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dumb shit
stupid shit some dumbass expects me to learn
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gilded | looks like a shimmer of gold. shitty on inside, pretty on the outside. has to do with the wealthy & politics |
| bosses | rich powerful men in control of politics, run cities |
| Boss Tweed | steels 200 million from NYC in the Tammany Hall political machine |
| Whiskey Ring | bribes from distilleries in order to not pay taxes |
| Gilded Presidents | James Garfield & Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Pendelton Service Act | merit system to establish un-bias gov. hiring - creates Civil Service Commission |
| Progressives | address social & political problems -push for new laws -cities cleanup: toilets, running water, deaths decrease, america's cities are some of the cleanest in the world |
| Wisconsin Idea | get rid of corruptive machines in politics & make state gov. more professional |
| Muckrakers | rake up dirt on people & birth of modern media -effect: public is made aware |
| Direct Primary | people, not party leaders choose candidates for office |
| 17th Amendment | people, not state legislatures vote on senators. |
| recall | right to revote a person in office |
| initiative | right to propose a new law through petition of signatures |
| referendum | allows voters to approve or disapprove a measure passed by gov. |
| new laws | clean up cities -must go to school -new health courses |
| triangle shirt waist factory | fire, skinny halls, not enough exits, locked doors, no water, lots of other shit i should probs remember |
| some kids at age 5 worked, why? | no law could be passed to stop it |
| IWW | industrial workers of the world -want to bring all workers together in one big union -success @ 1st, then scary to americans in fear of their power |
| women's suffrage & temperance | know something about them i guess? who fucking knows. |
| seneca falls conference | -property rights -higher education -non-professional jobs |
| clubs | meant to tackle women's rights & society problems -women organize clubs |
| temperance | TO BAN ALCOHOL!!!!!!!!! fuck that. |
| suffrage | to gain the right to vote -susan b anthony starts this!!! |
| WCTU | womans christian temperance union -francis willard = long time president |
| anti-saloon league | same goals as temperance, different name |
| 18th amendment | outlawed the manufacturing, sale, or transportations of alcohol |
| NAWSA | national american women suffrage association -parades & meetings are daily events for change |
| 19th amendment | gives WOMEN the right to vote |
| 13th amendment EC | ban slavery |
| 14th amendment EC | citizenship |
| 15th amendment EC | blacks can vote |
| 16th amendment EC | something that has to do with taxes |
| 18th | temperance |
| 19th | women can vote |
| Booker T Washington | born a slave, became educated -FOCUSES ON EDUCATION FOR ALL -starts the tuskegee institute in alabama!!! -doesnt want to fight discrimination, but outsmart by getting educated |
| Ida B Wells | opponent to violence in discrimination -draws heavy attention to LYNCHING in the south |
| W.E.B Du Bois | contrasted booker washington -focused on how racial & unfair society was towards blacks -focuses on LEGAL CHANGE -tells america how unfair things are in the north |
| Niagra Movement | called for equality, FIRST TRY TO NATIONALLY ORGANIZE |
| NAACP | national association for the advancement of colored people -brought together whites & blacks -educated whites about black injustices |
| NACW | national association of colored women -seek to help women & stop lynching |
| society of american indians | want to assist indians on reservations |
| native americans | dawes act failed them -faced poverty & unemployment |
| chinese | slow population built after restricting entry -accepted in their own neighborhoods, no where else |
| mexican americans | could cross border easily -move into cities that were once held by mexico -numbers increase around 1900s |
| socialism | no competition -TON OF GOV. INVOLVEMENT |
| capitalism | competition -no gov. involvement -want to run things themselves to make more $ |
| Lochner vs New York | states could limit hours for workers in dangerous jobs like mining |
| Muller v. Oregon | limited womens working hours |
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