Iron horse: locomotive Central Pacific: RR between California and Utah Union Pacific: premiere RR franchise Interstate Commerce Act: In 1887‚ Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act which created the Interstate Commerce Commission‚ the first true federal regulatory agency. It was designed to address the issues of railroad abuse and discrimination and required the following: * Shipping rates had to be "reasonable and just" * Rates had to be published * Secret rebates were outlawed
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Chapter 23 Study Guide Vocabulary: 1. Paralysis – A state of helpless stoppage‚ inactivity‚ or inability to act. 2. Coalition – A temporary alliance of political factions or parties for some specific purpose. 3. Corner – To gain exclusive control of a commodity in order to fix its price. 4. Censure – An official statement of condemnation passed by a legislative body against one of its members or some other official of government. While severe‚ a censure itself stops short
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APUSH Unit 7 Study Terms Nat Turner: -Preacher and prophet who believed God had given him a message to rebel; August 22 1831 group of slaves in Southampton County‚ Virginia started a rebellion with Turner as the leader; went from plantation to plantation‚ after 48 hours white forces stopped the rebellion‚ executed many‚ Turner was last to be captured; So what? -Killed over sixty whites -Last slave rebellion of this kind during pre-Civil War period (armed resistence hadn’t ended) William
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Culture Unit 2 The college board defines culture as one of the twelve themes in AP U.S. History. It also defines culture as‚ “Diverse individual and collective expressions through literature‚ art‚ philosophy‚ music‚ theater‚ and film throughout U.S. history. Popular culture and the dimensions of cultural conflict within American society.” During the post revolution and pre Civil war period America began to develop its own individual culture. It was no longer a colony
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Tiffany Baker October 22‚ 2011 Period 0 Chapter 9 Outline The Confederation and the Constitution I. The Pursuit of Equality A. Fight of separation of church and state with the Congregational Church‚ and the Anglican Church. 1. The Anglican Church struggled for divorce between religion and government. 2. Thomas Jefferson and his co-reformers won a complete victory with the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. B.
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AApush Jose Porretti The struggle between laborers and their capitalist managers in the late 19th century is famous for its wild strikes‚ violent results‚ and colossal size. The workers felt displaced by the new machines and inventions that took over their jobs. This caused a great deal of tension and sprawl‚ and a call for attention at the poor quality conditions the workers had to deal with. Thus‚ a rise in labor Unions and organized labor which attempted to improve said conditions started
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1)Stirrings of Imperialism a)The New Manifest Destiny i)American attention shifted to foreign lands b/c “closing of the frontier” 1890s led some to fear natural resources would dwindle and must be found abroad‚ growing importance of foreign trade and desire for new markets‚ fears that Eur imperialism would lead America to be left out of spoils ii)Justifications provided by Social Darwinism- only fittest nations survive‚ therefore just for strong nations to dominate weaker ones iii) Josiah Strong’s
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AP US HISTORY The Dark Times of Viet Nam Eva Vu Miroslaba Velo Period 5 June 10‚ 2013 It is obvious that the wars impact the involving powers. The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self-image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ non communist government. The war also
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CHAPTER 1 Theme: The first discoverers of America‚ the ancestors of the American Indians‚ were small bands of hunters who crossed a temporary land bridge from Siberia and spread across both North and South America. They evolved a great variety of cultures‚ which ranged from the sophisticated urban civilizations in Mexico and Central and South America to the largely semi nomadic societies of North America. Applying evidence- * Paleo Indians-utilized land bridge as a important hunting tool(nomadic)
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Thomas Paine- Deism science not bible deny christ believe in a supreme being who created universe and gave humans morals Unitarianism-New England No trinity goodness of human nature free will.. salvation through good works ^^^^Christians do not take kindly and want to "Take back their faith" Liberalism-1800- spawns The Second Great Awakening -1800. widens lines between classes and regions. women play big part Peter Cartwright- a preacher-converts thousands to Christianity.
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