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21 Cards in this Set
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What three groups of people were progressive?
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-Populist=regulate big business
-Mugwumps=republicans that wanted reforms -Middle Class=felt they weren't being represented |
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What were the issues that the progressives wanted to change?
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-Break up or regulate trusts
-Killing political machines -Improve bad city conditions -Consumer protection -Improve labor conditions -Voting reforms -Conservation -Prohibition -Banking reforms -Female Suffrage |
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What were Muckrakers?
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Dig up crud on people in power
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Who were three muckrakers?
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-Thomas Nast=Political cartoons, corruption by NYC's political machine Tammany Hall by Boss Tweed (Tweed was put in prison)
-Jacob Rils=wrote about living conditions of urban poor and child labor, NYC passed building codes and ended child labor and increased enrolment in school -Upton Sinclair=The Jungle, investigated dangerous working conditions and unsanitary procedures, meat inspection and drug and food act were passed |
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Who were two social gospel reformers?
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-Jane Addams=social work founded settlement house movement and hull house
-Margaret Sanger=educated poor about family planning and birth control, founded Planned Parenthood |
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Who were two more mukrakers?
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-Frank Norris=The Octopus, fictional book exposed monopolistic railroad practices, court case against railroads
-Ida Tarbell=Standard Oil Company, exposed ruthless tactics of company through a series of articles, the company was declared a monopoly and and broken up |
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What were two city reforms?
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-City Commissioner Plan=cities hired experts in different fields to run a single aspect of a city.
-City Manager Plan=a professional city manager is hired to run each department of the city |
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What were the five state reforms?
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-Recall=allows voters to petition to have an elected representative removed from office
-Initiative=allows voters to petition state legistlatures in order to consider a bill desired by citizens -Referendum=allows voters to decide if a bill or proposed amendment should be passed -Secret ballot -Direct primary=ensures that voters select candidates to run rather than party bosses |
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What is temperance?
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-Women's Christian Temperance Union=Williard, if caught fines and prison, ad campaigns that drinking was unpatriotic
-18th amendment=no selling buying or drinking |
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What were the major events in women's suffrage?
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-Seneca Falls=dmeanded right to vote, Stanton
-Split into National Women's Suffrage Association (Stanton) and American women's suffrage association (Stone) -National Women's party by Paul, more radical -19th amendment=women's suffrage |
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Roosevelt...
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-Trustbusting-Sherman Antitrust Act
-Railroads-Interstate Commerce ct, Elkins Act, Hepburn Act=railraod regulation -Meat Inspection Act and PureFood and Drug Act -1902 Coal Strike=broke up srike because if was dangerous to public -Conservation=protect land with natural resources -Civil Rights=Roosevelt only supported some individual A-A's, not collectively |
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Taft...
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-Payne Bill=lowered rates on manufactured goods,and lowered tariffs, contributed to divide in republican party, busted 90 trusts, overall not as progressive, a step backward
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Wilson...
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-Clayton Antitrust Act=intended to strengthen Sherman one, prevented creation of a monopoly by forbidding businesses from getting stock of another
-Federal Trade Commission=agency that could investigate violationsof antitrust act -Under Wood Act=tried to lower tariffs -Local Suffrage Battles=college educated women became invloved in the movement -Did support women's suffrage even though he was tentative about it -Did not support anti-lynching -Wanted to attack large businesses to give power to average citizens |
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What are the reasons for US imperialism?
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-Global competition=already coast to coast, expanding into other countries
-Military strength=land different places for camps and bases -New Markets -Belief in cultural superiority=we're the best everyone wants to be like us (social darwinism) |
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What were the underlying causes of WWI?
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-Militarism=glorification of war and military, large reserve armies, mobilization, naval expansion (to rival Britain-Germany)
-Alliances=defense agreements, Triple Alliance=Germany A-H, Italy, Triple Entente=France, Russia, GB -Nationalism=extreme pride in one's nation, French wanted revenge for loss of Alsace-Lorraine, Slavic people wanted to unify -Imperialism=domination of one country by another, Germany and France over Morocco, Russia and A-H rivals in Balkins, Britain and Germany in Middle East -Anarchy (International)=no international organization to uphold treaties, Europeans pursue policies w.o considering neighbors |
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What were two short term causes of the war?
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-Assasination of Francis Ferdinand=heir to AH throne, killed by Serbian nationalist, Germany joins AH, France and GB join Russia
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What are the reasons for US imperialism?
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-Global competition=already coast to coast, expanding into other countries
-Military strength=land different places for camps and bases -New Markets -Belief in cultural superiority=we're the best everyone wants to be like us (social darwinism) |
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What were the underlying causes of WWI?
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-Militarism=glorification of war and military, large reserve armies, mobilization, naval expansion (to rival Britain-Germany)
-Alliances=defense agreements, Triple Alliance=Germany A-H, Italy, Triple Entente=France, Russia, GB -Nationalism=extreme pride in one's nation, French wanted revenge for loss of Alsace-Lorraine, Slavic people wanted to unify -Imperialism=domination of one country by another, Germany and France over Morocco, Russia and A-H rivals in Balkins, Britain and Germany in Middle East -Anarchy (International)=no international organization to uphold treaties, Europeans pursue policies w.o considering neighbors |
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What were two short term causes of the war?
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-Assasination of Francis Ferdinand=heir to AH throne, killed by Serbian nationalist, Germany joins AH, France and GB join Russia
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What was the Schlieffen Plan?
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-Germany had enemies on east and west so they wanted to stroke quickly on France (and hoping Russia would be slow to mobilize then strike them
-But violated treaty by invading Belgium, so Britain enters and declares war on Germany |
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Why did the US go to war?
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-Financial=US banks lent $ to both sides, until Germany was blockaded and blew up ships
-Lusitania -British propaganda=most news from Britain was exaggerated German atrocities against defenseless citizens -Zimmerman Telegram -German submarines=practiced unrestricted submarine warfare, wanted US to enter late or not at all. They attacked any foreign vessel in their war zone, sunk 4 American ships -Russian Revolution=Russian czar overthrown, leaders of rev. promised to establish constitutional gov., all allies had "democratic gov." idea of war for democracy |
