FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH TERMS 1-42

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH TERMS 1-42

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Question 1: Salvation Army, YMCA

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Salvation-Came from England in 1879, did much good for lower class, including soup kitchens.YMCA-established before Civil War, it combined physical and other types of education, along with religion. They were in nearly every city by 1900.

Question 2: Stock Watering

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A technique used commonly by railroad companies in which said companies would falsely boost up the actual value of pieces of their railroads, and sell stocks and bonds to people for more than it's actual value.

Question 3: Pullman Strike 1894

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Started by workers who were part of George Pullman's "model town". Orders for Pullman cars slacked off, Pullman cut wages, but did not cut rents or store prices. Fed troops ended strike, Debs jailed for contempt not ending strike.

Question 4: Vertical Intergration

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"Vertical Integration"-Used by Carnegie Steel. All steps in manufacturing is completed by the same company; No middle man who melts down the steel or mines the metal-only Carnegie men.

Question 5: Homestead Strike

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The workers at a steel plant in Pennsylvania went on strike, forcing the owner to close down. Armed guards were hired to protect the building. The strikers attacked for five months, then gave in to peace demands.

Question 6: Jay Gould and Jim Fiske

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Convinced President Grant to get the U.S Treasury to stop releasing gold so they could get it's value through the roof. Their plan failed when the government did release more gold, though.

Question 7: Haymarket Square Riot

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100,000 workers rioted in Chicago. Police fired into crowd, workers met & rallied in Haymarket Sq to protest police brutality. Bomb exploded, killing/injuring many police. Chicago workers & man who set bomb were immigrants, led to anti-immigrant feelings.

Question 8: J.Pierpont Morgan

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Was the King of the banks, he financed the railroads, insurance companies, and even other banks. He even provided gold for the U.S treasury. In the 1890's depression, Morgan placed many of his own officers as board members of rival companies.

Question 9: Robber Barons

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The owners of big businesses who made large amounts of money by cheating the federal government.

Question 10: Bessemer Process

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Discovered in the 1850's. Was a new way to produce cheaper steel in greater magnitude. Named after a British inventor and American William Kelly, who used the technique with little success. Started the move from iron to steel, specifically Carnegie's.

Question 11: Great Railroad Strike

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July, 1877 - A large number of railroad workers went on strike because of wage cuts. After a month of strikes, President Hayes sent troops to stop the rioting. The worst railroad violence was in Pittsburgh, with over 40 people killed by militia men.

Question 12: Aschan School

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The Eight, group of Amer Naturalist painters formed 1907, had formerly been newspaper illustrators, believed in everyday life in realistic detail. 1908 Armory Show was 1st art show in US. Showed impressionist from Europe, caused modernist revol in US.

Question 13: "New Immigration"

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Around the 1880's, a new wave of immigrants, mainly from Eastern Europe like Italy, Greece, etc. Were usually not literate, WASPS opposed them, along with Nativevists.

Question 14: Morril Act

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Of 1862, government granted land to establish public schools/colleges. It required that said established schools provide military training to attending students in return for the land grant.

Question 15: U.S Steel Corporation

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Founded in 1901 after J.P Morgan bought out Carnegie Steel (for $400 million) when Carnegie threatened to take over Morgan's new steel pipe business. It became the first billion dollar business in America.

Question 16: American Federation of Labor (AFL)

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Began in 1886 with about 140,000 members; by 1917 it had 2.5 million members. It is a federation of different unions.

Question 17: Charles Darwin and Social Darwinism

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Rockefeller was big on "Survival of the Fittest". Many Big Businesses justified monopoly with the idea of Social Darwinism-Powerful business would ultimately always overpower the weak. Used as an argument against social reforms to help the poor.

Question 18: Spheres of Influence

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The U.S wanted their own "Sphere of Influence" in China/Asia. A sphere was somewhere where trading went on, where cultures mixed. Led to Secretary Hayes pushing for an open door policy to gain a sphere in China.

Question 19: Union Pacific Railroad

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Started in 1865 to bind Cali. to the Union. Started from Nebraska. "Credit Mobilier" Scandal occurred within the Company. Construction mainly done by "Paddies". Goal was to connect to the Central Pacific Rails.

Question 20: Susan

• Anthony

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Co-founded the Woman's Suffrage Association along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1848. Pushed for women's vote, and was arrested for trying to cast a ballot in the 1872 election. She was a Quaker.

Question 21: Venezuelan Crisis

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In 1903 Venezuela had debts to Germany, they didn't pay. Germany sank two Venezuelan boats, and Teddy got ticked. The "Roosevelt Corollary" told Europe to back off, and that the U.S would intervene next time Latin America was targeted.

Question 22: Long Haul Short Haul

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Often times, Railroads would make up profit differences (from discounts they offered to powerful businesses who offered continuous traffic) by charging more for short hauls than long hauls (which made farmers and common folk angry).

Question 23: Central Pacific

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Stretched from California through the Sierra Mountains to meet up with the end of the Union Pacific. The "Big Four" backed it, using two construction companies. Two of the Four were Leland Stanford and Collis Huntington.They didn't get involved in bribery