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1) gave African American men the right to vote 2) to swear you had never borne arms against the Union or supported the Confederacy, key factor in removing ex-Confederates from the political arena 3) taking over similar businesses 4) An American political party that was active between 1874-1884 which advocated non-gold-bracketed government currency also known as the _____ Labor Party5) taking over the entire process of operation 6) Chief Big Foot and followers shot down in Colorado. Marked the end of the Plains Indians. 8) as quantity of production increases, the average cost of each unit decreases 10) a fraternal organization in the US which encourages families to band together to promote economic and political well-being of the community
14) designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices, required rates be ‘reasonable and just’ but didn’t empower the government to fix special rates, couldn’t discriminate short haul/long haul fare (a form of discrimination against smaller farmers), publicize shipping rates 15) the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron prior to the open hearth furnace, key principal was removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation 18) Led by Eugene Debs, assisted strikers in the Pullman Strike 21) photographer, published “How the Other Half Lives”, about how poor live24) aka’d as the Great Betrayal, informal and unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 election and ended Reconstruction in the South26) French banking system, backed by middle class investors who supported movable property, railways, mines, and other infrastructure, involved in the European occupations of the countries that defaulted on these loans27) allow wealthy, smart, healthy to breed, allows the upper class to continue 28) proposed by senators Wade and Davis, provided the appointment of provisional military governors in the seceded states, each state had to abolish slavery, repudiate secession, and disqualify Confederate officials from voting or holding office29) a relationship whereby property is held by one party for the benefit of another 35) Indian chief Black Kettle attacked wrongly by John Covington |
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7) coined by Mark Twain and Charles Warner, enormous growth that attracted millions from Europe, Railroads were major industry, occurred in the North and West, South still devastated9) 1876 election, close race that lead to a decision by committee, he won but had to compromise- end reconstruction, gave Louisiana a Democratic governor, he was to be a one term president, and federal troops to be removed from the south 11) named after the leader of the US Senate’s Committee on Indian Affairs, designed to free up western land for white settlers, and acculturate Indians to American values and practices 12) supposed to return the Buffalo and kick out the white people, turned to religion, Wovoka (Indian Prophet)13) lead the American Railway Union (ARU) assisted strikers in Pullman Strike, arrested in the process leading to the end of ARU 16) passed post Civil War, limited rights and liberties for certain groups in the South17) a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is fixed weight of gold19) formed in the first years after the Civil War, carried out beliefs through terrorism, assassinations and other scare tactics 20) sought to overtake Republican rule in Southern states during Reconstruction22) people replaced with unskilled workers, had a protest and people died, August Spies called for a meeting in town but a bomb goes off causing a lot of casualties 23) one of Rostow’s stages of economic growth, characterized by dynamic economic growth25) composed primarily of white cotton farmers in the South, it represented radical crusading form of agrarianism and hostility to banks, railroads, and elites in general26) return to the gold standard, issuance of interest free credit by a central bank, issuance of social credit by Treasury, or the enforcement of full reserve banking 30) Army establish posts along Oregon Trail to protect white settlers, Indians could set up posts as well, failed in the end because both sides didn’t keep up with their promises 31) RR sleeping cars, ran US mail, leader was good to workers until higher ups threatened him and he was forced to cut wages, stocks, etc. Workers rebelled with the help of American Railway Union 32) In response to President Garfield getting shot, not all jobs are given away based on merit anymore33) Fredrick Jackson Turner, ability to move west, Significance of the Frontier to American History, now it was gone because we explored it all (and because of the Indians)34) MIT economist who coined the "Take-off" phrase in his theory of The Stages of Economic Growth 36) southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party after Civil War37) Lincoln, Almost any confederates would be pardoned if they swore allegiance to Union, only ones excluded from this are high ranking civil and military leaders, and once 10% of voters in a Confederate state took the oath of allegiance and organized a gov’t that abolished slavery, that state could elect a new rep and US would recognize that state gov’t as legitimate. Civil war time. 38) granted equal rights to all citizens, vetoed by President twice but passed in Congress39) mix social sciences and religion to better the lives of the poor people 40) Radical Republicans, split South into military districts with unlimited power, forced new states to pass 14th admt, modeled Southern gov’t after Northern ones
41) remind voters of civil war and how the democrats supported the Confederates 42) regulate grain, railroad freight rates and to address long-and short-haul discrimination43) 1st labor union, too diverse, took skilled and unskilled workers, black or white, eventually taken out by other, more exclusive unions |
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