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| Considered the best buffalo hunter & a great theatrical showman w/ Annie Oakley as his star(sharpshooter). He also served the Union in the Civil war. |
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| A Danish Immigrant who lives in poor conditions in N.Y. and begins to write and photograph the harsh living conditions. Wrote "How the other half lives." This caused Theodore Roosevelt, the police commissioner to make changes. |
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| A socialist who fought for the common man & ran for presidency against Woodrow Wilson in 1912. He co-founded the Wobblies/IWW, and was jailed for his hate for WWII. |
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| Gave Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver. Lost presidency as a democrat in 1900 to McKinley and 1908 to Taft. |
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| An Irish-American politician who was leader of Tammany Hall that took bribes and money from people who were in debt to him and became wealthy. He was never caught or jailed for it. |
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| African Americans who migrated along Mississippi river to Kansas area. 1st migration of blacks following Civil war. Caused from Jim crow laws & KKK. |
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| A campaign slogan(1884) used by James Blaine from Maine against opponent Grover Cleveland for not being a father figure. |
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| Second Industrial Revolution |
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| Big bussiness/robber barons formed and grew during a period after the civil war(1840-1860). |
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| Born a slave, she formed an anti-lynching campaign and wrote about it. |
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| Wanted jobs during 1893 depression from gov't. He goes to Washington but gets arrested for walking on the grass & his followers broke up and no jobs were gained from his efforts. |
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| A writer who wrote "rags to riches" stories which reflected his own life. |
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| A conservationist who wanted nature and wildlife preservation.Got president Roosevelt to go to Yosemite park and influenced the expansion of national parks(member of Sierra Club). |
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| A violent protest for labor rights in Chicago that led to a violent bombing that was blamed on anarchist who were put to death. |
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| (aka industrialists) a businessman in 19th century who engaged in unethical monopolistic, widespread political influences; were also very wealthy. Ex. John Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Carnegie, J.P. Morgan etc. |
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| : Created a transportation empire that made him the wealthiest American in mid-19th century; nicknamed the Commodore. He also owned much of the railroad industry in the late 1860’s |
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| The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was an international, radical labor union founded in 1905. It welcomed all workers and leaders are Mother Mary Jones, William “Big Bill” Haywood. |
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| Gave AA men the right to vote; all citizens had equal rights to vote on account of race, color, servitude. Passed in 1870 it proved unexecuted due to literacy test & poll taxes. |
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| Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle" |
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| Upton was a journalist who wrote on the harsh conditions for immigrants as well as exposed mistreatment of workers in the meat packing industry in his book the Jungle in 1906. This caused the Pure Food and Drug Act & the Meat Inspection Act to pass in 1906. |
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| were journalist, novelists, critics who tried to expose the abuses of business and corruption in politics. Ex. Ida Tarbell, Samuel Adams, Upton Sinclair. This was also said to influence the progressive movement. |
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| the time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealings. Labor unions also grew then. Term came from mark twain |
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| A Military commander and general in 1876 who led the battle of bull run and became recognized but later died at Little bighorn with 210 men (custers last stand). |
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| wanted to regulate/abolish national banks, and help farmers who were suffering to low prices and poor conditions(against white supremecy). Populist candidate James Weaver. |
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| 1892 strike in steel plant in Pennsylvania under Andrew Carnegie left many dead or wounded. Private police (pinkerton) were called to end strikers but strikers stopped pinkertons so state troops were called and stopped the strikers. Strikers ended with less pay |
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| was a dance by native Americans that was done to help solve their problems. |
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| An agreement from Booker T of the Tuskegee instittee and other AA leaders. Booker wanted vocational education for economic security; also gradual equality. |
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| Relocated 6 million African Americans from rural south to urban cities in the north and west from 1916 to 1970. |
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| Born a slave. 1st African American invited into the White House. Attended Hampton Institute. Leader of Tuskegee Institute. Advisor to Theo Roosevelt. Wanted vocational education and gradual equality for blacks. |
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| 1st African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. 1905 Niagara Movement. Co-founder of NAACP. Member of Communist party. Opposed Atlanta compromise. |
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| African American soldiers stationed in the West. |
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| Chinese workforce(coolies) |
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| Most workers of the Central Pacific part of the transcontinental railroad going eastward from sacramento. |
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| Frederick Turner Declared in 1893 |
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| The frontier had officially ended. |
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| Irish and German workforce |
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| Workers who built Union Pacific part of the transcontinental railroad from omaha, nebraska to the west. |
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| Wounded Knee, Dakota territory |
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| Place of last conflict between U.S. Army and Native Americans. |
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| Conservative, pro businessmen in the south who belonged to the democratic party. Also called the bourbons. |
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| methods to farm after civil war |
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| sharecropping, small farms owned by whites, tenant farming |
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| Wanted to deemphasize the native american culture & tradition. Gave citizens 160 acres of land for a small fee. Tried to break up reservations. |
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| forbade any chinese citizen from entering the U.S. for 10 years. |
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| helped end the open range(cattle drives) |
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| a leader owns many businesses that meet different needs. |
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| A leader owns many businesses doing the same service. |
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| A railroad robber baron that bought, fixed and resold old railroads. |
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| 1887 act signed by Grover Cleveland that started the Interstate Commerce Commission. |
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| Stopped Monopolies among business from occurring. |
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| The 1st Nat'l Labor federation in the U.S. |
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| list of people who shouldn't be allowed to work. |
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| A worker replacing a worker who is on strike |
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