Test 1 (sem 2) Flashcards
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Sherman anti-trust act
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- 1890
- federal law
- combo in form of trust that restricted trade or commerce among several states= illegal
- could face fines of 5,000 + 1 yr. in jail
- restore competition
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Edward Bellamy
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- 1888
- future America that was completely socialized & all economics planned out
- compared 19th century society to stagecoach which favored few rest being dragged behind
- caused by American competitive system - all citizens equal come w/o revolution or violence
- predicted 1 trust controlled E activity
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Jacob Riis
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- captured horror of crowded buildings
- how the other half lives
- 1890
- captured slum pictures
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Jane Addams
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- hull house in Chicago
- cultural program
- set up music & art classes
- had little theater group
- worked for public services & social legislation
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Pragmatism
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-solving problems in practical way
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Standard oil company
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- 1870
- John D. Rockefeller
- every technical advance possible
- persuaded competitors to sell out or join forces
- Cut prices locally to force independents to sell out
- maintained business organization by trust
- law problems
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National Grange
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- farmers organization
- 1867 by Oliver H. Kelley
- provided social & cultural benefits but then supported legislation
- known as granger laws
- railroad regulation
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Knights of Labor
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- national labor organization
- 1869
- Uriah Stephens & Terence Powderly
- promoted union, political reform, sociability
- supported 8 hour days which led to violence
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Social gospel
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-early 1900’s
-focused on improving living conditions for cities poor rather than saving saving souls
-proponents advocated civil service reform, child labor laws, gov regulation of big buisness, graduated income tax
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Pendleton Act
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- 1883
- bringing civil service reform to federal employment
- classified many gov. Jobs
- required competitive exams for positions
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William James
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- education in London, Paris, Bonn, Geneva & Harvard
- established discipline of modern society
- helped thousands reconcile their religion
- came up w/ pragmatism
- most influential philosopher
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Henry George
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- 1879
- progress & poverty
- about uneven wealth in US
- labor only way for true wealth
- proposed property tax to confiscate uneven wealth
- new tax would bring in a lot of money
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Interstate Commerce Act
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- all charges made by railroad should be reasonable
- rebates, drawbacks, long&short haul evil = all unlawful
- railroads required to publish schedules of rates & forbidden to change w/o notice to people
- established interstate commerce commission (supervised affairs of RR)
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Settlement houses
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- community centers
- 1880’s
- located in poor districts of major cities
- centers sought to Americanize immigrant families & provide them w/ social services & political voice
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Realism
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- accepting situation how it is
- tell things how they are
- don’t sugar coat things
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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- 1896
- dealing w/ racial segregation
- separate but equal doctrine
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Ocala demands
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- result of farmers convention in Florida
- demanded direct election of senators
- lower tariff rates
- graduated income tax
- new regulated banking system
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Mark Twain
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- American author
- Huckleberry Finn & atom Sawyer
- realism
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Andrew Carnegie
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- Poor Scottish boy
- Carnegie steel buisness
- sells in 1900 to JP Morgan for $500 mil
- can build most of NY
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Booker T. Washington
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- slave from Virginia
- left after being freed
- became teacher –> Tuskegee institute
- Atlanta compromise 1875
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Progressive Education
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- basic 3 R’s (arithmetic, reading, writing)
- wanting to move away from basic 3 R’s
- new teaching skills
- offer new electives that are beneficial to the future
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Tammany Hall
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- tweed
- example of political machines
- NY city
- extorted tax payer money
- paid more than actually cost
- buying votes
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Hay market Square
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- labor strike
- threw bomb @ police
- 8 people died
- 1886
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Pullman Strike
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- railroad strike
- way Pullman treated his workers
- cut wages
- raised rent & prices
- started firing people
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Homestead Strike
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- 1892
- Carnegie determined to break union
- Frick stepped up production demands
- union refused to accept conditions
- Frick locked them out
- Frick was shot
