311581534 | Election of 1868 | Grant (R) vs. Horatio Seymour (D) | 0 | |
311581535 | "The Ohio Idea" | Print more paper money for redemption of federal war bonds. [Gold vs. Paper Money Debate] | 1 | |
311581536 | "Waving the Bloody Shirt" | Dredging up memories of the war (Grant) | 2 | |
311581537 | Tweed Ring | Led by Boss Tweed; Used intimidation, bribery tactics to create fraudulent elections and milk NYC | 3 | |
311581538 | Credit Mobilier Scandal | Members of Union Pacific RR formed Credit Mobilier construction company and hired themselves at inflated prices to get money from the government. | 4 | |
311581539 | Whiskey Ring | Robbed the Treasury of millions in Excise tax refunds. | 5 | |
311581540 | Liberal Republicans | Wanted to "Turn the Rascals Out" and urged the end of military reconstruction. Greeley was their candidate. | 6 | |
311581541 | Election of 1872 | Greeley (LR) vs. Grant (R) | 7 | |
311581542 | Cheap-Money Supporters | Debtors and Agrican groups wanted more money printed so that currency deprecated in value. [More Greenbacks] | 8 | |
311581543 | Hard-Money Supporters | Creditors did not want their loans repaid in devalued currency. [Gold & Silver Supporters] | 9 | |
311581544 | Resumption Act of 1875 | The government pledged to remove greenbacks from circulation and to redeem paper currency with gold at face value starting in 1879. | 10 | |
311581545 | Gilded Age | Sarcastic nickname for the three decades following the Civil War where corruption abounded. Thought of by Mark Twain. | 11 | |
311581546 | Election of 1876 | Hayes vs. Tilden | 12 | |
311581547 | Compromise of 1877 | In return for Hayes taking office, Democrats wanted troops withdrawn from the south and patronage for their supporters. In return, Republicans would abandon their commitment to states' rights. | 13 | |
311581548 | Plessy v. Furgeson | Legalized separate but equal facilities under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. | 14 | |
311581549 | Railroad Strike of 1877 | Employee wages cut by 10% in four large companies. President Hayes called in federal troops to quell the unrest. Exposed the weaknesses of the Labor Movement. | 15 | |
311581550 | Election of 1880 | Garfield (Arthur) vs. Hancock | 16 | |
311581551 | Stalwarts | Patronage supporters; so-called "Old Guard" republicans loyal to Grant | 17 | |
311581552 | Half-Breeds | Followed Secretary of State James Blaine and wanted to reform patronage. | 18 | |
311581553 | Pendleton Act | Made compulsory campaign contributions from federal employees illegal and established the civil service commission to make appointments on the basis of competitive exams. | 19 | |
311581554 | Election of 1884 | Blaine vs. Cleveland | 20 | |
311581555 | Grover Cleveland | advocated Laissez-Faire government. Was tactless and direct, outspoken and hot-tempered. | 21 | |
311581556 | Populist Party Demands | Inflation via coinage of silver; graduated income tax; government ownership of railroad, telegraph, telephone; direct US senator election; one-term presidency; shorter workday; immigration restrictions; adoption of referendum. | 22 | |
311581557 | Homestead Strike | 300 armed Pinkerton detectives were called in to crush a strike at a Carnegie steelworker plant over pay cuts. | 23 | |
311581558 | Cleveland's Response to Depression | Halt the draw on Treasury Gold by repealing the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890. Cleveland turns to wealthy bankers (Like J.P. Morgan) for loans; the bankers lent 65 million dollars in gold. | 24 | |
311581559 | Transcontinental Railroad | Required Government Subsidies - land and money; Union Pacific (West from Omaha, used Irish Labor), Central Pacific (East from Sacramento, used Chinese Labor) | 25 | |
311581560 | Rebate | offer to powerful shippers to cut rates in return for steady business | 26 | |
311581561 | The Grange | (Patrons of Husbandry) - Farmers protested against their mistreatment by railroad companies. Wanted Government regulation | 27 | |
311581562 | The Wabash Case | Supreme Court ruled that only the federal government may regulate interstate commerce. | 28 | |
311581563 | Interstate Commerce Act | 1887 - Prohibited Rebates and pools, required railroads to post rates, and set up ICC to monitor railroads. | 29 | |
311581564 | Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the Telephone | 30 | |
311581565 | Thomas Edison | Invented Phonograph, Mimeograph, Dictaphone, Lightbulb, etc. | 31 | |
311581566 | Carnegie | Powerful steel producer | 32 | |
311581567 | Vertical Integration | owning all aspects of production and distribution for a product. | 33 | |
311581568 | Rockefeller | Master of Horizontal Integration; (The trust/monopoly) | 34 | |
311581569 | Horizontal Integration (The Trust) | Allying with competitors to monopolize a given market (Standard Oil) | 35 | |
