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Lincoln - Douglas debates
a series of debates between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas during the 1858 U.S Senate campaign in Illinios. pg 120 -
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Mayans
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May 30, 1215
Magna Carta
A character of liberties agreed to by King John of England : it made the king obey the same laws as citizens -
May 30, 1300
Renaissance
An era of learning and creativity that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe pg 10 -
May 30, 1400
Aztec
A militaristic Mesoamerican Empire who formed a large empire in present day Mexico -
May 30, 1492
Columbian Exchange
The transfer of plants,animals , and diseases between the Americas, Europe , Asia, and Africa (effect of Columbus voyages) -
May 30, 1492
Monarchs~Ferdnidad and Isabel of Spain
They supported Columbus on his voyage by provifin ships and crew -
Jun 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer who reached the Americas in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia. Refer to Columbian exchange and Fernindad/Isabella -
May 30, 1500
Native American Groups
Native American groups before 1500s
-Hohokam
Southwest,famred in deserts using irigation systems -Anasazi & Pueblo
Southwest, made distinctive dwellings made ofadobes. -Adena & Hobewell
Begins in Ohio River valley
known as moundbuilders, they buried their dead in large deep mounds. -Iroquois
lived in eastern woodlands, used forest recourcees
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May 30, 1500
Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon
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Jun 3, 1500
Hernando de soto
Traveled widel in the Southeast, as far as north as the present day Corolinas and Tennese. De Soto's expedition also discovered the Mississippi River. -
Jun 3, 1500
Conquistador Francisico Vasquez de Coronando
led a European expedition that traveled as far as present-day Kansas. Other men in expedition went into present-day Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. They were the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon. -
Jun 3, 1500
Viceroyalties
, or provinces euled by viceroys, direct representation of the monarch. Ex: the viceroyalty of New Spain included much of the American Southwest and present day Mexico, along with Florida, Central America, part of Venezuela, and the Caribbean islands. pg 15 -
Jun 3, 1500
Conquistador Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
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May 30, 1517
Reformation
German monk , Martin Luther, criticized church practices which led to a debate. The debate/uthers actions led to this movement. Reformaton: calls for reform towards the catholic church
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Spanish Armada
Spanish King sent a fleet of 130 ships to invade England. England defeated them, which was a major blow to Spain because it meant that England could start bulding its own colonies in North America -
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Indentured Servants
Indentured servants agreed to work as servants for a certain number of years, in return for food, shelter, and a paid trip to America -
Puritans
A group of English Protestants who wanted to "purify" the English Church of England through reforms;they established the Massachusetts Bay Colony and other colonies in New England in the early 1600s -
Queen Elizabeth 1
She built England into a sea power. pg 15 -
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King James 1
King James issued a charter that divided North America between two gorups of investors, the London Company and Plymouth Company. The companies governed and maintained the colonies they established. In reurn, investors recieved most of the profit. -
Jamestown,VA
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Settled in 1607. The first English colony that survived. The colony survived with the help of John Smith and John Rolfe. J.S. used military discipline and J.R. found tabacco. -
House of Burgesses in Virginia
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Mayflower Compact
When Pilgrims reached present-day Massachusetts they signed the Mayflower Compact, a legal contract that agreed to make laws to protect the general good. It was one of the first attempts at self-government in the English colonies. pg 17 -
Pilgrims/Sepratists
Puritans who wanted to be completely seperated from the Catholic church were known as Sepratists. One group of Sepratists set sail for America on a ship called the Mayflower. This group is known as Pilgrims, they found Plymouth Colony. -
Massachusetts-Northern Colonies
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Thousands of Puristans flocked to this colony. The colony's success inspired the Great Migration pg 17
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Northern Colony- Conneticut
-Conneticut
Led by Thomas Hooker and a group of settler who believed in a more democratic government. They wrote a constitustion known as Fundamental Orders of Conneticut, -
Rhode Island-Northern Colonies
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formed by Roger Williams because he believed that the church and state should be seperate -
Navigation Acts
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King Charles 11 and Middle/Southern Colonies
He owed money snd favors to many people. As a result he established proprietary colonies-grants of American land to loyal friends. Unlike, joint stock colonies, these new colonies were ruled by investors or colonial legislatures, but by their owners. As a result four new colonies were buit: NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, CAROLINA, AND PENNSYLVANIA. review royal governors. -
plantation
Agricultural sytem in the south....A larger farm, usually in a warm climate with an unskilled labor force that grows one cash crop, such as sugar or tobacco. pg 22
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Royal Governors
pg 21 King Charles 2 set up royal governors in hopes to obtain greater control on colonies. He merged several colonies into one colony that he called the Dominion of New England -
John Locke-Two treatsies of Government
John Locke was an Enlightment thinker. In his book he said that it was the duty of the government to protect the citizens "natural rights" such as life, liberty, and property. Englightment: movement that began in the late 1600s in Europe. People began examining the natural world, society, and government;also called Age of Reason -
