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What is Progressivism?
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The political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society.
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What were the Goals of Progressivism?
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•Protecting social welfare
•Promoting moral improvement •Creating economic form •Fostering efficiency. |
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What were muckrackers?
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Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public in mass circulation magazines during early 20th century.
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What is referendum?
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A vote on the initiative.
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What is an initiative?
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A bill orginated by the people rather than lawmakers on the ballot.
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What is recall?
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Enabled voters to remove public officals from elected positions by forcing them to face another election before the end of their term.
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What is the 17th amendment about?
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Before 1913, each states legislature had chosen it's own United States senators which put even more power into the hands of party bosses and wealthy corporation heads.
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What is the Jungle?
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Sinclair's book. Was about the sickening conditions of the meat packing industry.
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What is NAACP?
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The national association for the advancement of colored people. The NAACP which had over 6,000 members by 1914 aimed for nothing less than full equality among the races.
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What is NAWSA?
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National American Women's Suffrage Association.
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Who was Sacco and Vanzetti?
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Italian Anarchists that were arrested and charged with the robery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard
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Rise of the KKK in the 20's
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KU KLUX KLAN was devoted 100% Americanism. The Klan also believed in keeping blacks in "their places". By 1924 the KKK reached a population of 4.5million.
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What was the Fordney-McCumber Tariff?
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A set of regulation taht raised taxes on imports to record levels in order to preotect American businesses against foreign competition
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What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
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raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels.
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What is Fundamentalism?
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The protestant movement grounded in a literal, or non-symbolic interpretation of the Bible.
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What is Darwinism?
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a set of movements and concepts related to ideas of evolution
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What is Double Standard?
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A set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women
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Harlem Renaissance
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Refers to the flowering of African American intellectual life during the 1920's and the 1930's. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology The New Negro edited by Alain Locke
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Duke Ellington
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American composer, pianist and big band leader
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What is NACW?
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National Assocation of Colored Women.
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What was the Spanish-American War?
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A conflict in 1898, between Spain, and the United States.
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What was the American – Filipino War?
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In February 1899, the Filipinos led by Aguinaldo, rose in revolt. The United States assumed almost the same role that spain had played, imposing its authority on a colony that was fighting for freedom. After nearly 3 years of fighting, about 20,000 Filipino rebels died. Claimed 4,000 American lives. Cost $400 million.
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What was the Boxer Rebellion?
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The most famous of China's secret socities; The Boxers. The boxers killed hundreds of missionaries and other foreigners. August 1900, troops from Britian, France, Germany, and Japan joined about 2,500 American Soldiers and marched on the Chinese capital.
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What were the Goals/Reasons for Imperialism?
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Imperalism; The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
Goals; •Desire for military strength •Thirst for new markets •Belief in cultural superiority |
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What was Open Door policy/Notes?
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A series of policy statements. The notes were letters addressed to leaders of imperialist nations proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the United States, creating an open door.
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What was the Monroe Doctrine?
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Written in 1805; Stated that the Western Hemisphere was ours.
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What is the Platt Amendment?
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Provisions that Cuba had to add to its consitition;
• Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its independence ot permit a foriegn power to control any part of its territory. • The United States reserved the right to intervene in Cuba. • Cuba was not to go into debt that its government could not repay. •The United States could buy or lease land on the Island for naval stations and refueling stations. |
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What were the Long Term causes of WWI?
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Europe had hugh war debts. Germany had to pay war reparations-payments to compensate the Allies for the damages Germany has caused. The depression compounded these problems by limiting Americas ability to Import Goods.
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What were the Short Term causes of WWI?
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•The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914).
•Germany declaring war on France & Russia |
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What was Prohibition?
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The 18th amendement went imto effect. It was the banned of alcohol
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What is the 16th Amendment?
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allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states
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Who was Herbert Hoover?
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The Republican president during the Great Depression. He tried to reassure Americans that the nations economy was on a sound footing
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What was the 18th Amendment?
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established Prohibition in the United States
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What was the 19th Amendment?
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prohibits each state and the federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's sex
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What was a speakeasie?
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A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during prohibition
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Who is John Steinbeck ?
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He was the author of the Grapes Of Wrath.
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General trend of the economy during the 1920's
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Business, technological, and social developments of the 1920's launched the era of modern consumerism
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General trend of Politics in the 1920's
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One treat to American life was the spread of comunism, an economic and political system based on a single-party system ruled by a dictatorship
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What was Bonus Army?
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A group of veterans who had not been compensated for their wartime service, that asked for the bonus to be paid before it was supposed to.
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Who was Woodrow Wilson?
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The democratic president that won the 1912 election against Roosevelt and Taft
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What was New weaponry of WWI?
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Tanks, Planes, Machine guns.
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What is Isolationism?
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A policy of pulling away from involvement in World Affairs.
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What is Nativism?
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Predjudice against foreign-born people.
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What was the Dustbowl?
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The region including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. That was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms during the 1930's.
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What was Works Progress Administration?
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Headed by Harry Hopkins, the former chief on the federal Emergency Relief Administration. Set out to create the Ferderal Emergency Relief Administration.
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What is Social Security Act?
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Passed in 1933, Created by a committee chaired Secretary of Labor; France Perkins. Had 3 major parts;
•Old age insurance for retirees 65 or older and their spouses. •Unemployment compensation system •Aid to families with dependent children and the disabled. |
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What is FDIC?
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Agency created in 1933 to insure individual bank accounts, protecting people's funds against bank failures.
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Who was Calvin Coolidge ?
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Was president of the United States from 1923-1929. As the Republican governor of Massachusetts, Coolidge gained national attention for settling the Boston police strike in 1919.
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Who was Warren Harding ?
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Warren Harding was president of the United States from 1921 until his sudden death in 1923.Harding published and edited the Marion Daily Star, a pro-Republican newspaper, for many years before serving as Ohio's lieutenant governor (1904-06).
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What is the "Return To Normalcy" ?
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A return to the way of life before World War I, was United States presidential candidate Warren Harding’s campaign promise in the election of 1920.
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What is Federal Home Loan Bank ?
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A law enacted in 1931, that lowered home mortgage rates and allowed farmers to refinance their loans and avoid foreclosure.
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What is reconstruction finance corporation ?
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An agency established in 1932 to provide emergency financing to banks, life-insurance companies, railroads, and other large businesses.
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What is a Boulder Dam ?
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Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. When completed in 1936, it was both the world's largest hydroelectric power generating station and the world's largest concrete structure.
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What is speculation ?
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An involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit.
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What is Buying On Margin ?
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The purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest.
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Who is Eleanor Roosevelt ?
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First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights.
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Who is Frances Perkins ?
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U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition.
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Who is Mary Mcleod Bethune?
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Was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for black students in Daytona Beach, Florida that eventually became Bethune-Cookman University and for being an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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What was the Group Brain Trust ?
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Brain trust began as a term for a group of close advisors to a political candidate or incumbent, prized for their expertise in particular fields. The term is most associated with the group of advisors to Franklin Roosevelt during his presidential administration. More recently the use of the term has expanded to encompass any group of advisers to a decision maker, whether or not in politics.
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Who is FDR ?
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Was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he was often referred to by his initials, FDR.
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What was the New Deal ?
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The New Deal was a series of economic programs passed by Congress during the first term of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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What was Bank Holiday ?
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A day when FDR shut down all the banks so no one could withdrawl their money.
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What was the Glass-Steagall Act ?
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Established the Federal Deposit Insurance (FDIC).
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What is a Bootlegger ?
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A person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into the United States during Prohibition.
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