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Laissez-Faire
Hands-off (limited) government -
Patent System
Protect and encouraged interventions (no interstate tax) -
J.D. Rockefeller
Founded standard oil company in 1870. by 1880, 90% monopoly; nations first billionaire. Gave away $500 million. -
Andrew Carnegie
He was born to a poor Scottish family who immigrated to the U.S. He was the private secretary to the Pennsylvania railroad. He also entered the steel business. -
James J. Hill
Canadian born and settled in St.Paul. Buil the great northern railroad. -
immagrants
immigrants are people from other countries that move to the U.S. They often had a rough time in their other countries. -
J.P. Morgan
Was known as the giant of finance. began as an accountant, then became a banker. Bought Carnegie steel and renamed it U.S. steel. -
Vertical Integration
buying up resources, transporting,ect. -
Horizontal Integration
Merging like companies together. -
William Jennings Bryan
Populist party candidate, republican. -
Cornelius Vanderbilt
became the wealthiest man in America. he started out the steamship then bought railroads. he transported oil. -
William Howard Taft
Was the 27 president he was also the 10 chief of justice. They had to male him his own bathtub. -
civil war dates
1861-1865 -
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Civil War
slavery -
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Reconstruction Era
Reunite South (nation)
Rebuilding South
infrastructure
economy
Protect freedmen civil rights -
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14th Amendment
You cant treat people different, everyone no matter the race or gender is equal. -
William Mckenly
Was president twice and was assassinated. Teddy was the vice president while he was president. -
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Impeachment
Impeachment means to take someone out of office by voting. -
Signaled the end of the Gilded Age
compromise of 1877 -
Tariff
Tax on imports/ buying American goods -
Jane Addams
American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. Advocate for world peace. organized Hull House -
progressive movement
To restore economic opportunities -
Florence Kelley
Made an act to prohibit child labor. Would improve girls and women working in factories. -
Teddy Roosevelt
His company was called the square deal. He was a trustbuster. He was vice president to William then was president after William got assassinated. -
Trust buster
Someone that breaks up monopolies. -
Fostering efficiency
Henery for created an assembly line to speed up production -
WCTM
Women's Christian temperance movement led by the crusade of prohibition. -
Populists
a politician who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel they're not being listened to. -
Prohibition
The action for forbidding something, by law -
Square deal
A fair bargain or treatment. Roosevelt's program. -
Gifford Pinchot
Was a forester and politician. Served as the first chief until he was fired. -
IDA Tarbell
Was an American writer, Investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muchrackers. -
Jacob Riis
Danish-American social reformer, muckraking journalist and social documentary photographer. Wrote about poverty and slums in cities. -
Robert La Follette
Reform governor and congress of Wisconsin. American lawyer and politician. -
Upton Sinclair
Wrote "The Jungle" Wrote over 100 books -
Reform
To change things to make them better -
Middle class
Not classified as rich or poor -
Recall
Vote to remove a politician from office. -
Referendum
citizens who vote yes or no on a law. -
Arbitration
Help two sides to compromise. -
Secret Ballot
Vote in private -
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gov agency to supervise railroads -
Conservation
Efforts to protect the environment -
Pure Food And Drug Act
Law that says you have to put labels on foods -
Meat Inspection Act
Gov checks if meat is good or bad -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Law to limit size and power of big businesses. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Strengthened Sherman Anti-Trust act -
New Freedom
Name of Woodrow Wilsonś plan to help people -
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Raised the tariff to almost 50 percent -
16th Amendment
Provided to federal income tax -
Democrat
Name of Willsons political party -
17th Amendment
Direct election of senators -
Federal Reserve Act
Improved Americans banking system -
Executive branch
Enforces laws -
Legislative branch
Makes laws -
Black codes
laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves -
Sharecropping
system in which landowners provided farmers with housing and supplies in return for a portion of their crops -
The constitution
The supreme law of the land -
The president
in charge of the executive branch -
The structure of the constitution
preamble,articles,amendment -
Declaration of independence
stated the United States is free from Great Britton -
The bill of rights
first 10 amendments of the constitution. stops one branch of the gov from being too powerful -
John Locke
believed people should be equal -
Amendments
27 amendments -
Progressivism
Any progress being made -
Wilson Taft
He was a Trust buster. He raised prices on imported goods. He fired Gifford. His program was called "the new freedom." He also created the Fed reserved system. -
Eugene V. Debs
Union leaders, saw an uneven balance of wealth among big business, government and ordinary people and embraced socialism. -
Hull House
Settlement house to help the poor -
Direct Primary
Voters who choose candidates for elections -
Initiative
Citizens place laws on the ballot. -
Hepburn Act
Gave the gov power to set railroad rates -
Muckrakers
Journalist who expose the bad things in the U.S. -
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Gov agency that watches over businesses. -
Underwood Tariff
Lowered the tariff for the first time since the civil war -
Coal Strike Of 1902
Settled by TR because of abbreviation. -
Bull Moose Party
President Roosevelt asked his supporters to leave the floor of the Republican national convention in Chicago -
Causes
Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism came into play after Archduke Franz Ferdinand got assassinated -
Allied Powers
Great Briton, The U.S., France, Russia, Great Britton, and Serbia. -
Central Powers
A group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during WW1. Germany, Turkey, Austria Hungary. -
The Spark
The spark of WW1 was Archduke Franz Ferdinand getting assassinated. -
WW1 U.S. reasons
submarines attacked there ship. "Zimmerman telegram" intercepted by British. alliance with Mexico -
propaganda
is info that is used to promote a political cause or point of view -
new technology
tanks, airplanes and gas -
not a part of the allied powers
Bulgaria -
alliance
a promise, a treaty, an agreement between countries -
main
militarism alliances imperialism nationalism -
Woodrow Wilson
Was a politician, lawyer, and academic who served the 28 president.
