US history SAT lincoln-bush sr
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 southern states succeed | as a result of Lincoln's election |
| Confederate States of America | South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas made up the ____________ |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States |
| great britian | foreign power which wants southern goods |
| south | military tradition was in the ______ |
| france | foreign power which made a loan to the confederay |
| ulysses s grant | army general for the Union |
| Robert E lee | army general for the confederacy |
| 10 percent plan | southern states must adopt constitution that forbade slavery voters must take an oath of allegiance |
| homestead act | 160 acres to families who moved west |
| emancipation proclamation | says that all slaves will be free |
| thirteenth | the amendment in the constitution which abolishes slavery |
| fourteenth | this amendment marks the end of presidential reconstruction and the beginning of "revenge" by congress |
| reconstruction act of 1867 | no legal government in any confederate state besides tennessee |
| fifteenth | the amendment which intended to permit blacks the right to vote |
| black codes | passed by southern states intending to restrict lives of the freedmen |
| black codes | laws passed by southerners which showed that blacks were intended to be kept subordinate |
| reconstruction act | 1. outlawed leading white males (in confederate army) to vote for new government 2. required new state government which was to be voted on by the masses |
| marital law | this prevailed after states fail to meet the reconstruction act |
| ku klux klan | political group which sought to frighten freedmen |
| tenure of office act | sought to make the executive branch less powerful than the legislative branch |
| ulysses s grant | former military general during the civil war who became president after johnson |
| transcontinental railroad | mode of transportation which was quicker than another during its time. was a fight between the central and union pacific railroads |
| credit mobilier | a corporation to finance and construct the union pacific railroad which sold land and materials at ridiculously high prices |
| whiskey ring | conspiracy to defraud the government |
| tweed ring | represented in the cartoons drawn by thomas nast |
| panic of 1873 | caused by the use of speculative money |
| rutherford b hayes | won the elect because the southern states preferred getting rid of federal troops in their home over a spot in the white house |
| bland-allison act | allowed government to buy citizen's silver while deterring inflation |
| coinage act of 1873 | resulted in government stop selling silver coins |
| pendelton act | set up the civil service commision |
| merit system | system which elects employees based on their credentials |
| tariff | main source of revenue |
| knights of labor | first labor union to collectively bargain |
| haymarket riot | made to protest the police brutality displayed as result of laborers rioting |
| granger laws | had women in the program- helped the granges (farms) with local problems DID NOT a political system but was one |
| interstate commerce act | creates the interstate commerce commission 1. charges y railroad needed to be reasonable 2. no special preference by railroad 3. pooling was forbidden 4. schedules, rates, and fares had to be published |
| pooling | agreement among railroads to charge same rates in one area |
| munn v illinois | max weight for storage of grain leads tot he interstate commerce act |
| knights of labor | first labs union to win a bargain |
| haymarket riot | causes increasingly negative views of the knights of labor to surface |
| anarchists | labor unions were seen as |
| wabash v illinois | decreased power of the Granges |
| interstate commerce commission | was deemed ineffective because of it couldn't make the railroads obey it |
| tariff | major issue of election of 1889 |
| sherman antitrust act | first big legislation to combat monopolies |
| sherman silver act | increased the amount of silver the government was required to purchase every month. to get rid of farmer debt |
| mckinley tariff | raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent, an act designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. protected farmers products |
| populist party platform | ran to help with over production |
| wilson-gorman tariff | pathetic tariff reform bill when compared to McKinley bill though it did add some goods to the free list |
| pullman strike | located in chicago and neighboring railroad town against pullman's wage cuts and gas bills. 100K workers quit but then an injunctions as sent against them to continue working |
| pullman strike | severe blow to the unions |
| debs | leader of pullman strike |
| american federation of labor | new dominating labor force after the pullman strike |
| 1897 | election which raised the issue of free silver v gold standard |
| spanish american war | war over cuba |
| yellow press | distorted jingoism which fired up american's negative opinions of the spanish in cuba |
| teller resolution | stated that the US would not try to annex Cuba |
| theodore Roosevelt | leader of the navy during the spanish american war |
| treaty of paris (post spanish war) | 1. spain gave up cuba 2. us got Philippines for 20 million 3. us got puerto rico and guam for free |
| open door policy | allows multiple Imperial powers access to China with china holding the power to tax |
| boxer rebellion | sought to drive foreign devils out of china |
| panama canal | built to link that atlantic and pacific ocean |
| trust problem | solved by the dismantlement of the northern security company which controlled all of the railroads int he northwest |
| coal strike | lead to the raise in wages for coal miners. a success for unions |
