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US History:Chapter13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charles Guiteau | shot president Garfield july 2th, 1881- he though he was doing good to the country |
| Gospel of Wealth | Andrew Carnegie advocated a gentler version of a Social Darwinism, that he called this |
| W.E.B. Du Bois | the leader of a new generation of African American Activists |
| Home Insurance Building | chicago's ten story, built in 1885, was the first skyscraper, but other buildings quickly dwarfed it. |
| Nativism | is an extreme dislike of immigrants by native born people |
| Granger Laws | several western states passed this that set maximum rates and prohibited railroads from charging ore for shot hauls than for long ones |
| Political Machine | an in formal political group designed to gain and keep power , came about party because cities had grown much faster than their governments |
| Individualism | one of the strongest beliefs of the era- and one that remains strong today- was the idea of this-believed that no matter how humble their origins, they could rise in society and go as far as their talents and commitment would take them |
| Plessy VS Ferguson | a case that et out a new doctrine of "separate but equal" public facilities |
| Tammany Hall | the NY city democratic political machine, was the most infamous such organization; William "Boss" Tweed was its leader during the 1860s-70s of this group |
| Salvation Army | the plight of the Urban poor prompted some reformers to find new ways to help. Their efforts gave rise to the Social Gospel movement, this, the YMCA and settlement houses |
| Pendleton Act | This act required that some jobs be filled by competitive written examination, rather than through patronage |
| Benjamin "Pap" Singleton | a former slave, became convinced that African Americans would never be given a change to get ahead in the south. So they moved to the western states like Kansas and formed their own communities |
| Wabash vs Illinois results | in 1886, the Supreme Court ruled in this that states could not regulate railroads of commerce that crossed state lines |
| Philanthropy | this philosophy (Gospel of Wealth) held that wealthy Americans engage in this and use their great fortunes to create the conditions that would help people help themselves |
| Graft | (fraud) getting money though dishonest or questionable means |
| Tenements | Working Class apartment buildings |
| Steerage | The cheapest accommodations of a steamship |
| Bessemer Process | first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel |
| Social Darwinism | This philosophy loosely derived from Darwin's theories, strongly reinforced the idea of individualism |
| William "Boss" Tweed | was a leader of political machine called Tammany hall during the 1860s and 1870s; his corruptness led to a prison sentence in 1874 |
| William McKinley | the governor of Ohio, chosen as a candidate |
| Booker T. Washington | the most famous African American of the late nineteenth century was the influential educator |
| William Jennings Bryan | The Democrats did not waiver on the silver issue; instead they nominated him, a strong supported of silver |
| Charles Darwin | argued that plan and animal life and evolved over the years by a process he called natural selection |
| Ida B. Wells | a fiery young African American woman from Tennessee, launched a fearless crusade against lynching (hanging without proper court proceedings ~ each year) |
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