History p.2 Test 1

more technology/ efficient hydraulic methods of extraction

massachusetts institue of technology and cornell university

developed the phonograph in 1877 and electric light in 1879 

also in essay

injected air into molten iron to yeild steel

to compile/centralize data describing the natural landscape

texas

a number of companies producing the same product merge to reduce competition/ control prices

single firm controls all aspects of production and distribution

italians, russians, and poles

chicago

permitted cities to spread out weathly moved out of city, but could still commute to the city

in chicago, pioneered the mail-order catalog was the official supply house for the famer's grange

used by republicans to remind voters that many democrats especially in the south had supported secession a generation before

invokd to justify gov't indifference in some areas but gov't intervention in others

mark twain, charles dudley warner

charles j. guiteau who didn't get the position of u.s. consul in paris

established a merit system for federal job applicants and created the civil service commision

group of reform minded republicans

white workers masacred 28 chinese and drove hundreds out of town in wake of an announcement that immigrats would be hired @ a lower rate

supreme court ruled that chineses could not be singled out for special taxes

overturned state decision , held that the sun fran laundry licensing board had engaged in the disorimitory application of law

they were forward looking, prepaired to embrace industrilization and promote the reconciliation of blacks and white

atlanta journalist who spoke about the new south

pioneered the production of machine made cigarettes

set of laws akin to 20th century south african's system of strict segration of groups labeled according to heritage or skin color

black soliders in the west

part religion part resistance movement created by wovoka, that promised a time free of disease/armed conflict, buffalo's would return and dead indians would come to life

a spirtitual leader of the indians. fought against the us army

soliders attacked indians @ wounded knee creek 150 to 250 indians killed, the last major violent encounter between plain indians and u.s. calvary forces

urban/ rule male and females, agricultural/ industrial workers

initially found eager clients among the railroads but then served as industrial spies/ policemen during bitter and violent strikes

lead the kinghts of labor, made impressive gains in the 1800's as the union took over after stephens. gets the 8 hour work day for gov't workers passed and the foran act

one of the muckrakers. wrote poverty and progress . he also started the single tax movement ( you shouldn't be able to make money off land you never improved)

author who wrote looking backward, envisioned a cooperative common wealth in 2000 in which poverty and greed would cease to exist

encouraged women to live the white life. if you were a man you should join the society of white cross where you should remain celebate until marriage and young boys the knights of the to prepare themselves for celibacy. founded the women's chrisitian temperance movement. against alcohol

cause the splitting of liberals. said the church had a duty to make life better for everybody

one reason why the knights don't exist (in the notes)

wrote how the other half lives. talking about how crammed the apartments/living conditions in the city were. the problems they faced no where to live

ponca chief who helped galvanize eastern reformers, focused on the wrongs perpetrated by the u.s. government

involved in social gospel movement; started the hull house that was a settlement house to help improve the lives of city people

created the american federation of labor; led for 40 years. believed in bread and butter unionism

historian who thought the process of settling the west had shape all of american history. the rigors of taming the land had transformed colonists into americans

chief of the division of forestry in 1898 who thought that a mangaged forest could provide lumber then renew itself

founded the sierra club thought uninhabited regions should be perserved in their natural state

black newspaper editor said accustations of rape were a pretex for the murder of black men

lead tuskegee institute; urged black to stay in the southa and try to be self sufficiant

northerner scholar-activist who riducled booker t. washing for his beliefs

pioneered the study of the human unconscious; wrote the interpertation of dreams

wrote principles of psychology, dicipline of psych. owed alot to him described brain as an organism constantly adjusting

novelist who wrote the red badge of courgage talking about civil war battlefield saying their were battling their own inner demons

founded the church of christ scientist; thought you could think yourself into good health; sin could be healed by prayers

sociologist who coined the term conspicuous consumption to describe  epensive tastes of the rich

a graduated income tax; gov't ownership of railroad, telegraph, and telephone compainds and end to land speculation; shorted work hours to 8 hours

a quarry owner who gathered men marched to washington and protested the failure of the gov't to proved relief now that the conunty was in the midst of the worst depression ever

he could not stand by while strikers interefered with the delivery of the u.s. mail

used the purity argument; women were morally superior if you let them vote then they would clean up politics. served as the nawsa first president for 2 years

spoke against lynch mobs and segragationist and worked to improve local communities

to bring everyone together to discuss problems of the poor and instill in poor women values of american pride . hlep the poor

wrote the influence of seas power in history; contended that if the u.s. aspired to be a world power it must control the seas