- The railroads caused Natives to get kicked out of their own land and brought about people who hunted buffalo for fun The railroads also brought about more people with bacteria, bullets, and bottles of alcohol
- These schools forced Natives to assimilate into "American culture" by cutting their hair, changing their clothes, forcing them to take on white names, and making them speak only English. They would also take them to places that would make them only speak English
- Anti-foreign and anti-Catholic looked down on them because of their high birth rate: feared that they would quickly outbreed and outvote the original Anglo-Saxons
- Said that women have traditionally been responsible for the health and well-being of their children so why can't they vote to make sure their children have the best lives possible
- Ida B. Wells helped launch the black women's club movement, which led to the establishment of the National Association of Colored Women in 1896.
- Boss Tweed was the boss of Tammany Hall in NYC (the center of the Democratic Party Bribery, election fraud, political patronage (use of state funds to reward individuals for their political support) Urban Political Machines courted the immigrant vote, participated in voter fraud, and were overall extremely corrupt
- Thomas Nast (famous political cartoonist) too Boss Tweed down through media, saying that he was a corrupt, money hungry man
- Movement in which Protestant Christians in which they preached in the streets to fight against injustice, suffering, and poverty in society, insisted that churches tackle these issues
- Robber Baron: exploit workers, stealing, taxes to make people richer not to promote public good Captains of Industry: a business leader whose ways of amassing a personal fortune somehow contributes positively to the country
- Pendleton Act of 1883 made mandatory campaign contributions from federal employees illegal and established Civil Service Commision to make appointments to federal jobs on the basis of merits Civil service Reform: forced politicians to gain support and funds from big-business leaders
- Came from a wealth family, primarily focused on finances and bankingUsed his profits to invest in other companies, such as railroads.Bought Carnegie's steel company around 1900Used the (now illegal) scheme of interlocking directorates to defeat and eventually take over his competitorsMorgan bailed out the U.S. Treasury during Cleveland's second term, and prevented the US government from going bankrupt
- Was born neither poor nor rich. Solid education and worked his way to the top.Monopoly in the oil business: Standard Oil.Used horizontal integration to bankrupt and buy out competitorsNickname: "Wreck-a-fellow"Used his $ and power to bribe CongressmenBecame very philanthropic later in life, perhaps because of guilt.
- In the Election of 1876, the election was tied between Hayes (Republican) and Tilden (Democrat) The Compromise of 1877: Hayes is elected and the democrats are promised: Reconstruction ends and the military is withdrawn from the south Patronage and railroad construction through Texas
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- if there was no cash crops, how much reason was there for slavery?
- new england had how many years of life expectancy compared to England?
- what were the codes that involved slaves?
- what percentage of slaves lived in the south?
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