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Midterm review Flashcards

1
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Why the war of 1812 was called the second war for independence.

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Gained respect

Freedom of the seas

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The result of British Merchantalism

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Rise of free market capitalism

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3
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Louisiana purchase

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Double US size
Vast natural resources
Mississippi river
Precedent for purchased land

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Monroe Doctrine

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US will not interfere with existing European colonies
Any further European interference would be considered unfriendly and dangerous
Us will not interfere with European affairs

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5
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Spoils system

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Giving government jobs to friends and supporters

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Webster-Hayne Debate

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Webster claimed nullification would lead to disunion

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7
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Missouri compromise

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Missouri admitted as slave state
Main admitted as a free state
No slaver above 36 30

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8
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Great compromise at the constitutional convention 1787

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Roger Sherman
Equal representation in the senate
Revenue bills begin in the house of representatives

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9
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Emerson’s concord hymn

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Lexington and concord - Shot heard around the world

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10
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Saratoga

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Turning point in the American war for independence

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11
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Yorktown

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is independence

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12
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Importance of French in revolution

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Formed a blockade at yorktown

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13
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What did the founding fathers fear most?

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Tyranny

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14
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Father of the constitution

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James Madison

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15
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Common Sense

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Thomas Paine

Argued for independence from Britain

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16
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Hamilton’s financial plan favored the

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Bankers, creditors, and wealthy

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17
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Transcendentalist writers

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Emerson
Thorough
“Self reliance and inner truth”

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18
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Seneca falls

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Convention for the equal treatment of woman

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19
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Leaves of grass

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Walt Witman’s collection of poetry

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20
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Garrison favored

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“The immediate uncompensated emancipation of the slave”

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21
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Amount of white southerners who owned slaves

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15%

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22
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Uncle Tom’s cabin

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Stereotyped southerners as cruel slave holders

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23
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Free-port debate

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Douglas says nothing and alienates everyone

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24
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Result of Lincoln’s election

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South secedes

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25
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Why did the south secede?

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Lost voice in the Government
Thought they could do better financially
Already like different countries
Believed they had the choice

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26
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Dred Scott decision

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“A black man has no rights a white man should have to respect”

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27
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Southern advantages in civil war

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Needed a draw to win
New the land
Leadership
Hopes for foreign aid

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28
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Why did confederates invade the north twice, even though they were fighting a defensive war?

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Thought a northern win would win them the war
Getting choked by blockades
Desperate to end the war

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29
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Gettysburg

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Turning point in the war
Day 2 - Chamberlain
Day 3 - Picket’s charge

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30
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Long term result of Sherman’s march to the sea

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Lingering resentment for the north in the south

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31
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Results of the Emancipation Proclomation

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War to free the slaves

Keep British out of the war

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32
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Why was Antietam so important to Lincoln?

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Allowed for the proposal of the emancipation proclomation

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33
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Vicksburg

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The father of waters again flows unvexed to the sea

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34
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Underground Railroad / Fugitive slave law

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Loose network of houses to move slaves up north / Illegal to assist a runaway

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35
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Supporter of the Compromise 1820-1850

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Henry Clay

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36
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Compromise of 1850

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California enters free

Utah and New Mexico for popular sovereignty

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37
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Frederick Douglas split because

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Garrison started speaking about disunion from slave holders

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38
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Erie Canal

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Connected New York City

Makes it the most important city

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39
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Trail of tears

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Cherokee forced off land

Thousands die walking to a reservation

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40
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Forty Ninth Parallel

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Longest unfortified border in the world

Border between United States and Canada

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41
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John Marshall

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Judge in major court cases

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42
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“We are not enemies, bur friends”

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First Inaugural Speech

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43
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“With malice towards none, with Charity for all”

“Fondly do we hope”

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Second Inaugural Speech

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44
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“Four score”

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Gettysburg Speech

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45
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“I cannot spare this man, he fights”

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On Grant

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46
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Marbury v Madison

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Judicial review

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47
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Cohens v Virginia

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State Law reviewed by court

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48
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Fletcher v Peck

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Supreme court ruled state law unconstituional

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49
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Civil war event order

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Ft Sumter
Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg
Appomattox
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50
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“War is all hell”

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Sherman

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51
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Roger B Taney

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Judge in Dred Scott case

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52
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Political Results of civil war

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“Before plural, after singular”
Established federal supremacy
Abolition of slavery

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53
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Economic Results of civil war

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“Northern prosperity, southern ruin”
Expansion of factory system
National banking act ‘63
Morrill Tariff ‘61

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54
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Homestead act ‘62

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Gave free farm land to those who would cultivate it for 5 years

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55
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Morrill Tariff ‘61

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Protective tariff against foreign competition

56
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National banking act ‘63

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Created a network of National Banks ensuring stable currency

57
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Morrill Land Grant Act ‘62

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Donated land for educational prupose