Middle Passage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Passage Difficult trip across the atlantic ocean for slave trade. pg 22 -
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George Washington
First president of the U.S. He served as a representative to the Continental Congresses and commanded the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
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John Adams
1735-1826 American statesman; he was a delegate tp the Continental Congress, a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, vice president to george washington, and second president of the United States -
industrial revolution
a period of rapid growth inthe use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in mid 1700s -
Thomas Jefferson
American statesman;and politician;he was a member of two Continental Congresses, chairman of the comittee to draft the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration's main author and one of it's signers, and the third president of the United States. -
French and Indian War
War fought between France and England in the 1750s over territorial claims in North America pg 22 -
James Madison
American statesman;he was the delegate to the Consitutional Convention, the fourth president of the United States, and the author of some of the Federalist Papers. He is called the "father of the Consitution" for his proposals at the Consitutional convention. -
King George 111
http://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=george3 He took the throne in the midst of the French and Indian war. -
Proclaimation of 1763
law created by British officials that prohibited colonists from settling inareas west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
a law passed by Parliment that raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay for an official dtamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents. -
Boston Massacre
an incident in which British soilders fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people. pg 31 -
Battle of Lexington
Battle of the Revolutionary War where the first shot of the war was fired pg 31 -
Thomas Paine: Common Sense
hE ISSUED AN EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL PAMPHLET .In his pamphlet, Common Sense, he condmned the whole system of monarchy and the rule of George 3. He called not for a protest but for a declaration of independence. His argument was based on enlightment thinking. -
Declaration of Independence
Statement of the Second Continental Congress that formally announced the colonies break with Britain. pg 33 -
Battle of Saratoga
A Revolutionary War battle in New York that resulted in a major defear of British troops;marked the Patriots' greatest victory up to that point in war. -
Articles of Confederation
the document that created the first central government for the u.,s; it was replaced by the constitution in 1789 -
Federalists
Supporters of the Constitution -
Battle of Yorktown
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War;site of General Charles Cornwallis's surrender on October 19,1781 -
Antifederalists
people who opposed the ratification of the constitution -
ratification
the official approval of the Constitution -
Treaty of Paris
Agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary war and established British recognition of the independence of the United States pg 37 -
Bicameral Legislature
made up of two houses
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Federalist Papers
Some of the most important support for the Consitution appeared in a series of 85 essays known as the Federalist Papers. It was published anonymously in a New York newspaper. Authors of the essays was James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. -
Great Compromise
Compromise in drafting the Constitution -bicameral legislature
-in the lower house, each states number of representatives is determined by poulation
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The Consitution
-replaced the articles of confederation provided representation for all states estab;ished three branches of government with seperation of powers to avoid tranny created checks and balances between the three branches included a Bill of Rights -
Democratic-Republicans
members of a political party founded in the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other leaders who wanted to preserve the power of state governments and promote agriculture pg 51 -
Second Great Awakening
a period of religious evangelism that began in the 1790s and became widespread in the United States by the 1830s pg 95 taught that through dedication adn hard work people could create a type of heaven on earth -
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments of the Constituion, ratified in 1791 Antifederalists only supported the constituion because of the Bill of Rights -
Whiskey Rebellion
a protest of small farmers in Pennsylvania against new taxes on whiskey pg 53 -
Eli W. and Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which seperated the seeds from the usable part of the cotton. Prior to the gin, seperating the seeds from the fluffy cotton fibers had been slow and expensive.This had a huge impact on the south. pg 97 -
Marburs v. Madision
Supreme Court case that established the principle of judical review. pg 54 -
Louisiana Purchase
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Lewis & Clark
once the Louisiana Purchase was approved, Jefferson sent out a number of expeditions. The most famous was the Lewis & Clark expedition (1804-1806) led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. the ultimate desitnation was the Pacific Ocean -
War of 1812
Caused by British Impressment of American sailors, international conflicts over commerce, and British military aid to Native Americans on the Northwest Territory frontier. Effects
Foreign respect for the united states, national pride, increase in American manufacturing, and less Native American resistance -
Stephen A douglas
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American politician and pro slavery nominee for president;he debated Abraham Lincoln about slavery during Illinois senatorial race. He proposed the unpopular Kansas-Nebraska Act and established the Freeport Doctrine, upholding the idea of popular sovereignty -
Second Bank of the U.S.
