Industrialization of the U.S Review – Flashcards
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Bessemer Process
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Created strong, lightweight steel
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Laissez-faire
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allow businesses to operate under minimal government regulation
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Most immigrants processed at Angel Island were from
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Asia
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With growth of urban areas, economic opportunities for women
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dramatically expanded
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After Civil War, the South
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diversified it's farming
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Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887
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granted each Native American family a 160-acre farmstead
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Exodusters
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African Americans who fled the South after reconstruction
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Demise of the open-range system
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ruined by the invention of barbed wire
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In Plessy v. Ferguson, supreme court supported constitutionality of
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Jim Crow Laws
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National Grange
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provided education on new farming techniques & regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates
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Populism had lasting effect on
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the style of politics in the U.S
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Cartoonists like Joseph Keppler portrayed what in their illustrations?
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political corruption, current events, influences of big corporations
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In late 1800's, organization among farmers resulted in...
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more regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates
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The 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments effected Southerners by
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giving Black southerners more political and economic freedom
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Spoils System made political parties more powerful by
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filling important government positions with party supporters
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In late 1800's The Republican Party supported..
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both high tariffs and the gold standard
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Capitalism fueled industrialization by
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encouraging entrepreneurs to establish businesses
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Coinage Act of 1873 caused protests by
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stopping the minting of silver coins
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New railroads benefited western cattle ranchers by..
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providing a way to transport meats to Eastern markets
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After Civil War, the cost of living decreased because
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technology made manufacturing more efficient
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Cities addressed the problems caused by urban living by
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Governments beginning to offer services such as mass transit and sanitation
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ICC formed to
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oversee railroad operations
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Boll Weevil
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threatened the livelihoods of Southern farmers
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What revoked Southern blacks' civil rights?
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local and state laws