311581570 | JP Morgan | Bought out Carnegie when he retired | 36 | |
311581571 | Interlocking Directorates | Consolidated Rival Enterprises and placed officers of one company on the boards of another | 37 | |
311581572 | US Steel | America's First billion dollar corporation | 38 | |
311581573 | Gospel of Wealth | Said that the wealthy had been entrusted with society's wealth and thus had to prove themselves morally responsible. | 39 | |
311581574 | Social Darwinists | millionaires are a product of natural selection | 40 | |
311581575 | Sherman Anti-Trust Act | (1890) Forbade combinations in restraint of trade. Many legal loopholes | 41 | |
311581576 | Company Town | A town owned and operated by a corporation | 42 | |
311581577 | Injunction | a court order to return to work; allowed companies to call in police | 43 | |
311581578 | Yellow Dog Contract | Prevented signer from joining a labor union | 44 | |
311581579 | lockout | locked factory doors against rebellious workers | 45 | |
311581580 | NLU | skilled, unskilled, farm labor; nominally included women and blacks. Wanted 8 hr. workday. | 46 | |
311581581 | Knights of Labor | Followed NLU. Sought to include all workers, even non-producers; wanted economic/social reform, codes for safety & health | 47 | |
311581582 | Haymarket Square | 1886 in Chicago; several dozen people killed/injured by a bombing during a strike; associated Knights with anarchy (no proof) | 48 | |
311581583 | AF of L | Association of Self-Governing national unions that sought better wages, hours, and working conditions. Skilled craftsmen only. | 49 | |
311581584 | Closed Shop | Only union labor allowed in the factory, corporation, etc. | 50 | |
311581585 | Growth of Cities | skyscrapers, trolley, mass-transit, electricity/telephones, indoor plumbing, people held industrial jobs. Growth of consumerism | 51 | |
311581586 | City Problems | crime, sanitation, impure water, uncollected garbage, animal waste, slums. | 52 | |
311581587 | Dumbbell Tenement | 7/8 stories, shallow sunless shafts for minimal ventilation, several families shared a hall toilet. Originally for middle class but became slums. | 53 | |
311581588 | Old vs. New Immigrants | Old immigrants came from northern and western Europe - British, Germans, Scandinavians. New immigrants came from southern & eastern Europe - Russia, Poland (Orthodox Christians and Jews). New immigrants did not fit in well. | 54 | |
311581589 | Jane Addams/Hull House | A settlement house to help women and children & to offer English instruction, childcare, and counseling | 55 | |
311581590 | Nativism | Anti-foreigner sentiments; reaction to immigration - emerged in 1880. | 56 | |
311581591 | American Protective Association | Major nativist organization that claimed a million members | 57 | |
311581592 | Salvation Army | (Imported From England); gave aid to poor and unfortunate people | 58 | |
311581593 | Christian Science Church | Mary Baker Eddy - believes that sickness is healed by true practices of Christianity | 59 | |
311581594 | YMCA & YWCA | combined religious and physical education "Young Men/Women's Christian Association" | 60 | |
311581595 | Chatauqua Movement | (1874) Provided Lectures featuring well-known speakers and courses for home study. | 61 | |
311581596 | Booker T. Washington | Taught Black students in Tuskegee, AL useful trades - "accomodationist approach" because it stopped just short of challenging white supremacy. Avoided equality issue. | 62 | |
311581597 | WEB DuBois | Called Washington an "uncle tom" and demanded complete equality for blacks. Founded NAACP | 63 | |
311581598 | Pulitzer and Hearst/"Yellow Journalism" | "Sensationalist" news - simply and punchily written - "Yellow Kid" comic supplements. | 64 | |
311581599 | Horatio Alger Stories | A Puritan New-Englander who wrote 100 volumes of Juvenile Fiction that sold over 100 million copies. "Survival of the Purest" themes | 65 | |
311581600 | Comstock Law of 1873 | Law against pornography, including birth control. | 66 | |
311581601 | Victoria Woodhull | Publicly proclaimed her belief in free love. Published "Wooodull and Claflin's Weekly" with her sister. | 67 | |
311581602 | Carrie Chapman Catt | Women's suffrage; Argued not than women were equal but that they needed the vote to carry out their role as homemakers and mothers in the city. | 68 | |
311581603 | Frances Willard | Championed the Temperance cause; also was a planned-parenthood supporter. | 69 | |
311581604 | Carrie A. Nation | Husband had died of alcoholism; smashed saloon bottles and bars violently. | 70 | |
311581605 | Anti-Saloon League | 1893; members sang songs and attempted to pass statewide prohibitions. Temporary amendment in 1919 but later was repealed. *Maine Prohibition | 71 |
APUSH 23-25 (American Pageant) Flashcards
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