A national bank created by Congress and overseen by the federal government , its purpose was to regulate state banks pg 95 -
Fredrick Douglass
American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published an auto biography, The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, and founded the abolitionist newspaper, the North Star -
McCulloch v. Maryland
U,S. supreme court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland could not interfere with it. pg 93 -
Missouri Compromise
an agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state and outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36 degrees30inches lattitude. pg 93 -
nationalism
a sense of pride and devotion to a nation. a belief that exalts one's own nation above all others. The monroe doctrine was an example of this. -
Democratic Party
Andrew Jackson and his supporters created a new political party that eventually came known to be the Democratic Party -
National Republicans
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Andrew Jackson
popular hero of the war of 1812, and later became the 7th president of the U.S. His precidency is often characterized by coflict with native Americans, conflict of national bank, and increasing selectionalism -
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Martin Van Buren
pg 102 eighth president of the U.S. he extended the 10 hour workday outside of federal employees in 1840 -
Erie canal
the 365 mile long canal opened, connecting the great lake with the atlantic ocean the canal provided a quick, economical way to ship goods -
Indian Removal Act
President Jackson wanted to aquire indian land so he concluded to relocate them. As a result this act was passed which called for relocation of five nations to an area west of the mississippi river called Indian Territory
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Aboliton Movement
movement that focused on ending slavery for african americans pg 103 -
Trancendalism/Ralph Emerson
This was one of the most remarkable movements of the reform era thta took place in new england. Trancendalism is the belief that knowledge is not found only by observation of the world, but also through reason, intuition, and perosnal spiritual experiences pg 10 -
Temperance movement
one of the first goals of the reformers was to eliminate or lessen the use of achoholic bevrages. Temperance means moderations. Reformers wrote about the evils of achoho, which they linked to sickness,poverty,and the breakup of families -
Nat turner
an uprising by nat turner became the deadliest slave revolt in American History. He and six accomplices murdered a slaveholder and his family pg 103 -
William Loyd Garrison
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Trail of Tears
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an 800 mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in georgia to Indian Territory;resulted in the deaths of almost one fourth of the Cherokee people pg 95 -
Samuel Morse/telegraph
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Susan B. Anthony
American social reformer;she was active in the temperance,abolitionist,and women's suffrage movements and was co-organizer and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association. pg 180 -
William Henry Harrison
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John Tyler
10th president and vice president to William Henry Harrison
when Harrison died he went into office. He also offered a solution to the issue of annexing texas: Texas could join the union but only under certain conditions. pg 110 -
James K Polk
11th president of the U.S. he supported annexation of Texas and sought out for more land between texas and the Pacific. -
Mexican-American War
War fought between the U.S. and Mexico in which the U.S. gained more than 500,000 square miles of land, including New Mexico and California -
Seneca falls Convention
the first national womens rights convention at which the declaration of sentiments was written pg 102 -
Zachary Taylor
12th president ..Lincoln helped campaign for Zachary Taylor in reward for an administrative job...however whenTaylor won presidency he didn't get the reward as he expected -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
a treaty that ended the Mexican-Americn War and gave the United States much of mexicos northern territory -
Underground Railroad-Harriet T
a network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places pg 104 Harriet tubman was one famous conductor of the Undergorund Railroad. she escaped from slavery herself and helped others do the same -
Know Nothings
a mid 1800s secret anti Irish faternal organization, so called because its members, when asked about their groups activities, answered by saying I know Nothing. this group later became a political part called the American Party -
Manifest Destiny
the belief that it was America's God given right to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean . seven major western trails were all established by 1850
Santa Fe Trail- led from independence, misouri, to santefe, New Mexico
Oregon Trail- the longest and most famous trail used by migrants. 2,000 mile long stretched fom independence
The mormon trail- in 1830 mJoseph Smith founded a mormon church. Mormons were persecuted because their belief was diffrent from Christians so they migrated west -
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Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay's proposed agreement that allowed california to enter the Union as a free state and divided the rest off the Mexican Cession into two territories where slavery would be decided by popular sovreingty pg 117 -
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska choose whether to allow slavery -
James Buchanan
American politician and 15th president of the U.S. ; he was chosen as the Democratic nominee for president in 1854 for being politicaly experienced and not offensive to slave states. pg 118 -
Dred Scoot v. Stanford
