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key facts: 1865 - 1890 Flashcards

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when/what was the emanci[ation proclamation

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1862

ebolish slavery in conquered states

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when and what was the 13th ammendment

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1865

ebolish slavery everywhere

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when and what was the 14th ammendment

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1868

confirmed rights and citizenship of blacks and banned restrictive privelages

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when and what was the 15th ammendment

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1870

right to vote couldnt be denied based on colour, race, previous servitude

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when and what were the enforcement acts

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1870-71

criminal offence to restrict civil and political rights of others

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6
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when and what was the civil rights act

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1875

guarenteed blacks equal accomodation in public places (lacked enforcement - soon vetoed)

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when and what was the southern compramise

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1877

withdraw millitary from the south - end reconstruction

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when and what was the belknap scandal

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1867

secretary of war resigns for taking backhanders

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what was the whiskey ring

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private secretary defrauds million in whiskey taxing

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10
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when was the gold scandal

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1869

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11
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when was the salary grab

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1873

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when and what was the colfax massacre

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1873

150 blacks killed after they caused a republican to be elected

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when and what was the amnesty act

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1872

allowed some ex confederates back into politics

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when was the 1st economic depression

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1873

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how many black senator and represantatives were there

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2 and 20

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16
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who was hayes

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77-81
want to end spoils system
dealt with railroad strikes

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who was garfield

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81

support civil service reforms and reform postal service

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who was arthur

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81-84

end spoils system, federal immigration law, chinese exclusion, 1883 tariff act

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when and what was the pendleton act

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1883

end spoils system and reform civil service

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who was cleveland

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84-88

muddy election - supported by mugwumps - continued civil service reform - wont fire good republicans

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21
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how many immigrants by 1890

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10 million

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when was the first stock crash

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1873

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when was NAWSA established

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1890

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when and what was the granger movement

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1867

united farmers against railroad companies

25
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what was the population in 1860 and 1880

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31.5 million and 50 million

26
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how many immigrants were there by 1870

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2.8 million

27
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how many miles of track laid by 1900

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170,000

28
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how many people did the transcontinental tail take west by 1900

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1 million

29
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when was the transcontinental rail created

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1869

30
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how many laboures unemployed becuase of 1873 depression

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1 million

31
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what was the population in chicago in 1850 and 1890

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30,000 and 1 million

32
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what was the price of a bushel of wheat in 1866 and 1869

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1.45 and 0.76

33
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who was rockefeller

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1862 first oil refinery - 1870 standard oil company - 85% industry - philanthropy

34
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who was carnegie?

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bessemer converter - monopolise steel production - 480 million empire - vertical integration - philanthropy

35
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how many farms were there in 1870 and 1890

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148,000 and 285,000

36
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how many west residents were there in 1860 and 1890

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760,00 and 6 million

37
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when and what was the sherman anti-trust act

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1890

trusts and monopolisation illegal (not well enforced)

38
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what did the granger movement want

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silver staandard
industrial moderisation
reduce rail prices
reduce intrest on loans
800,000 members - 1 grnage in every state
39
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when and what was Munn vs Illinois

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1876

sided with grangers over maximum charge of grain storage

40
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when and what was the knights of labour movement

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1869
terrence powderly
8hour shift
no child labour
gradual income tax
750,000 members becuase paralised southwest rail
41
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when and what was the dawes act

A

1887

broke up reservations

42
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how much was paid for native children to be put in schools

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2.5 million
20,000 children
148 boarding schools
1899

43
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how many people did the transcontinental rail carry west in 1870 and 1882

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15,000 and 1 million

44
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when and what was the monroe doctrine?

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1823

america shouldnt get involved in european affairs unless in their intrests

45
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when and what was miday island

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1867r

for guano and trade

46
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when and what was the burlingame treaty

A

1868

trade and transport with china

47
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when was the colonisation of dominican republic rejected becuase they were savages

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1869

48
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when and how much did america buy alaska for

A

1867

$7.2 million

49
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when and how much gold was found in yukon

A

1896

7 million

50
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when did canada become self governing

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1867

51
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what hostilities between britain and america

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britian blamed for deaths from alabama ship
america wanted 2 billlion or control of canada
(they got 15.7 million)

52
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when and what was the first agreement with hawaii

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1875

tax free import of sugar

53
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when and what was the renewal deal with hawaii

A

1887

pearl harbour

54
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when was pan americanism conference

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1881

55
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when did the knights of labour strike against jay gould

A

1885

56
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when was the sherman anti trust act undermined by a court case

A

1895

US vs E.C Knight said sugar refining not monopolising

57
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what did the 1893 depression cause

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15,000 companies and 600 banks to close

58
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when and what was the repeal of the silver purchase act

A

1893
increase confidence in market after deprssion
(done by cleveland)

59
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who competed and won the 1896 election

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Bryan and mcKinley
McKinley won becuase of money and publicity
Bryan was populist democrat who wanted silver standard

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