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gilded age/reconstruction Flashcards

1
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Way for southern states to get back into union

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10% of voters had to be loyal

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2
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Black codes

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Laws designed to limit freedom of African Americans

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3
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13th amendment

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banned slavery

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4
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15th amendment

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African Americans could vote but women couldn’t

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5
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14th amendment

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granted citizenship to all born in the US expect for native Americans

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6
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Who took over after Lincoln was assassinated

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President Johnson

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7
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Jim Crow Laws

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Laws that forced segregation

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8
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Scalawags

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southerns who joined the republican party

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9
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carpetbaggers

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northern people who went to the south to get rich

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10
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Causes of industrial revolution

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growth of the nation
Innovative spirit of the times
sympathetic government
new sources of power

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Captains of the industry

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Conrelirus Vanderbilt- known for railroads
Anderw Carnegie- he created a steel empire
John D. Rockefeller- founded the Standard Oil Company
J.P. Morgan- financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance
Henry Ford- founder of Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production

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12
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Transcontinental railroad

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Union Pacific started in Omhaha, Nebraska
Mostly Irish immigrant workers
Central pacific started in sacramento, California
Mostly chinese immigrants workers
Met at promotory, Utah, on May 10, 1869
2000 miles long
4-6 months to 3 and a half days

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13
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Pros of industrial rev.

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more jobs
cheaper prices on goods due to increased production

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14
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Cons of industrial rev.

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child labor, poor sanitation, over crowded houses and cities

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15
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Homestead act

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settlers could get 160acres of land for free if their settled on it for five years

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16
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Gold rush

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People who tried to get rich from gold 49ers
San frisco
California’s population boomed

17
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Leaders of Sioux tribe

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Sitting bull and crazy horse

18
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goal of Indian wars for the American government

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Push Indians out so settlers could have more land

19
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battle of Little Bighorn (clusters last stand)

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Gold discovery brought settlers to Sioux lands
Custer led an attack-he ended up surround and killed
Major Sioux victory

20
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wounded knee massacre

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25 soldiers and 150 Indians dead half women half children

21
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Causes of WW1 (MANIA)

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Militarism-policy of building up a strong military to prepare for war
Alliances-agreements between nations to provide aid and protect one another
Nationalism-extreme pride in your country
Imperialism-when one country takes over another country economically and politically
Assassination-of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand

22
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Woodrow Wilson

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He kept America out of the war till 1917
He pled for peace
He made the treaty of versailles
Helped establish the League of Nations

23
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Two reasons for the U.S. joining WW1

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Sinking of the Lusitania-it was carrying 128 Americans who all died
The Zimmerman telegram- it was a secret message from Germany to Mexico about attacking the U.S. before the US was in the war

24
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Selective Service Act

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Only 200,000 men were in service when the U.S declared war
All men between the ages 21 and 30 had to enter the draft

25
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The treaty of Versailles

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Barred Germany form painting an army
required Germany to give land back to France
Forced them to pay 33 billion dollars to allies

26
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Red scare

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US gov and people were scared of communists and feared they would try to take over the US
Schenk vs US Supreme Court case allowed gov to take away free speech rights in case of emergency

27
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Great migration

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Movement of African Americans
Went northwest
Reasons: African Americans had trouble finding work in the south

28
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18th amendment

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prohibition of alcohol

29
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21st amendment

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reversed the 18th amendment

30
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Volstead Act

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Helped enforce the 18th amendment

31
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19th amendment

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gave women the right to vote

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