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Metropolis
*500,000 residents *Europe had 2 cities - London and Paris *in US 20th century - 6 cities, 3 had over 1 million *cities grew too fast TERM 2
Streetcar
DEFINITION 2 *like train car, runs on trains track, like trolly, horses pull it *one reason downtown becomes shopping area *problems -
- horses crap 2) streets aren't paved 3) horse cause problem-had to shoot in head on side of road 4) flies around horses TERM 3
Tenement House
DEFINITION 3 *apartment building *tall buildings *apartments very scattered-whole floors are apartments *have to walk through other rooms to get to your room *take craps in buckets, then throw it out the window TERM 4
City Boss
DEFINITION 4 *Every city had a boss who could get people elected *Election time -> wants votes *system is bad -> dead people voting *Boss Tweed - ran NYC, several decades (gets in trouble), when goes to prison (worth 2 million, would keep money) *Boss Crump - Memphis TERM 5
Settlement House
DEFINITION 5 *started by Jane Adams *Started in Chi Town, bought building in inner city and lived there to help people *educational opportunity, how to stay clean *pop up in cities across country *womens rights comes from this
Suspension Bridge
*held up by cavles *Golden Gate Bridge *cover wide space and carry people *Brooklyn Bride = 1st *designed by John Roebling TERM 7
Frederick Law Olmstead
DEFINITION 7 *designed parks TERM 8
Skyscraper
DEFINITION 8 *Chicago had the 1st *1871 massive fire that almost burned the city down-60,000 buildings gone *need 3 things: metal frame (steel), fire proof as possible, and elevators *back in 1800's - tallest building 22 stories tall *before that - the tallest buildings were 4 stories TERM 9
James Garfield
DEFINITION 9 *republican *1880 election *from Ohio *Vice President was Chester A. Arthur (corrupt government official, fired by Hayes) *summer 1881-at train station, guy shoots him in back -> Charles Guiteau- supported him in election, expected something in return, Garfield didn't know who he was *Doctors couldn't find bullet, find out Graham Bell had another invention w/ military=metal detector *Bell comes to WH - still can't find bullet, Garfield dies TERM 10
Charles Guiteau
DEFINITION 10 *Shot James Garfield in the back at a train station in 1881 *picked out gun that would look good
Coxey's Army
*Jacob Coxey - Businessman *thought we depended too much on the railroad, we should build roads and canals *government officials would not listen to him, so he went to Washinton and marched - 1st time this ever happened *they walked from Ohio to Washington TERM 17
William McKinley
DEFINITION 17 *Republican *1896 Presidential Election was based on the gold and silver debate *McKinley was in favor of gold *never left his house and had about $3.6 million to spend *received 7.1 million votes (more than any candidate ever has) *was successful at turning US money into gold TERM 18
William Jennings Bryan
DEFINITION 18 *Democrat in the 1896 Presidential Election *was in favor of silver *traveled 1800 miles, estimated 3 million heard his voice and had about $300,000 to spend *received 6.5 million votes (also more than any candidate ever has) *became known as the Great Commoner, people didn't vote for him because he thought there should be a farmport which would raise prices and he spoke like a preacher and immigrants couldn't understand him TERM 19
Samoan Islands
DEFINITION 19 *fueling station *Germany and England also want them, so a race starts to see who gets there first * in 1880s we all get there at the same time, until a storm drove everyone away and we decided to divide them into 3 parts TERM 20
Hawaii
DEFINITION 20 *americans have been there since 1700s, some plantation owners force the government to write a new constitution, in 1880s we negotiate and get Pearl Harbor - the Americans don't like living in another country because of a tariff-tax on imports-so they stage a rebellion, kick the queen off her thrown, become the Republic of Hawaii, and asked the US to make them a territory
Cuba
*still owned by Spain *in 1890s, there is a small rebellion to be an independent country *cuban exiles try and get americans to help (Hearst and Pulitzer - newspaper reporters who made up stories to publish to make people think bad things were happening in Cuba) *Spain was trying to peacefully settle with the Cubans *we send the USS Maine to check on the situation - Spain blew up the ship while troops were on shore and the US declared war on Spain in 1898-Spanish-American War TERM 22
William Randolph Hearst
DEFINITION 22
TERM 23
Spanish American War
DEFINITION 23 *about 5,000 men died from food poisoning *they wanted to get 2 spots (San Juan and El Carey) *Roosevelt formed the Rough Riders *when we sign the treaty, we want: cuba to be independent, we get puerto rico and we get the phillipines *when we leave cuba, we get a navy base there, Guantanamo Bay *we give Spain $20 million TERM 24
Panama Canal
DEFINITION 24 *was a way to make faster shipments from the ports on the East Coast to China *a french company built half of it but they went bankrupt and sold it to the US for $40 million *Columbia doesn't want it, because they don't want the US to try and take them over *Roosevelt came up with a way to fix this: Philippe Varilla (Columbian exile) put together a constitution and flag and declared it independent and called it Panama, he became the president and allowed US to finish the canal *was finished in 1914 TERM 25
Leon
Czolgosz
DEFINITION 25 *shot and killed McKinley after he was re-elected in 1900
Conservation
*protected about 235 million acres of land *Yosemite was the 1st he protected TERM 32
Panic of 1907
DEFINITION 32 *rumor spread that Knickerbocker Bank in NYC was having trouble so everyone withdrew their money from there *people started thinking all banks were having trouble so everyone withdrew money across the country *roosevelt left this for the next president to fix TERM 33
William Howard
Taft
DEFINITION 33 *picked by roosevelt *was a lot bigger than roosevelt and always listened to the Republican leaders *tore conservation apart while Roosevelt was on his world-wide hunting trip TERM 34
Gifford Pinchot
DEFINITION 34 *Was left by Roosevelt to look after Conservation TERM 35
Richard Ballinger
DEFINITION 35 *was chosen by Taft to replace Pinchot
