Chapter 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869 1896

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Chapter 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869 1896

Chapter 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869 – 1896 p. 504 – 528

1. Panic of 1873

2. Hard Money vs. Cheap Money

3. Democrats vs. Republicans (differences in Gilded Age)

4. Constitutional Crisis in Election of 1876

5. Compromise of 1877

6. Electoral Count Act

7. Redeemers

8. Crop-Lien System

9. Jim Crow Laws 10. Chinese Exclusion Act

11. U.S. vs. Wong Kim Ark

12. Pendleton Act 1883

13. Laissez-Faire

14. Populist Party

15. Forgettable Presidents Chapter 24: Industry Comes of Age, 1865 – 1900 p. 530 – 556

1. Government Subsidies:

2. Union Pacific/Central Pacific Railroads:

3. Standard Time:

4. Stock Watering:

5. Pool:

6. Wabash Case 1886:

7. Interstate Commerce Act 1887:

8. Interstate Commerce Commission:

9. Vertical Integration: 10. Horizontal Integration (Combination):

11. Trusts

12. Consumer Goods/Capital Goods:

13. Gospel of Wealth:

14. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890:

15. “Pittsburgh Plus” Pricing System:

16. Company Towns:

17. National Labor Union:

18. Knights of Labor:

19. Haymarket Square Riot:

20. American Federation of Labor:

21. Closed Shop: Chapter 25: America Moves to the City, 1865 – 1900 p. 558 – 593

1. Morill Act (1862)

2. Comstock Law (1873)

3. Women’s Christian Temperance Union (1874)

4. The Tuskegee Institute

5. Immigration Restriction Law (1882)

6. Louis Sullivan

7. Jane Addams / Hull House

8. Carrie Nation

9. Booker T. Washington

10. W.E.B. DuBois Chapter 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865 – 1896, p.594 – 624

1. Treaties at Ft. Laramie, Ft. Atkinson, 1851

2. “Taming” of the Indians

3. Hunchback Cows

4. Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

5. Comstock Lode

6. Helldorados

7. Beef Barons

8. Long Drive

9. Homestead Act of 1862

10. Great American Desert

11. Sodbusters

12. Dry Farming

13. “closing” of the frontier 14. safety-valve theory

15. single “cash” crops

16. “nothing but the mortgage”

17. National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry

18. Farmers Alliance

19. Peoples Party

20. Pullman Strike of 1894

21. Richard Olney

22. The “Fourth Party System” (see p. 623) – Explain the different systems that existed from the 1790s to 1900 Chapter 27: Empire and Expansion, 1890 – 1909 p.626 – 651

America Turns Outward What were the reasons for US expansionism in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s? 1.

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Spurning the Hawaiian Pear For what reasons did the US attempt to annex Hawaii?

Cubans Rise in Revolt Why did the Cubans revolt against Spain? 1.

2.

Why did the United States decide to intervene in the Cuban revolt? 1.

2.

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Define: Teller Amendment

Dewey’s May Day Victory at Manila/The Confused Invasion of Cuba Summarize the series of events of the Spanish-American War: America’s Course (Curse?) of Empire What did the US gain as a result of the Spanish-American War? 1.

2.

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What were the problems with the Philippines? 1.

2.

3.

How did the Anti-Imperialists view US expansion?

How did Expansionists justify expansion?

Define: White Man’s Burden

Perplexities in Puerto Rico and Cuba Define: Foraker Act

What did the Supreme Court say about whether US laws and the Constitution apply to newly acquired possessions in Insular Cases 1901?

Define: Platt Amendment

New Horizons in Two Hemispheres Why did Secretary of State John Hay call the Spanish-American War a “splendid little war”?

What were some of the results of the war in the US?

Little Brown Brothers in the Philippines How did William Howard Taft patch up relations between the US and the Philippines?

Hinging the Open Door to China Define: Spheres of Influence:

Open Door Policy:

Boxer Rebellion:

Imperialism or Bryanism in 1900 Election of 1900 - Republican candidate - Democratic candidate - Winner? - What was victory a mandate for? (2 things)

How did TR become president?

What did he believe about presidential power?

Building the Panama Canal Define: Hay-Pauncefote Treaty 1901

Why was Panama chosen as the site for the canal?

How did the US acquire the right to build the canal through Panama?

How long did it take and what did it cost?

TR’s Perversion of Monroe’s Doctrine What led to the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

Define: Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Roosevelt on the World Stage Summarize the problems between Japan and Russia. How did TR attempt to settle their differences?

Japanese Laborers in California Define: “yellow peril”:

Gentlemen’s Agreement:

Great White Fleet:

Root-Takahira Agreement 1908:

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