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labor unions labor unions were formed in opposition to poor working conditions, workers wanted better pay, and regulation of working hours, strikes, collective bargaining, closed shops knights of labor first national labor organization, open to all, unskilled, called for 8 hour work day, el...

laissez faire Economic liberalism that believes in unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy. Social Darwinism The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperial...

Who were the types of people settling west in the Great Plains? Irish Immigrants, Civil War Veterans, Chinese Laborers, and Norwegians What were some challenges that the workers faced while trying to build the railroad? 1. Environment: Sierra Nevada Mountains 2. Granite: Men were unable to...

Gilded Age Age of history that occurred right after the end of the Civil War, brought lots of growth to America including lots of immigration from Europe Whiskey Ring During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the tax...

Approximately 50% of cowboys were what? Mexican and African American Where did Great Plains farmers live in the late 19th century? isolated farm houses What helped isolated farmers with cultural activities? National Grunge Where did the "final fling of the frontier" occur? ...

An important factor in transforming the nature of American agriculture after the Civil War was: A) increasing utilization of machinery. B) a decline in international markets for American farm products. C) a decrease in the size of the average American farm. D) the scarcity of land in the Great...

The compromise of 1877 that settled the disputed Hayes-Tilden election. Lead to withdraw of troops from the south and the virtual end of federal efforts to protect black rights here. White workers' resentment of Chinese labor competition. Caused anti-chinese violence and restrictions again...

Post war economic issues G.I.s finding jobs and housing, fears of economic problems, but war had increased income, everyone had savings accounts & war bonds 1946 Congressional Elections "Had enough?" Repubs win House and Senate. Robert Taft leads Repubs. Taft-Hartley Act to check ...

Which of the following best describes a similarity between Wilentz's and the Edsalls's arguments about political change in the 1980s? C) Both interpretations suggest tax policies as a factor contributing to conservative victories. Which of the following best describes a difference between ...

Uncle Tom's Cabin Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict. Lecompton Constitution Supported the existence of slavery in the proposed state and protect...

manifest destiny a saying created by John O'Sullivan, expressed the popular belief that the United States had a divine mission to extend its power and civilization across the breadth of North American during the 1840s. It was driven by nationalism, population increase, rapid economic development, ...

Dred Scott vs. Stanford Case approved by the Missouri Courts but denied by Supreme Court. Ruling states that all blacks are not citizens and do not have the right to petition the courts. In addition, slaves are property so the plaintiff's case about being on free soil is moot because property can ...

John Tyler elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died 1841-1845, President responsible for annexation of Mexico after receiving mandate from Polk, opposed many parts of the Whig program for economic recovery James Polk 11th President of the ...

Which of the following states the principle of "popular sovereignty?" The settlers in a given territory have the sole right to decide whether or not slavery will be permitted there. Of the following, the most threatening problem for the Union from 1861 through 1863 was Possible British re...

Gettysburg Turning point of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States U.S. Grant leading Union general in the American Civil War.Grant first reached national prominence by taking Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862 in the first Union victories of the war. The fo...

Wilmot Proviso Amendment to said that slavery should be prohibited in all territories taken from Mexico. Never became law, but it provoked a passionate defense of slavery from Southerners. Missouri Compromise ME was admitted to the Union as a free state and MO as a slave state. Any part par...

"No roads marked the way to the traveler in California then: but, guided by the sun and well-known mountain peaks, we proceeded on our journey. . . . Some forty or fifty men were at work with the cradle machines, and were averaging about eight ounces [of gold] per day to the man. But a few moments ...

Federalists Alexander Hamilton. Pro-British. Strong federal government. Loose interpretation of the constitution. Upperclass, merchants, bankers. Industrialists Democratic-Republicans Jeffersonians. Thomas Jefferson. Pro-French. State Rights. Strict interpretation of the constitution. Lower...

Andrew Jackson The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the pres...

Embargo Act Act put into law by Thomas Jefferson in 1807 that was the lowpoint of his presidency. Outlawed the sailing of American ships to foreign ports. This law was intended to protect American ships from the impressment of foreign forces, but ended up simply decimating the economies of port cit...

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