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Harlem Renaissance

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A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

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New South

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After the Civil War, southerners promoted a new vision for a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and improved transportation. Henry Grady played an important role.

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Socialist Party

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a political party that believes people should own and control industry through democratically controlled public agencies, cooperatives, or other collective groups

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Great Migration

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movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920

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Scopes Trial

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1925 court case in which Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan debated the issue of teaching evolution in public schools

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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The Chinese Exclusion Act was an immigration law passed in 1882 that prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first immigration law that excluded an entire ethnic group. It also excluded Chinese nationals from eligibility for United States citizenship.

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Fourteen Points

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A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.

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Haymarket Affair

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1886 incident that made unions, particularly the Knights of Labor, look violent because a bomb exploded during a protest of striking workers.

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Social Darwinism

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The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

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Social Gospel

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A movement in the late 1800s / early 1900s which emphasized charity and social responsibility as a means of salvation.

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Equal Rights Amendment

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constitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender

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Muckraking

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the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal

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McNary-Haugen Bill

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A plan to rehabilitate American agriculture by raising the domestic prices of farm products *Effects of the protective tariff and burdens of debt and taxation had created a serious agricultural depression and grew steadily worse

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Roosevelt Corollary

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Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force

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John Muir

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(1838-1914) Naturalist who believed the wilderness should be preserved in its natural state. He was largely responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park in California.

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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1906 - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA.

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Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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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 strike (example of how government always sided with employers over workers in the Gilded Age). The worst railroad violence was in Pittsburgh, with over 40 people killed by militia men

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Populists

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A party made up of farmers and laborers that wanted direct election of senators and an 8hr working day

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Zimmerman Telegram

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A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.

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