a contoversial supreme court case. Scott, a slave had lived on free soil for many years . He sued for freedom, arguing that free soil made him free. in 1857court ruled sgainst him saying that the 5ht amendment protected the property rights of slaveholders. -
John Brown/Harper's ferry
John Brown, an abolitionist planed a raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He and his followers easily captured the arsenal but failed to start a revolt. Later U.S. marines captured them. They were tried for murder and treason against Virginia and were executed on December 2, 1859 pg119 -
Election of 1850
- Northrn and southern democrats split over running Douglas for president. -Democratic Prty splits, allowing Lincoln's election as president -Both houses of congress are in northern hands, and an opponent of slavery now will head the executive branch pg 121
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South Scedes/Confederate states of america
South scedes after Lincolns election as president. They wrote a new constitution whhich created an association of states called the Confederste States of America, also known as the Confederacy pg 121=122 -
Jefferson Davis
First and only president of the Confederate state of America pg 122 -
Battle of Bull Run
The first major battle of the Civil War , resulting in a Confederate victory;showing the North that the Civil War would not be easily won. pg125 -
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of the U.S. ; he promoted equl rights for African Americans in the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates. He issued the Emancipation Proclaimation and set in motion the Civil War, determined to preserve the Union He was assasinated in 1865 -
Fort Sumter
the first battle of the Civil War; surrendered by Union on April 14, 1861 pg 123 -
Robert E. Lee
American general;he refused Lincoln's offer to head the Union army and agreed to lead Confederate forces. He successfully led several major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg, and surrendered to the Union's commander general Grant at appomattox Courthouse. pg 124 (1807-1870) -
Emncipation Proclaimation
pg 127 an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union -
Battle of Antietam
A Union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history. -
Battle of Shiloh
a Civil War battle in Tennessee in which the Union Army gained greater control over the Mississippi River valley. -
Lincoln's Assasination
he did not live to see the war end or carry out his reconstruction plans. John Wilkes Booth, a southerner, shot Lincoln at Ford's theater in Washington D.C. He died the following morning. Lincon's vice president Andrew Johnson then became president pg 133 -
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Reconstruction
The period of time when the U.S made policies to rebuild the south pg 133 -
Fourteenth Amendment
worried that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 might be overtunred, Republicans in Congress passed the 14th Amendment. This required states to grant citizenship to "all persons born or nuturalized in the United States" and promised "equal protection of the laws" it basically wrote the Civil rights act into the constituion -
Civil Rights act of 1866
It would give African Americans citizenship and gurenteed them same legal rights as white americans. However, President Johnson vetoed it even though congress passed it. pg 134 -
Klu Klux Klan
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Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. president. Recieved A FIELD OF PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL IN CHARGE OF ALL Union forces after leading successful battle. he accpeted General Robert E. Lee's surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Courthouse,ending the Civil War pg 125 -
Progressivism
group of reform movements of the late 1800s that focused on urban problems , such as the plight of workers, poor sanitations, and corrupt political machines. pg 171 -
Sharecropping
a system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small protion of the crops. By the end of 1870s, most freedman and many poor white southerners were sharecroppers -
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Enforcement Acts
Congress passed three enforcement acts during 1870 and 1871. these laws set heavy penalties for anyone who trying to prevent a qualified citizen from voting. The acts also gave the army and federal courts th power to punish Klan members. -
Second Industiral Revolution
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John D. Rockefeller
American industrialist, and philanthropist; he made a fortune in the oil buisness and used vertical and horizontal integration to establish a monopoly on the steel buisness. pg 151 Rockefeller gave away large amounts of money to colleges and other good causes -
Cornelius Vanderbilt
American buisness leader who controlled the New York Central Railroad track. He later donated 1 million dollars to a Tennesse university.pg 152 -
Liberal Republicans
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Women's Christian Temperance Movement
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
battle betweem the U.S. Army led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and Sioux forces led by Chief Sitting Bull;the Sioux won the battle pg 143 -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states pg 161 -
Ruthford B. Hayes
19th president, republican. pg138
The election of 1876 was comprised. A republican-dominated commision gave the disputed votes to Hayes. In return, republicans agreed to withdraw remaining federal troops from the South. as a result, the last republican state governments collapsed and reconstruction ended. -
George Pullman
American buisness leader who made a fortune in the railroad buisness by designing and bulding railroad cars, including a sleeper car pg 152 -
James A. Garfield
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Chester Arthur
former president Garfields successor, making him the 21st president, and suprised many people by supporting government reforms.
