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AP US History: Period 6 Flashcards

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5156414596American Indianstribes were being dispersed onto small reservations0
5156414597Conspicuous consumptionthe rich continued to bask in their wealth spending money on things such as museums while the poor continued to suffer1
5156414598Holding companiesone company owns the majority of stock of a large number of companies2
5156414599Laissez-fairethe theory that the government should not interfere in the operations of the free market3
5156414600National parksan area for the enjoyment of the public or the preservation of wildlife4
5156414601New immigrants vs. Native-bornnew immigrants migrated from southern and eastern Europe for economic opportunities while native-born a.k.a natural-born citizens were born on U.S. soil5
5156414602People's Party (Populists)represented mostly farmers and labors and they fought for political reform6
5156414603Progressive Reformerswanted to solve the problems left behind from the Gilded Age7
5156414604Social Darwinismthe rich argued they were a result of natural selection to defend their unfair business practices8
5156414605Telegraphsallowed information to spread more quickly9
5156414606Urban Middle Classwith the growth of industrialization, it created the need for more workers that formed a new group of middle class Americans. New technologies improved the middle-class quantity of life10
5156414607XenophobiaFear of foreigners11
5156414608Chinese Exclusion Actprohibited Chinese immigration12
5156414609Dawes Actsought to assimilate Native Americans13
5156414610Gospel of WealthAccording to Carnegie it was the duty of the wealthy to donate money to the poor to help with economic inequality (philanthropy)14
5156414611Interstate Commerce Actcalled for the regulation of the railroad industry and fair business practices15
5156414612American Federation of Laborconsisted of skilled worker only and was lead by Samuel Gompers16
5156414613Knights of Laborconsisted of skilled and unskilled workers and was lead by Terrance Powderly17
5156414614National Woman Suffrage Associationadvocated for the right to vote for women18
5156414615Plessy v. Fergusonupheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the claim of "separate but equal"19
5156414616Referendumcitizens could make a direct decision on laws20
5156414617Women's Christian Temperance Unionsought to abolish saloons and alcohol (prohibition)21
5156414618Gilded Agea period in which there was social, political, and economic change during the expansion of the economy22
5156414619Ida B. Wellsadvocated for a federal anti-lynching law23
5156414620Industrializationthe process in which a society transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society to manufacturing24
5156414621Labor unionsa formation of workers that fought against unjust working conditions25
5156414622Political machinesprovided jobs, food, housing, and money in exchange for political support26
5156414623Social Gospelclaimed it was Christians duty to take care of the poor27
5156414624Settlement Houseswere created to help immigrants adjust to American life28
5156414625The Grange Movementsought to bring farmers together to promote their social and economic needs29
5156414626Capitalisma social system based on the principle of individual rights30

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