| conservation programs | were created to save resources |
| roosevelt corollary to the monroe doctrine | stated that the US would serve as the bridge for Latin America and Europe |
| hague conference | demonstrated the international deterrence of war |
| hepburn act | made to modify the interstate commerce act during teddy roosevelt's presidency |
| upton sinclair | wrote "the Jungle" |
| muckrakers | were investigative journalists which uncovered corruption in many areas |
| initiative | petition containing the draft for a law |
| referendum | petition signed by a certain percent of voters asks that a law be passed by legislatures be submitted to the ballot |
| recall | dismissal of elected or appointed officials |
| direct primary | anyone who wants to run for office may do so once they circulate a petition to the people |
| payne-aldrich tariff | was supposed to reduce rate appreciable without abandoning overprotection HOWEVER it increased 600 rates and made 250 other changes cause a HUGE split |
| conservation act | proposed by taft was a more logical approach to conservation of resources |
| underwood tariff | first substantial reduction of tariffs |
| federal reserve system | financial banking system of the US used to regulate money value and avoid panics |
| federal trade commission | controls false labeling adulteration of products conspiracies to maintain prices and false claims to patents |
| clayton antitrust act | sought to correct the weaknesses of the sherman anti trust act 1. prevent monopolies 2. does not apply to labor unions or other non profit organization 3. boycotts or peaceful terms of protest are legal |
| dollar diplomacy | US diplomacy had mainly to do with the protection of investments made by american citizens in latin american countries |
| the lusitania | foreign ship which was sunken bc it carried over 4K in weapons |
| sussex pledge | Passenger ships would not be targeted; Merchant ships would not be sunk until the presence of weapons had been established, if necessary by a search of the ship; Merchant ships would not be sunk without provision for the safety of passengers and crew. |
| sussex pledge | the breaking of this pledge led to the entry of US in WWI |
| liberty loans | bond issues |
| adamson act | passed to prevent the railroad workers from quitting during the time of war. states that they can work shorter hours for the same amount of pay |
| adamson act | gave the president power to take over railroads for military purposes |
| great migration | name given to the large number of blacks moving the the north |
| fourteen points | said by wilson to congress. seen as being h sonly way to maintain peace |
| league of nations | created at the end of WWI first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace |
| selective service act | the draft |
| Sinclair and Doheny | tried with conspiracy to defraud the government |
| kellogg briand treaty | outlawed war in the 62 nations that signed it |
| national origins immigration act | established a policy of immigration control |
| immigration act of 1965 | abolished the system of national quotas and made a global quota |
| over-speculation | raising of price without the corresponding raising of value |
| moratorium | delay or suspension of an activity or a law |
| reconstruction finance corporation | created after the depression empowered to lend up to 2 billion dollar to companies to stir up revenue |
| new deal | steps taken by FDR to deal with the Great Depression |
| works progress administration | plan to help young americans who just graduated or still ins school . give jobs to as many americans as possible |
| wagner connery act | guaranteed labor rihghts to organize and bargain collectively |
| social security | created in FDR's time to give money to the elderly and handicapped and unemployed |
| untied nations | created after WWII this is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. |
| Churchill | main figure in Britain during WWII |
| Stalin | main figure in Russia during WWII |
| yalta conference | held at the end of WWII to make accommodations for the new world |
| taft hartley act | 1. closed shops are illegal 2. unions and employers can be sued 3. injunctions can be issued to delay a strike 4. |
| closed shop | places that require a worked be a part of a union before being hired |
| truman doctrine | said to oppose aggressive communism all over the world. sends military powers to both greece and turkey |
| marshall plan | provide assistance for european countries devastated by WWII |
| NATO | attack on one of the 12 countries is an attack against them all |
| jospehy mccarthy | crazy anti communist man who blacklisted hundreds of people |
| brown v board of education | said that separate was inherently unequal |
| plessy v furgeson | gave legal support to separation based on race |
| suez canal | canal connecting israel and Egypt |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state |
| bay of pigs | place in cuba where US ships had occupied on the basis that the USSR was supplying Cuba with ballistic missiles |
| nuclear test ban treaty | banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water, |
| wesberry v sanders | case which states that all congressional districts must have around the same number of voters |
| civil rights act | 1. uniform standard must prevail to vote 2. projects of federal funs were to be equal 3. employment agency must nt discriminate in hiring firing or promotion based on race color or origin |
| voting rights act of 65 | this act said that the attorney general could send in investigators to make sure that all laws on voting were equal |
| medicare | federal program for persons over 65 |
| medicaid | federal program for poor people |
| Lydnon Bell Johnson | President against Poverty. sought to make the nation socially better |
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