TERMS
An economic shift from agriculture to industry
Indsutrial Revolution
The leader if the bourbons
Wade Hampton
"laissez faire" means...
let it alone
Give some names for democrats who wanted to go back to the "good old days"
-The conservative democrats
-The conservatives
-The redeemers
-The bourbons
Name some places that America had authority over
answers may vary-
ex. puerto Rico, guam, cuba, phillipines
The idea that if you worked hard you could improve your standard of living
American Dream
This man helped organize the Farmers Assocation
Ben Tillman
Includes items like:
-thread
-yarn
-cloth
textiles
(Bonus 300)
Who was the author of the American Dream
Heratio Alger
The acquisition of colonies
Imperialism
This man owned over 90% of all the oil buisnesses in the U.S
John Rockerfeller
Voters had to pay this in order to vote
poll tax
-Cash
-Railroads (land)
-Tariffs kept out foreign goods
When newspapers helped stir national debates by printing emotional stories
Yellow Journalism
This man created an empire in steel buisness
Andrew Carnege
Prohibition
This town built itself into a resort
Aiken
new ways to communicate
telegraph, typewriter, telephone, cable
Made a lot of money from railoads
Cornelius Vanderbilt
To take away the right of someone to vote
Disfranchisment
Benefits of imperialism
-gives access to resources
-provides a place to sell goods
-it helps expand military power