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| John D. Rockefeller was a man that tried to make the oil industry into a single big business. |
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| Andrew Carnegie was the leader of the expanding steel industry in the 19th century. |
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| Jane Addams founded the Hull house, the first settlement house in Chicago. |
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| New immigrants to the United States in the late 19th century were from southern and eastern europe. |
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| Nativists believed the immigrants were responsible for all of the bad things happening. |
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| Rough Riders were a group made of athletes, cowboys, and ranchers. |
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| The goals of Progressives were to put limits on corporate power, make more efficient social institutions, and greater social justice. |
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| Women in the Progressive Movement such as Ida Tarbell, made muckraking magazines to reform the ways of life. |
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| Jacob Riis wrote “How the other half lives” to inform people about the poor conditions in New York CIty. |
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| Teddy Roosevelt was known as the “Trust Buster.” |
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| William Randolph Hearst was the founder of the biggest newspaper chain influencing journalism all around the world. |
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| Joseph Pulitzer was a newspaper publisher for New York. |
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| Upton Sinclair was the author of “the Jungle.” |
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| Reconstruction Amendments |
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| Reconstruction Amendments were the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments. The 13th amendment officially ended slavery. The 14th amendment made anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. a citizen. |
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| Jim Crow created the Jim Crow laws to enforce segregation in the United States. |
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| Monopoly was the domination of an entire industry by one country. |
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| Trusts are agreements that allow third parties to interfere on behalf of the beneficiary. |
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| Bessemer Process was the process of making iron into steel. |
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| Capitalism is where a private business controls most industries and competition determines how much things cost. |
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| Corporation is something that sells stock. |
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| Settlement house is a place that provides education, skills training, and cultural events for poor neighborhoods. |
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| Philanthropy is the idea that wealthy individuals should help the poor. |
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| Urbanization is the change from rural to urban areas. |
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| Square Deal is a fair bargain or treatment. |
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| Imperialism is the quest for colonies. |
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| Yellow Journalism is reporting to sell journals in the Spanish-American War. |
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| Conditions in the South after the Civil War were horrible and reforms needed to be made. |
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| Strategies employed by the South to limit black voting rights were having to pay poll tax. |
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| Plessy v Ferguson was when the court ruled “separate but equal” did not violate the fourteenth amendment. |
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| As a result of the Spanish-American War the U.S. became world power. |
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| Sherman Antitrust Act made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts. |
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| Second Industrial Revolution |
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| The effects of the Second Industrial Revolution on life in the United States in the late 19th century were that it became industry based and not agriculturally based. |
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| Transformation of American Society |
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| The transformation of American society in the late 19th century created more industries and changed the ways of life. |
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| Progressivism and Teddy Roosevelt’s role in the movement made it less corporate power and more efficient social institutions, and greater social justice. |
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