AP U.S. 1840-1900

Major slave revolt that took place in Virginia

Victory inflated dangerous overconfidence in the South

Bloodiest battle of the Civil War, victory was what Lincoln needed to promote the Emancipation Proclamation.

The first battle testing the heralded doom of wooden warships

Lee was able to ensure that the war would continue until slavery was uprooted

Cut off the spinal cord of the Confederacy in Mississippi

Broke the heart of the Confederate's back

Made direct coraltions with the Declaration of Independence, the president was 'speaking for the ages'

Lincoln was for the Union Party and Andrew Johnson was the canidate for the War Democrats, the campaign was noisy and nasty

To restore the Union, South could come up when they had 10% of the voters oath to the union, South feared they would become enslaved

Sherman marched through Atlanta burning cities and destroying towns

Thought freed blacks would get slaves again, required 50% of the voters to take oaths

The wealthy reign and control the government

Served in Congress, took office after Lincoln died, radicals, made his own reconstruction proclamation

Granted generous terms of surrender to the Confederates, ended the Civil War

Laws were aimed at keeping the black population in submission and workers in the fields, wouldn't allow blacks to rent land or go to jury

Tweed Ring, Credit Moblier Affair, Whiskey Rebellion, Belknap Scandal

Richmond, the Confederate capital was burned and destroyed

Taught the unskilled free blacks how to read, was successful but was taken out in 1872 by whites

The wealthy are the 'trustees' of the nation's wealth and are the most intelligent, therefore they can make the best decisions

Concerns for workers safety and rights, "Eight hours for work, Eight hours for rest, Eight hours for doing what we wish." Destroyed during the Haymarket Square Riot

Government doesn't regulate business, no safety or health regulations (ICC, Sherman - Anti Trust Act)

The Southernors believed they lost the war because they didn't have enough resources and that their views on succession were correct

Blacks and poor whites became slaves to the soil and to their creditors "makes the laborer too independent"

"Survival of the Fittest" The wealthy are wealthy because they are the best business owners, labor Unions are communistic and go against the AMerican idea of "indivigualism"

Vocational training for blacks, funded by Booker T. Washington

Can't deprive an person of life, liberty or property or deny them of jurisdiction (disappointed women advocates)

A series of "Give 'em hell" speeches he accused the radiclas of murder in the South and heightened the cry of "Stand by Congress"

Union Pacific Railroad Company practiced corrupt railroad practices and bribery

Lousiana created state-sanctioned monopolies in slaughter house businesses, 14th ammendment rights were being violated

US military could use it's power to stop para-military grouos in the South and make arrests

Pledged the government to withdraw greenbacks from circulation

Resigned after pocketing bribes from suppliers

Colfax massacre resulted in 100 black deaths/ 5 white deaths, no one was convicted

Rutherford B. Hayes wins election of '76, Republicans agree to remove troops in South, freedmen at the mercy of redeemer governments

Hayes sent in troops to stop the strike

Dealing with corporate rates and agriculture, allowed states to regulate certain businesses.

Robbed the treasury of millions in excise- tax revenues

Black ma denied entry into an opera house in New York City

No rebates or pooling by railroads allowed, publish rates publically, ICC Comission established.

They thirsted for freedom and felt that imperialism was costly and unlikely to turn a profit (Carnegie, Twain, Stanford)

Puerto Ricans might be subject to American rule, but did not enjoy all American rights

Government agrees to buy certain amounts of silver, won't bring about inflation

US sent the USS Maine to Cuba for a friendly check up but was blown up killing 250 soliders (later found to have been an accident)

US demanded indeminty for two US deaths, Chile eventually gives in

Federal troops are called in to stop it, Eugene Debs is jailed because of the re Debs case results

Industrial lockout and strike, defeat for the Union and setback for efforts to unionize steelworkers

Almost fought with Britain over their boundary of British Guinea and monroe doctrine affairs

Black man tried to sit in 'white' railcar to test the Jim Crow Laws, "Seperate but Equal" is still legal and constitutional

European Powers moved in on China like vultures into the spheres of influence. Hay stated that the countries needed to show respect for Chinese rights

"Boxers" murdered more than 2000 foreigners and Chinese Christians because of their opposition to the Open Door Policy

On the Gold Standard, Plutocrats have power

Arbitrates the Russo- Japanese War, TR won the Nobel Peace Prize