanted bonus in installments throughout the years |
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democrat- FDR
republican- Hoover
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| new immigrants and push and pull factors |
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| catholic and Jews coming from south and east Europe |
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| stock market plunge began on wallstreet |
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| reconstruction finance corporation |
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| lend government funds to endangered banks |
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| give money to the rich and it will fall down to the poor FAILED |
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