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Patent Act of 1790
let patents be created -
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Industrial revolution
period of time when streamlining production became top priority ended up with things like the assembly line and 7 factors of production.
1. natural resources
2. money
3. labor supply
4. technology
5. consumers
6. transportation
7. government cooperation -
Powers
Legislative- makes laws
Executive- executes the laws
Judicial- interprets laws -
"Old" Immigrants
the first immigrants to travel to America were from Scandinavia, Germany and Great Britain. -
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Immigration
the time span that involved immigrants moving to America which increased the surplus of labor -
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Civil War
north wanted no slavery while south did, it ended up ruining the south -
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Reconstruction Era
the south was in shambles after the civil war and a plan was needed to reunite and restore the south, 3 plans were created along with the 13,14 and 15th amendments. in 1863 lincoln was already planning reconstruction. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 laid out the process for readmitting Southern states into the Union. -
Standard oil company
J.D. Rockefeller started the company and by 1880 he had a 90% monopoly and became the first billionaire -
Compromise of 1877
was an unwritten deal that ended the reconstruction era, the North pulled its last troops out of the south -
Tariff
It called for high tariffs on imported manufactured items to protect the manufacturing industry, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the fostering of new immigration to the west. Macdonald campaigned on the policy in the 1878 election and defeated the Liberal Party, which supported free trade. -
Laissez-Faire
limited government became a popular saying something in the 1700s. started to be used more in the industrial revolution -
"new" Immigrants
immigrants that traveled to America after 1880. this caused a conflict between old immigrants. -
Frontier was closed
Frontier was officially closed -
Millionaires
roughly 4,000 millionaire -
Period: to
Progressive era
the time when many people wanted to correctio the injustices of the industrial age -
Populists
The populist party was a political party made up of farmers who supported an income tax, shorter workdays, government loans to farmers, direct election of senators and secret ballot voting. their representative/candidate was William Jennings Bryan but he lost the 1896 election to William McKinley. -
Poverty
Approximately 20 million Americans lived in poverty -
Progressivism
four goals were:
Fostering efficiency
economic reform
social welfare
moral improvement and under progressivism 5 ideas were made:
suffragettes
populists
temperance
labor unions
civil rights -
Eugene
Eugene V Debbs was a union leader who embraced socialism -
the 3 way election of 1912
the 3-way election of 1912 was between Teddy, Taft, and Wilson. Wilson won because Taft and Teddy were fighting. Teddy, Taft, And Wilson were the 3 progressive era presidents. -
Allied powers
Russia
Britian
Serbia
France
Italy joined later -
Central power
Bulgaria
ottoman empire
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy but the left -
Causes of ww1
militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism
extreme leaders -
Spark
the spark was caused when an austrain-hungarian archduke ( franz ferdinad ) was assassinated by member of the black hand who was a bosnian nationalist -
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WW1
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Amendments of the 20th century
16th- disbanded monopolies
17th- direct election of us senators
18th- prohibition of alcohol
19th- woman's sufferage -
Period: to
Great Depression
