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Transcontinental Railroad

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-meet in middle
-east: German and Irish, mr.W
-west: Chinese, lo mein

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Open range

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-free cattle migration
-barbed wire killed open range
-this made Native Americans mad
-increasing population of west caused more conflict w/ native Americans

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Treaty of Fort Laramine

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-1868
-natives promised to to attack, in exchange for land in black hills, Dakotas
-1875 gold was found in black hills, settlers ignored treaty and moved there
-caused fighting

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Great Sioux War

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-1876/1877
-battle of bighorn
-US 7th cavalry wiped out
-Sioux led by Sitting Bull, later forced to surrender
-Sitting bull led to Canada then eventually back to US

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Rise of Industrialization

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-1877/1999
-3monopolies:
Railroads Vanderbilt
Steel Carnegie
Oil Rockefeller
-New Technology, telegraph, telephone, electric light bulb

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Immigration late 1800s

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-to1845=mostly enlish&german
-1845/1865=largely Irish
-after war=more south&east europeans
-prior immigration: Protestant,education,not poor,speaks English
-late 1800s: catholic,Jewish,not educated, poor,rarely speak English,larger numbers(20million)
-Ellis island
2% were sent back (disease,crime,insanity)
3/7hrs to get in
-Asian immigration angel island
Wait weeks/years
18%denied entry

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The Progressive Era

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-low skilled immigrant labor caused low pay&long hours
-labor unions grew due to bad conditions(band together HEY BETTER PAY!)
-muckrakers:journalist to expose societal issues of industrialization
Sinclair The Jungle meat
Roosevelt made FDA
Tarbell History of standard oil
Rios How other half lives poor condition
-Jim crow laws introduced
-more democracy=empower Americans to attack businesses&corrupt government
-17th Amendment:direct election of Senators
-child labor laws
-minimum wage laws
-worksite safety inspections
-workers compensations(injured)
-conservation movement: John Muir environmentalists, Roosevelt support conservation but not environmentalism

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The South Post Reconstruction

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-1890 Luisiana segregated trains
-Plessy v. Ferguson “separate but equal”
Plessy was 1/8 black
-1909 NAACP founded WEB Dubois response to lynchings

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Spanish American War

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-1895cuba rebeled against Spain(who responded brutally)
-battleship USS Maine to Havana to protect American interests
-Maine blew up (we blamed Spain)
-yellow journalism wanted war
-1898 US declared war on Spain (McKinley president)
-our navy attacked Philippines
-Battke of Marilla Bay (US won)
-Guam,Puerto Rico were seized
-Battle of San Juan Hill (US won) Roosevelt led rough riders, Cuba
-US had to decide if wanted empire
-Guam kept(naval station) Philippines kept(or else other would get)
-cuba was to be free(we kept until 1930s)

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Philippine-American War

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-already has been Philippine independence army against Spain
-Emilio Aguinado led in war against US

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Hawaii Annexed

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-Hawaii government overthrown by American businessman (before spanishamericanwar)
-afterwards, Hawaii became US naval base to get Philippines
-(annexed means added)

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Canal

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-1893/1914
-US needs to move ships east➡️west for new territories
-wanted in Columbia but they refused
-we support Panamanian rebels against Columbia
-canal built in Panama

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Roosevelt Corallary

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-1902 germany&britain threatened invade Venezuela (bc it can’t pay debt)
-added to Monroe Doctrine that Europe’s not welcome in west &US would collect debts
-resulted in US invading Latin American countries
1904 Dominican Republic
1912 Nicaragua
1915 Haiti
-part of the “big stick” foreign policy

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Lead up to America in WW1 (neutrality&trade)

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-Woodrow Wilson is president
-not sure what side we’d be on
-German immigration was strong until war
-isolationism (don’t want to get involved with foreign issues)
-Wilson asked congress to declare US neutral
-We trade with central&allied powers
Trade with central powers became impossible (from British blockades)
-caused strong relationship with British and French
-2.75Billion to Allied Powers
-27Million to Central Powers

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Lead up to America in WW1(submarine&zimmerman)

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-Germany wanted to make own blockade and used U-Boat(submarine)
-British used neutral flags
-Germany sank ALL ships
-UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE (cause of WW1)
-Lusitania sunk in 1915 (killed many along with a Vanderbilt)
-Wilson orders Germany to stop this and they try to
-1816 Germany losing land wars and returned to unrestricted submarine warfare
could win in 6monthd before America got involved
-Zimmerman telegram to Mexico to fight US for lost territory
-telegram published and public opinion shifted
-1917 US declared war on Germany

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WW1(cost&espionage)

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-Wilson guaranteed a fully supplied military
-paid for war with Liberty bonds (66% of war cost)
-espionage act (Eugene Debs{socialist} gave anti-war speeches &got arrested)

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Espionage Act

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Made these illegal
-spying
-sabotage
-obstructing the war effort
-mailing anti-war material

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WW1(labor industry &LON)

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-high demand for labor in defense
-immigration paused during war
-great migration
-Wilson’s 14points
-league of nation in treaty of versailles

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Great Migration

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-movement of black people to the north due to need for labor
-Cleveland increased 3x
-Chicago 2x
-Detroit 6x

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Wilsons goals for war (14 points)

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  1. Open diplomacy(gov. takes citizen input for negotiation)
  2. Freedom of seas
  3. End internal trade barriers
  4. Reduce armaments(equipped military forces)
  5. Impartial dealings in colonies & natives
    6-13. the right of self-determination of people of eastern or central europe
  6. Create international organization(LON) to keep peace
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League Of Nations (LON)

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-created in Treaty of Versailles
-US Senste did not ratify the treaty
-US did not join

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WW1(LON)

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-isolationist didn’t want to join LON bc they feared being pulled into more wars
-Senator Lodge(republican) was opposed to LON
Not allowed to negotiate the treaty

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Growth of Communism

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-Karl Marx (made idea of communism)
Believed workers would overthrow capitalism and share means of production and distribution
-socialists theory infiltrated labor union
-union strikes (after WW1) became more and more violent
-people feared the beginning of a communist party

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Socialism Vs Communism

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-communism is more extreme
-communism is done through violent revolution
-socialism is done democratically (voting)

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The Red Scare

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-reaction to threat of communism
-Italian anarchists bombed US Attorney General’s(A. Mitchell Palmer) office
Resulted in Palmer Raids on hundreds of communists and anarchists

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Gilded Age

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-time of Industrial Revolution and progressive era

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Lausser Fair

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Gov. keep out of economy

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