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18th amendment
federal prohibition
TERM 2
19th amendment
DEFINITION 2
votes for women
TERM 3
13th amendment
DEFINITION 3
granted emancipation end of slavery
TERM 4
14th amendment
DEFINITION 4
granted citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the US
TERM 5
15th amendment
DEFINITION 5
anyone who is a citizen under the 14th amendment and male
has the right to vote
black codes
southern gov't trying to make things as much like slaery as
possible, but with going with the US gov't wanted them to do
TERM 7
reconstruction
DEFINITION 7
rebuilding former confederacy getting the south back to
normal
TERM 8
emancipation
DEFINITION 8
release of AA's getting rights for blacks to be equal to whites
TERM 9
restoration
DEFINITION 9
to restore confederatesback into the Union
TERM 10
redemption
DEFINITION 10
process of restoring conservative Democratic rule in the
south
Grange
national organization of farm owners that focused its
attention on Railroad Corporations
TERM 17
Farmer's Alliance
DEFINITION 17
broad mass movement in the rural south and west that
gained significant political influence in the grea plains states
TERM 18
Nativism
DEFINITION 18
favoring the interests and culture of native-born inhabitants
over those of immigrants
TERM 19
Plessy vs. Ferguson
DEFINITION 19
supreme court decision that upheld the "separate but equal"
doctrine
TERM 20
American Federation of Labor
DEFINITION 20
labor union that promised good relations with wge earners in
return for better working conditions and higher wages
Gospel of Wealth
imbued the pursuit of money with religious zeal
TERM 22
Gilded Age
DEFINITION 22
era characterized by conspicuous and greater class
differentiation
TERM 23
Jim Crow
DEFINITION 23
law designed to foster segregation
TERM 24
Horizontal Integration (or combination)
DEFINITION 24
gaining control of the market for a single product
TERM 25
Vertical Integration
DEFINITION 25
controlling every stage of production, from raw materials to
merchandising finished products
Muckraking
journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils
TERM 32
Prohibition
DEFINITION 32
ban on the production, sale , and consumption of alcohol
TERM 33
Monroe Doctrine
DEFINITION 33
challenged the right of any European nation to establish new
colonies in the New World
TERM 34
Roosevelt Corollary
DEFINITION 34
asseered the USA's right to intervene politically and militarily
anywhere in the western hemisphere
TERM 35
Imperialism
DEFINITION 35
exploiting nations and peoples for hte benefit of a more
powerful antion through military occupation, colonial rule, or
economic domination
Great Migration
mass movement of AA from rural South to urban North in
search of job opportunities
TERM 37
League of Nations
DEFINITION 37
intetnational organization intended to resolve disputes; US
refused to join
TERM 38
14 points
DEFINITION 38
US war aims, later recast as a plan for recontructing Europe
TERM 39
Red Scare
DEFINITION 39
public hysteria used to repress radicalism and target certain
ethnic groups
TERM 40
Welfare Capitalism
DEFINITION 40
paternalistic system of labor relations
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program initiated by Henry ford to decrease worker turnover
and increase demand for his products
TERM 47
Eugenics
DEFINITION 47
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TERM 48
Bonus Army
DEFINITION 48
unemployed WW1 veterans demanding advance payment of
service bonuses
TERM 49
New Deal
DEFINITION 49
improvides series of reform and relief measures intended to
combat the great Depression
TERM 50
Emergency Banking Act
DEFINITION 50
gave the president broad authority over private banks
Tennessee Valley Authority
provided electric power and encouraged economic
development inthe South
TERM 52
National Industrial Recovery Act
DEFINITION 52
1933 attempt at a systematic plan for economic recovery
TERM 53
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
DEFINITION 53
protected collective bargaining and formation of trade unions
TERM 54
First New Deal
DEFINITION 54
series of emergency programs that provided aid to farmers,
banking reform, and publuc employment
TERM 55
Second New Deal
DEFINITION 55
social reform through large-scale public works programs and
protections for unions, the elderly, the unemployed, and
other needy groups
Fair Labor Standards Act
established federal minimum wage and maximum work
hours
TERM 62
Congress of Industrial Organizations
DEFINITION 62
alliance of industrial unions focused on large-scale, mass-
production industries
TERM 63
Federal Writer's Project
DEFINITION 63
employed writer's to produce guidebooks for tourists, collect
oral histories of former slaves, and support emerging
novelists
TERM 64
Dust Bowl
DEFINITION 64
severe drought and violent dust
TERM 65
Indian Reorganization Act
DEFINITION 65
repealed Dawes Severalty Act
Andrew Johnson
led presidential reconstruction
TERM 67
"Boss" Tweed
DEFINITION 67
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TERM 68
Theodore Roosevelt
DEFINITION 68
promoted a "big stick" approach to foreign policy
TERM 69
Jane Addams
DEFINITION 69
improving living conditions in urban immigrant
neighborhoods
TERM 70
Al Smith
DEFINITION 70
unsafe and unhealthy working conditions
