American History

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Decks in this class (44)

The Temperance Movement (1890-1920)
Reasons for prohibition 1,
The women s christian temperance ...,
The anti saloon league 3
6  cards
Women's Suffrage & The 19th Amendment (1890-1920)
Elizabeth cady stanton 1815 1902 1,
Susan b anthony 1820 1906 2,
Carrie chapman catt 1859 1947 3
6  cards
AAs (1890-1920) - Marcus Garvey
Marcus garvey the universal negro...,
The great migration 2,
The harlem renaissance 3
3  cards
Woodrow Wilson's Presidency (1913-1921)
The 1912 election 1,
Wilson s new freedom 2,
The federal reserve act 1913 3
10  cards
Roosevelt's 'Big Stick' Foreign Policy
Roosevelt s corollary 1,
Cuba 2,
Panama canal 3
7  cards
The 1898 Spanish-American War
The 1895 cuban revolution 1,
Us imperialism motives 2,
The yellow peril 3
8  cards
US Imperialism (1890-1920)
Accidental empire theory 1,
Progressive imperialism theory 2,
Open door new markets theory 3
5  cards
African Americans (1890-1920)
Plessy vs ferguson 1896 1,
Voting denial progressive era 2,
Booker t washington s atlanta spe...
7  cards
US Immigration (1890-1920)
Growth in mass immigration 1,
Positive immigrant experiences 2,
Negative immigrant experiences 3
5  cards
US Economic Growth (1890-1920)
Industrial growth 1890 1900 1,
The 1893 depression panic of 1893 2,
Agricultural discontent 1890 1900 3
5  cards
William Howard Taft's Presidency
The 1908 election 1,
Taft s progressive policies 2,
Taft s conservative policies 3
4  cards
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt's Presidency
Theodore roosevelt s historiograp...,
Theodore roosevelt s anti trust l...,
Theodore roosevelt s labour relat...
5  cards
Progressivism (1900-1920)
Progressivism causes economic pro...,
Progressivism causes social probl...,
Progressivism causes political pr...
9  cards
William McKinley's Presidency
Republican conservatism under mck...,
Mckinley s choice of theodore roo...,
Mckinley s assassination 3
3  cards
William Jennings Bryan & Populism
The 1896 election campaign 1,
The 1900 election campaign 2,
Populism historiography significa...
3  cards
Populism
Populism overview 1,
The currency debate 2,
Farmers grievances 3
5  cards
Age of Populism, Progressivism and Imperialism (1890-1920)
Republican dominance 1,
Populism 2,
Progressivism 3
4  cards
Gilded Age Foreign Policy (1877-1890)
Expansion of the us navy 1,
Hawaii 2,
The pan american conference 1890 3
3  cards
Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis
Turner s frontier thesis 1893 1,
Impact of the frontier thesis 2,
Historians criticisms of the fron...
3  cards
Gilded Age Native Americans (1877-1890)
Americanisation 1,
The dawes act 1887 2,
The battle of wounded knee 1890 3
3  cards
Cowboys & the Cattle Ranging Industry (1877-1890)
The chisholm trail 1,
Cattle ranging 2,
Cowboys 3
4  cards
Western Settlement (1877-1890)
The impact of railways 1,
Life for homesteader settlers on ...,
Agriculture new inventions 3
5  cards
US Immigration (1877-1890)
Types numbers of us immigrants 1,
Pull factors 2,
Push factors 3
7  cards
African Americans (1877-1890)
African american employment 1,
Northern migration 2,
Education 3
7  cards
US Trade Unions (1877-1890)
The knights of labour 1,
The haymarket bomb outrage 2,
Samuel gompers the american feder...
3  cards
Impact of US Industrialisation (1877-1890)
The 1873 depression 1,
Urbanisation 2,
Living conditions 3
4  cards
The Robber Barons
Cornelius vanderbilt 1,
Andrew carnegie steel 2,
John d rockefeller oil 3
4  cards
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 & 1893-1897) & Benjamin Harrison's (1889-1893) Presidency
The 1884 election 1,
Republican mugwumps 2,
Cleveland s civil service reforms 3
10  cards
James Garfield (1881) & Chester Arthur's Presidency (1881-1885)
Stalwarts half breeds 1,
The 1880 election 2,
Garfield s civil service reforms 3
7  cards
Rutherford Hayes Presidency (1877-1881)
The disputed election of 1876 1,
The 1877 compromise 2,
End of reconstruction rise of the...
6  cards
The Gilded Age/The Era of Weak Presidents (1877-1890)
The gilded age 1,
The era of weak presidents 2,
Republican party s beliefs 3
7  cards
Reconstruction Era Foreign Policy (1865-1877)
The monroe doctrine 1865 1890 1,
Us isolationism 1865 1890 2,
Us mexican relations 1865 1890 3
7  cards
Reconstruction Era Native Americans (1865-1877)
The importance of the buffalo to 1,
The sand massacre creek 2,
The battle of little bighorn 3
5  cards
Manifest Destiny (1865-1890)
Manifest destiny 1,
Westward expansion motives 2,
Establishment of federal territor...
6  cards
US Trade Unions (1865-1877)
The national labour union 1,
The national railroad 2,
The national railroad strike 3
3  cards
US Economic Growth
Impact of the civil war 1,
Availability of land 2,
Population growth 3
8  cards
Reconstruction Interpretations
Reconstruction political effects 1,
Reconstruction political effects 2,
Reconstruction political effects 3
4  cards
Reconstruction & African Americans
The political position of 1,
The economic position of 2,
The social position of 3
5  cards
Ulysses S. Grant's Presidency (1869-1877)
The 1868 election 1,
The 1872 election 2,
Southern republicanism 3
7  cards
Andrew Johnson's Presidency (1865-1869)
Andrew johnson s reconstruction a...,
Radical republicans 2,
The black codes 1865 1866 3
7  cards
The US Civil War (1861-1865)
Causes of the us civil war 1,
Consequences of the us civil war 2,
The emancipation of proclamation 3
4  cards
Abraham Lincoln's Legacy
Lincoln reconstruction 1,
The ten percent plan 1864 2,
The wade davis bill 1865 3
5  cards
US North-South Divide
Economic differences before the c...,
Economic differences before the c...,
Cultural differences north 3
8  cards
The US Government
The us president 1,
The us congress 2,
The us supreme court 3
4  cards

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