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Grover Cleveland
Didn't favor annexation of Hawaii. pg 203/pg 161
22nd and 24th president.
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Dawes Act
legislation passed by congress that split up Indian reservation lands among individual Indians and promised them citizenship pg 144 -
William McKinley
25th president favored annexation of Hawaii unlike former president.. By 1898 Congress approved of annexation. pg 203 -
Settlement house/Jane Adams
Neighborhood center staffed by professionals and volunteers for education, recreation, and social activities in poor areas. One of the first settlement houses in America was Hull House in chigago , founded by Jane Adams and Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 pg 159 -
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Sherman Antitrust Act
a law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade pg 152 -
Wounded Knee Massacre
the U.S. army's killing of apporximately 150 Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota; ended U.S. Indian wars on the Plains. pg 144 -
Populist Party
a politiccal Party formed in 1892 that supported free coinage of silver,work reforms, immigration restrictions, and government ownerhip of railroads and telegraph an telephone systems, pg 160 -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
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the merge of two organizations;National Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association. It was under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Sudan B anthony served as president from 1892-1900. -
Plessy v Ferguson
This gave the force of federl law to the segragation practices that had been initiated in the South after the end of Reconstruction. The ruling was overturnerd in 1954 by the Supreme Courts desicion in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,Kansas case. -
Andrew Carnegie
American industrialist and humanitarian. He focused his attention on steelmaking and made a fortune through his vertical integration method of 151 -
Booker T. Washington
African American educator and civil rights leader;he was born into lavery and later became head of the Tuskegee Institute for career training for African Americans. He was an advocate for conservative social change pg 162 -
Theodore Roosevelt
26th president. He focused his efforts on trust busting, envrionmental conservation, and strong foreign policy pg 183 -
Square deal
Theodore Roosevelts 1904 campaign clogan; expressed his belief that the needs of workers, buisness, and consumers should be balanced, and called for limiting the power of trusts, promoting public healtha and safety, and improving working conditions pg 184 -
W.E.B Du Bois/ NAACP
American abolitionist and writer, he led Niagara Movement, calling for economic and educational equality for African Americans. He helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1905 PG 162 -
Brownsville Incident
the accusation of twelve memebers of the African American 25th infrantry of hooting spree in Brownsville, Texas that killed one man and wounded a police officer, since no one memeber took responsibility for the shooting , later it was determined that they had been falsely accused pg 193 -
William Howard Taft
27th president. He angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff. He lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
SIGNIFICANCE
-At least 140 people died.
-Ivestigators found similar hazards in workplaces across New York State
-New State laws were passed to require dramatic new fire safety measures,factory inspections,and sanitation improvements
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Federal Reserve Act
law that created a central fund drom which banks could borrow to prevent collapse during financial panic;it also placed the bank ing system under the supervision of the government for the first time. pg 191 -
Sixteenth Amendment
law that allowd congress to levy taxes based on sn individuals income. pg 190 -
Seventeenth Amendment
a constituional amandment allowing American voters to directly elect U.S. senators -
Woodrow Wilson
28th president. He proposed the Leauge of Nations after Wordl War 1. His reform legislation included direct election of senators,created the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Trade Commission, and he enacted child labor laws pg191 -
Clayton Antitrust Act
law tht prohibited companies from buying the stock of competing companies in order to form a monopoly, forbade companies from selling goods below the cost with the goal of driving their competitors out of buisness and made strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing legal. pg 191 -
Eighteenth Amendment
a constitutional amendment that outlawed the production and sale of achoholic bevreges in the United States;repealed in 1933 -
Prohibition
a ban on achohol that became a law in 1920;the ban was lifted in 1933
