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Government in General ·
State §
Governor §
Assembly or legislature ·
National/federal §
*President (executive branch) §
Congress (legislative branch) ·
Judiciary/courts (judiciary branch) §
*Supreme Court and the Constitution §
federal courts §
state courts ·
*Commission – new form, both executive and legislative |
Constitution and State Laws on Voting ·
*Vote for
representatives - who decides qualifications to vote (unless the
qualification is in the Constitution or its amendments) ·
Vote by representatives
– what decides how many or Senators or Representatives (the law writers)? ·
Vote by
electors in the electoral college ·
Vote by the
people or blocking it ·
15th amendment ·
Poll tax ·
Grandfather clause ·
residency |
Constitution and State Laws and Individual
Rights ·
13th Amendment ·
“due process” clause in 5th amendment ·
*“due process” clause in 14th amendment ·
14th Amendment ·
*Public accommodations ·
*Segregation, legal and the Supreme Court |
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Constitution
and civil rights ·
assemble “peaceably,” freedom to ·
speech, freedom of ·
the press, freedom of ·
petition, freedom of ·
jury, trial by |
Types
of legal documents ·
*bill of rights ·
*code ·
*Constitution ·
*law |
Types/parts
of legal documents ·
*amendment ·
article |
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Tension and Political Beliefs *Anarchism ·
*Socialism ·
Anarchist – bombs ·
Assassination ·
German immigrants |
Tension, New Immigrants (SE Europe and Russia), and Religious Beliefs ·
Roman Catholic ·
Jews ·
*Nativism, nativist |
Tensions and Race § Lynching § Rioting § *Racism (Not just
African Americans, but immigrants identified as races) |
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Economic Terms on Monetary Policy an
Debtors/Creditors ·
*“sound” money – Gold Standard ·
*debtor/creditor differences on monetary policy ·
debt §
In South – *crop-lien §
In Plains – *mortgage |
Economic Terms On Taxes an
Tariffs an Regional Differences ·
*Tax ·
*Tariff, different purposes §
Revenue §
*Protective ·
Regional and trade difference in response to protective
tariff |
Panics (meaning of the word) Sudden changes: ·
Insufficient markets for goods ·
Tightening of credit Business Response to Workers ·
Layoffs ·
Wage reductions |
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Economic Terms in Gilded Age ·
*Monopoly - government (state) as the source of legal
devices §
Incorporation (limited liability) §
Holding company §
*Trust ·
Capital ·
Capitalism §
*Industrial §
*Financial ·
Commodities ·
Tip: Competition/market-driven §
Capitalism favors §
Monopoly avoids |
Labor in Gilded Age ·
Artisan or craftsman ·
Skilled labor ·
Unskilled laborer ·
Piece worker Death
rate as a laborer: ·
Varied with industry ·
Varied if skilled/unskilled labor Worker
organizations: ·
*Industrial union ·
*Trade unions ·
Federation of unions |
Methods by Business ·
Firing grievance committee ·
Strikebreaker or scab ·
Lockout ·
Factory as fortress and armory ·
*Pinkertons, *state militia, police ·
*Injunction ·
Bribery of government ·
Lobbying of government ·
Modern term – revolving door Methods by Labor ·
Boycott ·
*Strike |
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*Company Towns and Labor Labor
in pays the employer for: ·
Rent of a tenement ·
Food |
Company Towns and Employer Employer
controls a) who has work, what they are paid, b) all buildings including
price of tenements, c) all political
organization, d) administration of the town (no voting for local officials of a town) (Examples: 584-585 |
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