The West, Industrialization, Populism, progressives, immigration, the Spanish-American War, and the Presidents
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Transcontinental Railroad | built to connect East and West Coast |
Reservations | places where Indians were forced to live by government |
What forced the Indians on the reservation? | the destruction of buffalo |
buffalo soldiers | black soldiers who fought in the West |
homestead act | government gave 160 acres of free land if you lived/aproved for 5 years |
Joseph Glidden | invented barbwire |
thomas edison | improved the lightbulb and invented 1000 things |
capitalism | private indivisuals own the buisness and run them to make a profit |
samuel morse | invented the telegraph and morris code |
marconi | invented wireless-radio |
alexander graham bell | invented the telephone |
wright brothers | 1st successful airplain |
corporation | large company tht has a charter and can issue stock |
john d. rockefeller | created standard oil/first monopoly; worlds first billionaire |
andrew carnegie | made fortune in steel/gave most money to charity |
henry ford | used moving assembly line to make first affordable car (model-T) |
SC Textile Industry | major industry in sc in late 19 and early 20 century |
union | organization of workers |
strike | workers refuse to work |
AFL-CIO | largest group of unions today |
populists | farmers political party formed from farmers alliances |
benjamin ryan tillman | farmers alliance in sc latr governor and senator |
sc dispensary | created to control the consumption of alcohaul |
prohibition | in 1915 the state went dry 5 years before the federal gov tried |
progressives | wanted to use gov to bring about change |
muckrakers | writers who wrote about what was wrong in america |
upton sinclair | wrote the Jungle about the meat industry which led to the FDA |
19th admendment | gave women right to vote |
richard i manning | scs most successful progressives gov. |
what were the progressives achievments? | 1. workers consenpation 2. child labor laws 3. better hospitals 4. DOT |
anna pollitzer | from sc headed the womens rights movement |
old immigration | came form Northern/western Europe |
new immigration | came from Eastern/Southern Europe 25 million |
Statue of Liberty | given as a gift from France |
The great migration | blacks from the south went North for better jobs and to escape jim crow |
imperialism | gain territory beyond your border |
alaska | bought from russia for 7.2 million. |
yellow journalism | write lies to sell papers |
uss maine | destructio to cuba led the us to declare war on spain |
spanish american war | shortest war us fought spain to free cuba |
guam, wake, puerto rico, and the phillipines | were taken by us for bases at end of spanish american war |
theodore roosevelt and the rough riders | became heros in short spanish american war |
panama canal | by a treaty with panama the us built the canal to connect the atlantic and pacific ocean |
rutherford b. hayes | (r) compromise of 1877 made him president |
james garfield | (r) 2nd pres to be killed by a man who didnt get a job |
chester arthur | (r) became president among garfields death who supported civil service reform |
pendelton act | created by federal civilservice and ended the spoils system |
grover cleveland | (d) served 2 non consecutive terms |
wiliam mckinley | pres in spanish american war, 3rd pres to be killed |
theodore roosevelt | (r) pres after mckinley waskilled; a progressive, trust buster (supp fda) |
william howard taft | (r) progressive, largest pres ever elected |
woodrow wilson | last progressive pres in ww1 |
name 4 men killed in office in order | lincoln, garfield, mckinley, and kennedy(jfk) |
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