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1
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Western expansion

reasons?

A

profit motive, new land acquired, over population in east, ranching transportation improvements, industrial development.

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2
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Manifest Destiny

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belief US should expand from Atlantic to pacific ocean.

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3
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homestead act

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160 acres of settlers; own after 5 years of cultivation.

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4
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cattle boom

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after civil war there were millions of wild cattle on plains around Texas.

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5
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Gold rush

Klondike gold rush

A

1896, gold was discovered in Alaska

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6
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impact of Transcontinental RR

A

allowed for easier transport of goods by raw material producers to urban markets

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7
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Inventions

barbed wire?

A

ended cattle drives

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8
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windmill

A

helped increase productivity.

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9
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steel plows

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increased farmers efficiency on great plains

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10
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plight of the farmers- issued on great plains

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falling prices for crops, shrinking money supply, repayment of loans, high shipping prices

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11
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population party

platform?

A

movement that gave complaints of mostly western farmers

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12
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collapse

A

McKinley won election of 1896 marketing an end of the movement

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13
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gold standard

definition?

A

backing US dollars w gold

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14
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Bimetallism

A

backing US dollars w gold and silver

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15
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Indians

assimilation?

A

to blend into a culture

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16
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Dawes act

A

160 acres for Indians to “Americanize” to maintain culture

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17
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Early immigration

1st wave?

A

northwest Europe

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18
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2nd wave?

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southern & eastern Europe

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19
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Sherman Anti- Trust Act

A

monopolies illegal

20
Q

Pendleton Civil service act

A

allowed a commition to make political appointments through ment system

21
Q

Andrew Carnegie

A

wealthy steel tycoon

22
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John D. Rockefeller

A

wealthy oil tycoon

23
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trusts?

A

monopoly

24
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vertical integration

A

organization that controls all operations

25
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horizontal integration

A

combination of corporations engaged in the same type of business

26
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interstate commerce commission

A

5 member committee established to supervise RR activity

27
Q

inventions- Besseman process

A

made production of steel more economical & removed higher levels of importunes

28
Q

political bosses/machines

A

city governments were run by corrupt leaders. machines often provided jobs & other services to immigrants/poor

29
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tammany hall

A

political machine controlled by boss tweed in NYC

30
Q

graft

A

use of political influence for personal gain

31
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social gospel

A

preached salvation through service to the poor

32
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Jane Addams

A

founded of hull house established to help immigrants/poor

33
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woman’s suffrage
leader?
goal?

A

leader- Susan B. Anthony

goal- woman’s rights to vote

34
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industrial growth factors

A

abundant natural resources & improved transportation

35
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problems in cities

A

lack of sanitation, overcrowding, high crime rates

36
Q

how the other half live by Jacob Riis

A

brought awareness to poor living conditions in cities

37
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Nativism

A

Favoritism toward native-born citizens

38
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Laissez Faire

A

less government regulation of business

39
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labor unions

A

methods: strikes, boycotts, protests

40
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American Federation Of Labor

A

becomes the voice for skilled laborers

41
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Knights of labor

A

first big national labor organization

42
Q

Haymarket Square

A

Protestors tossed bomb at police starting a riot

43
Q

child labor

A

20% of boys under 15-10% of girls under 15 ( some as yound as 5 years old) held full time jobs. most had to drop out of school to support family

44
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immigrants

reasons for immigration?

A

economic, political freedom, religious freedom

45
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chinese exclusion act

A

act effect was to ban most chinese immigrants from coming to the US

46
Q

inventions

A

telephone

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