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33752764John Adamssaid, "The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people...This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the peoplej was the real American Revolution."
33752765John Quincy Adamssecretary of state under Monroe; deftly negotiated a number of treaties that fixed U.S. borders, opened new territories, and acquired Florida from the Spanish
33752766Jane Addamsfounded Hull House
33752767American Antislavery Societyn abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass was a key leader of the society and often spoke at its meetings
33752768American Federation of Laboronly skilled workers, led by Gompers, focused on "bread and butter" issues
33752769American Protective Associationan American anti-Catholic society (similar to the Know Nothings) that was founded on March 13, 1887 by Attorney Henry F. Bowers in Clinton, Iowa
33752770Susan B. Anthonyled the fight for women's suffrage, convincing Congress to introduce a suffrage amendment to the Consitution
33752771Antimasonic Partya 19th century minor political party in the United States. It strongly opposed Freemasonry, and was founded as a single-issue party, aspiring to become a major party
33752772Chester Arthurpresident during Gilded Age
33752773Elizabeth Blackwellan abolitionist, women's rights activist, and the first female doctor in the United States
33752774John Brownled a raid on a proslavery camp, murdering five; raided Harper's Ferry
33752775William Jennings Bryanbacked by Populists in 1896 presidential election
33752776Jame Buchananhad been out of the country for 4 years when elected president in 1856
33752777Chief Joseph and the Nez Percethe chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Indians during General Oliver O. Howard's attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other "non-treaty" Indians to a reservation in Idaho. For his principled resistance to the removal, he became renowned as a humanitarian and peacemaker
33752778Civil Service Commissioncreated by Pendleton Act to oversee examinations for potential government employees
33752779Committees of Correspondencegroups throughout the colonies that traded ideas and apprised each other of the political mood
33752780Coxey's Armya protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by the populist Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history to that time
33752781Eugene V. Debsled Socialists
33752782Thomas A. Edisoninventor
33752783Emerson and Thoreautranscendentalists
33752784Millard Fillmorethe thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office
33752785First Continental Congressall colonies except Georgia attended in 1774
33752786Free-Soil Partya regional, single-issue party devoted to the goals of the Wilmot Proviso
33752787Robert Fultoninventor of steamboat
33752788James Garfieldpresident during Gilded Age
33752789Citizen Edmond Genetvisited America to seek its assistance in the French Revolution
33752790George IIInew kin, felt that the colonists should help pay the debt from the Seven Years' War
33752791Samuel Gompersled the AFL, concentrated on "bread and butter" issues
33752792The Grange movementcooperatives, with the purpose of allowing farmers to buy machinery and sell crops as a group and, therefore, reap the benefits of economies of scale
33752793Ulysses S. Grantcorrupt administration
33752794Greenback PartyThe party opposed the shift from paper money back to a specie-based monetary system because it believed that privately owned banks and corporations would then reacquire the power to define the value of products and labor. Conversely, they believed that government control of the monetary system would allow it to keep more currency in circulation, as it had in the war
33752795Benjamin Harrisonpresident during Gilded Age
33752796William Henry Harrisonthe first Whig president
33752797Rutherford B. Hayeselected president in 1876
33752798William Randolph Hearsthelped newspaper industry grow with yellow journalism
33752799Andrew Jacksonpopular president who believed in universal manhood suffrage
33752800Thomas Jeffersonwrote the Declaration of Independence; Secretary of State under Washington
33752801Andrew JohnsonLincoln's vice-president; opposed secession and strongly supported Lincoln during his first term
33752802Knights of Laborone of the most important American labor organizations of the 19th century, demanded an end to child and convict labor, equal pay for women, a progressive income tax, and the cooperative employer-employee ownership of mines and factories
33752803Know-Nothing (American) Partymet privately and remained secretive about their political agenda, rallied around a single issue: hatred of foreigners
33752804Ku Klux Klantargeted those who supported Reconstruction; it attacked and often murdered scalawags, black and white Republican leaders, community activists, and teachers
33752805Liberty PartyThe party was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause. It broke away from the American Anti-Slavery Society due to grievances with William Lloyd Garrison's leadership
33752806Abraham Lincoln40% of popular vote; over 50% of electoral vote
33752807Alfred Thayer Mahan (author, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History)His ideas on the importance of sea power influenced navies around the world, and helped prompt naval buildups before World War I
33752808Horace Manninstrumental in pushing for public education and education reform in general
33752809William McKinleypro-business, his assassination made Theodore Roosevelt president
33752810James Monroepresident who wanted Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
33752811Mormon Churchfounded by Joseph Smith, moved to Salt Lake City
33752812National Labor Unionfirst national labor federation in the United States
33752813Thomas PaineEnglish printer who advocated colonial independence and argued for the merits of republicanism over monarchy
33752814Franklin Piercemoderate, elected president after publishing of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
33752815James Polka Democrat expansionist who ran against Henry Clay in 1844: "54 40 or fight", Mexican-American War
33752816Populist Party/Platformfarmers' movement: government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, a graduated income tax, direct election of U.S. senators, and shorter workdays
33752817Joseph Pulitzerhelped newspaper industry grow with yellow journalism
33752818Queen Liluokalani/Hawaiithe last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii; her government was overthrown by the U.S.
33752819Republican Partydedicated to keeping slavery out of the territories, but they championed a wider range of issues, including the further development of national roads, more liberal land distribution in the West, and increased protective tariffs
33752820Rough Ridersthe name bestowed by the American press on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War
33752821Second Continental Congressconvened just weeks after the battles of Lexington and Concord. It prepared for war by establishing a Continental Army, printing money, and creating government offices to supervise policy.
33752822Seventh Day Adventist Churcha Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance of Saturday, the "seventh day" of the week, as the Sabbath; established in 1863 with Ellen G. White as one of its founders
33752823Shakersutopian group that splintered from the Quakers, believed that they and all other churches had grown too interested in this world and neglectful of their afterlives; no sex
33752824Sons of Libertygroup who protested the Stamp Act
33752825Elizabeth Cady Stantonone of the leader's of the women's rights movement
33752826Zachary TaylorWhig military hero, elected president
33752827Frederick Jackson Turner (author of The Significance of the Frontier in American History)announced that the frontier was gone, and with it the first period of American history
33752828Nat Turnerled violent slave uprising, caused passage of black codes
33752829"Boss" Tweedan American politician who was convicted for stealing over 100 million dollars from New York City taxpayers through political corruption; head on Tammany Hall
33752830Martin Van Burenbecame president as the country was entering the Panic of 1837; made the situation worse by continuing Jackson's policy of favoring hard currency
33752831Booker T. Washingtonpromoted economic independence as the means by which blacks could improve their lot
33752832George Washingtonled a colonial contingent that attacked a French outpost and lost badly, but welcomed as a hero in Virginia; first president
33752833Whig Partya loose coalition that shared one thing in common: opposition to one or more of the Democrats' policies
33752834Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)spearheaded the crusade for prohibition
33752835Workingmen's Partythe first Marxist-influenced political party in the United States

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