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Terms in this set (166)
Chesapeake Bay Area majority of migrants who moves there were indentured
servants, economy based on tobacco, few women, less
democratic
the belief that God had created
the world but allowed
Deism it to operate through the laws of nature
exodusters african americans who fled the violence of the
Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start a new in
Kansas (west)
scalawags term used by southerners in the reconstruction era for fellow
southerners who either supported republican reconstruction
policies or gained economically as a result of these policies, A
derogatory term for Southerners who were working with the
North to buy up land from desperate Southerners
new south advocates recovering from the devastation from the Civil War, promoted
a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist
values, industrial growth, and improved transportation--
supported expansion of southern industry
policy that China should be open to trade with all of the
major powers, including the US, should have equal rights to
open door policy trade there. This was the official position toward China as
announced by secretary of state john hay in 1899. To
protect US economic interests in China
,Greenback Labor Party political party of the 1870s and early 1800s, supported that
govt should put more money in circulation and supported 8-
hr work day and female suffrage. received support from
farmers. argued that more greenbacks should be put in
circulation to help farmers who were in debt
socialist party 3rd party that gained popularity in the early 1900s.
dedicated to the welfare of the working class. called for
more radical reforms than the progressives favored: public
ownership of the railroad, utilities, and even major
industries such as oil and steel
progressive party called for reforming city government, better conditions for
urban workers, the education of newly arrived immigrants,
and the regulation of big businesses; use government power
to regulate industrial production and labor conditions
Palmer Raids related to the fear of communism and radicalism; part of the
red scare; measure to hunt out political radicals and
immigrants who were potential threats to American Security.
These raids let to the arrest of nearly 5,000 people and the
deportation of nearly
400
Rachel Carson's "Silent 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental
Spring" movement
an effort to maintain a balance between free and slave
states; admitted Maine to the Union as a free state,
Missouri to the Union as a slave stated, and stated that any
Missouri Compromise part of the Louisiana Territory north of 36 degrees, 30
minutes would be non-slave territory; a victory for
antislavery advocates b/c it closed most of the Louisiana
Purchase to slavery
, Monroe Doctrine maintained that European powers should not pursue any
future colonization in the Americas; stated that the Western
Hemisphere was the hemisphere of the
US and not of Europe
Frederick Jackson Turner wrote the frontier thesis which states that the frontier
experience played an essential role in shaping the unique
character of American society. It promotes independence and
individualism. It was a key factor in the development of
American individualism and democracy
transcendentalism Emerson and Thoreau. Argued for a mystical and intuitive
way of thinking as a means for discovering one's inner self
and looking for the essence of God in nature. Suggesting
that artistic expression was more important than the
pursuit of wealth
Social Gospel late 19th century; preaching that all true Christians should
be concerned with the plight of immigrants and other poor
residents of American cities and should financially support
efforts to improve the lives o there poor people--->
settlement houses
Jacob Riis involved in the reform movements of the late 19th and
20th centuries for publicizing poor housing and sanitation
in urban tenements; wrote "How the Other
Half Lives"
Cuban Missile Crisis Conflict between the US and Soviet Union over Soviet
missiles discovered in Cuba; Soviets eventually removed the
missiles under American pressure; result: Soviets gained
none of their objectives while the US emerged victorious
limited the powers of labor unions; presidents of some
industries can declare an 80-day cooling off period before a
Taft- Hartley Act strike could actually take place; allowed owners to sure
unions over broken contracts and forced union leaders to
sign anticommunist oaths
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Terms in this set (166)
Chesapeake Bay Area majority of migrants who moves there were indentured
servants, economy based on tobacco, few women, less
democratic
the belief that God had created
the world but allowed
Deism it to operate through the laws of nature
exodusters african americans who fled the violence of the
Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start a new in
Kansas (west)
scalawags term used by southerners in the reconstruction era for fellow
southerners who either supported republican reconstruction
policies or gained economically as a result of these policies, A
derogatory term for Southerners who were working with the
North to buy up land from desperate Southerners
new south advocates recovering from the devastation from the Civil War, promoted
a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist
values, industrial growth, and improved transportation--
supported expansion of southern industry
policy that China should be open to trade with all of the
major powers, including the US, should have equal rights to
open door policy trade there. This was the official position toward China as
announced by secretary of state john hay in 1899. To
protect US economic interests in China
,Greenback Labor Party political party of the 1870s and early 1800s, supported that
govt should put more money in circulation and supported 8-
hr work day and female suffrage. received support from
farmers. argued that more greenbacks should be put in
circulation to help farmers who were in debt
socialist party 3rd party that gained popularity in the early 1900s.
dedicated to the welfare of the working class. called for
more radical reforms than the progressives favored: public
ownership of the railroad, utilities, and even major
industries such as oil and steel
progressive party called for reforming city government, better conditions for
urban workers, the education of newly arrived immigrants,
and the regulation of big businesses; use government power
to regulate industrial production and labor conditions
Palmer Raids related to the fear of communism and radicalism; part of the
red scare; measure to hunt out political radicals and
immigrants who were potential threats to American Security.
These raids let to the arrest of nearly 5,000 people and the
deportation of nearly
400
Rachel Carson's "Silent 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental
Spring" movement
an effort to maintain a balance between free and slave
states; admitted Maine to the Union as a free state,
Missouri to the Union as a slave stated, and stated that any
Missouri Compromise part of the Louisiana Territory north of 36 degrees, 30
minutes would be non-slave territory; a victory for
antislavery advocates b/c it closed most of the Louisiana
Purchase to slavery
, Monroe Doctrine maintained that European powers should not pursue any
future colonization in the Americas; stated that the Western
Hemisphere was the hemisphere of the
US and not of Europe
Frederick Jackson Turner wrote the frontier thesis which states that the frontier
experience played an essential role in shaping the unique
character of American society. It promotes independence and
individualism. It was a key factor in the development of
American individualism and democracy
transcendentalism Emerson and Thoreau. Argued for a mystical and intuitive
way of thinking as a means for discovering one's inner self
and looking for the essence of God in nature. Suggesting
that artistic expression was more important than the
pursuit of wealth
Social Gospel late 19th century; preaching that all true Christians should
be concerned with the plight of immigrants and other poor
residents of American cities and should financially support
efforts to improve the lives o there poor people--->
settlement houses
Jacob Riis involved in the reform movements of the late 19th and
20th centuries for publicizing poor housing and sanitation
in urban tenements; wrote "How the Other
Half Lives"
Cuban Missile Crisis Conflict between the US and Soviet Union over Soviet
missiles discovered in Cuba; Soviets eventually removed the
missiles under American pressure; result: Soviets gained
none of their objectives while the US emerged victorious
limited the powers of labor unions; presidents of some
industries can declare an 80-day cooling off period before a
Taft- Hartley Act strike could actually take place; allowed owners to sure
unions over broken contracts and forced union leaders to
sign anticommunist oaths
