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AP def not covered in BJU 16
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American Protective Association (APA) | Anti-foreign organizations like this arose to go against new immigrants, and labor leaders were quick to try to stop new immigration, since immigrants were frequently used as strikebreakers. |
Jane Addams | She was deeply dedicated to uplifting the urban masses and founded Hull House in 1889 to teach children and adults the skills and knowledge that they would need to survive and succeed in America. |
Social Gospel | the nation’s conscience awoke to the plight of the slums, and people like Walter Rauschenbusch and Washington Gladden began preaching, insisting that churches tackle the burning social issues of the day. |
Bessemer process | an invention that made steel-making cheaper and much more effective, cold air blown on red-hot iron burned carbon deposits and purified it. |
Mesabi Range | exploited natural resources (like coal, oil, and iron, the iron came from the Minnesota-Lake Superior region which yielded the rich iron. |
stock watering | One method of cheap moneymaking in which railroad companies grossly over-inflated the worth of their stock and sold them at huge profits. |
pools | an early name for trusts. |
Wabash case | the Supreme Court issued its ruling in which it ruled that states could not regulate interstate commerce, such as trains. |
Dingley Tariff Bill | was passed to replace the Wilson-Gorman law and raise more revenue,raising the tariff level to whopping 46.5 percent. |