58
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Alice Paul

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Seneca falls

Woman suffragist

59
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Spoils system and Garfield

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Shot by an office seeker

60
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Credit Moblier

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Created to overcharge the government

Congress men were stockholders

61
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Scare crow

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Farmer who had been taken advantage of by bankers and railroad workers

62
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Tin man

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Factory workers who were more machine then man

63
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Appalachians

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Coal deposits

64
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Laissez Faire

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“Hands off” policy

65
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Capital

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Tools required to expand a business

66
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Pennsylvania, Texas

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Major oil depostits

67
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Corporation

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Business where fractions are sold to raise capitals and limit liability

68
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Profit motive

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Desire to improve one’s material well being

69
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Nebraska, Kansas, Great Plains

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Corn and Wheat belt

70
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Chicago

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Hub of railroads

71
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Minnesota

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Mesabi iron ore range

72
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Reservations

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Policy to move Indians

73
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Cattle kingdom

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Associated with long drives and range wars

74
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Green bay, Chicago, KC

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Meat packing cities

75
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Minneapolis, Buffalo

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Wheat mills and flour cities

76
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Pittsburgh, Birmingham

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Steel cities

77
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Gospel of wealth

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Use of religion to justify wealth of successful undustrialists

78
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Philanthropy examples

A

Rockefeller
Carnegie
Vanderbilt

79
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Social Darwinism

A

Herbert Spencer
Helping the poor interfered with he laws of nature
Survival of the fittest in the economic marketplace

80
Q

3 views of big business

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Robber barrons
Industrial statesmen
Your opinion

81
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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Railroads

Philanthropist

82
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Andrew Carnagie

83
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Eli Whitney

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Interchangeable parts

84
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Thomas Nast

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Cartoonist who called attention to corruption

85
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John D Rockefeller

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Oil monopolist

86
Q

Which American named “The gilded age”?

A

Mark Twain

87
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Protective tariff

A

Greatly limits competition from imports

88
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Plain Indians (Nomads)

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Comanche
Cheyenne
Sioux
Kiowa

89
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GAR

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Grand army of the republic

Republican former soldiers

90
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Republican party

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Big business
Freedom
Wasps (White Anglo Saxon)

91
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Waving the bloody shirt

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Campaign technique reminding civil war hatred

92
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Little big horn

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Custard’s last stand
Sitting Bull
Crazy horse

93
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Wounded knee

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150 Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women, and children killed in 1864
Sitting bull killed

94
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Political machine

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Political organization who controls the political party through graft and corruption

95
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Ghost dance

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Religous ritual that promised the Native American’s land be restored

96
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Great plains

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Last frontier

Treeless prairie with fertile soil

97
Q

Samuel Slater

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First textile mill

98
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Charles Goodyear

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Vulcanization of rubber

99
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Eli Whitney

A

Interchangeable parts

100
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Christopher Sholes

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Typewriter

101
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John Deere

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Stainless steel plow

102
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Thomas Edison

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Power Plant

103
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Edwin Drake

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First oil well

104
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George Pullman

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Dining/Sleeping car in trains

105
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Henry Ford

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Assembly line

106
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George Westinghouse

107
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Alexander Graham Bell

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Telehphone

108
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Elias Howe

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Sewing machine

109
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Samuel Morse

110
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Henry Bessemer

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Process to create low cost steel

111
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“A Century of Dishonor”

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Helen Hunt Jackson
Emotional impact close to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Made congress pass a law to turn Indians into Americans

112
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Pendleton Act

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First reform of the spoils system

113
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Immigration explosion

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Population tripled during the gilded age

114
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Elimination of compromise

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By stating abolishing slavery is against the 5th amendment, slavery couldn’t be compromised on.

115
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Two self evident truths

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All men created equal with unalienable rights

116
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Source of human rights

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Our creator

117
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Purpose of government

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To serve the people

118
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Government gets its rights from

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the people

119
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What can the people do if a government becomes undesirable?

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Abolish it

120
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Urbanization

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The process of people moving to towns and cities as people begin working in central areas

121
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Shot heard around the world

122
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Ballad of William sycamore

123
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“His words were oaks and acorns”

Spoke at Lincoln memorial

124
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“Chicago, hog butcher of the nation”

125
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“I went to the woods to live deliberately”

126
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“Oh captain my captain”

127
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Forces of industrialization

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Urbanization
Industrialization
Immigration

128
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Amendment 1

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Freedom of religion

129
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Amendment 2

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Right to weapons

130
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Amendment 3

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Quartering of soldiers

131
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Amendment 4

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Protection against illegal searches

132
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Amendment 5

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Right to remain silence, double jeopardy

133
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Amendment 6

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Jury trial and lawyer

134
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Amendment 8

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No cruel or usual punishment

135
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Amendment 9

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You have rights not listed

136
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Amendment 10

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Rights not in constitution left up to states

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