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42 Cards in this Set
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What was the first category for the Women's Rights Movement?
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sufferage
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What does suffrage refer to?
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women's right to vote
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In which amendment did women gain the right to vote?
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19th
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Who was Susan B. Anthony?
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started a movement in the city after Civil War
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Who was Alice Paul?
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arrested a lot for protesting in front of white house
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What was the Temperance Movement?
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to ban the manufacturing, selling, etc. of alcohol
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In which amendment was alcohol banned?
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18th
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Who was Francis Willard?
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she stood in front of bars and wouldn't even let anyone in
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Who was Carry Nation?
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carried an ax and went and destroyed bars - was arrested a LOT
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Was the Negro Movement the same as the Civil Right's Movement?
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NO
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When was the Negro Movement?
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1905
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Who was Booker T. Washington?
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one leader in the Negro Movement who was very educated and believed prejudice would eventually be solved if you just got educated
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Who was William DuBoy?
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another leader in the Negro Movement who believed you had to take down the political economy
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During what time does the government move towards a direct democracy?
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1880-1920s
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Who was Robert LaFollette?
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governor of wisconsin who wanted to give people more voice in government
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Who was the president that replaced Nephurtism with the Civil Service System?
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Chester Arthur
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What is the Civil Service System?
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to get a job in politics, you take an exam and get a grade but now it is corrupt
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Who was the only president who had two terms that were split?
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Grover Cleaveland ( Benjamin Harrison serves between him ) because he was too much of an honest Democrat
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Who comes up with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
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Benjamin Harrison
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Who was nicknamed the "Trust Buster?"
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TR
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Who is an even bigger Trust Buster than TR?
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William Taft
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What is the Primary System?
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instead of people voting for candidates for president, a political group decides who will appeal the most in both parties
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What is a referendum?
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voting for one direct question by one person ( ballard )
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What is a recall?
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people have the right to file a petition and have a recall election for your governor ( 17th amendment )
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What is the difference between the referendum and the initiative?
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in a referendum, the petition goes straight to the ballard - not in the initiative
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During the Progressive Movement, how do working conditions change?
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child labor is abolished, less work hours, safer factories with heat/AC, better knowledge of how to make things SAFE
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Which two groups think they can fix the problem of working conditions?
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unions and inventors
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Why do the politicians take the side of the unions and not the inventors?
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because unions have MUCH more votes
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During the Progressive Movement, how do city/living conditions change?
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the streets are dirt w/ pot holes, litter, waste, farmers lived there with no idea of personal hygiene, disease, crime rate is high, no lights - so doctors start doing research, roads paved, health important
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During the Progressive Movement, how does the social equity change?
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people want equality and equal opportunity - muck rakers - media people who reveal corruption ( esp. politicians ) in city- a LOT - families run the cities
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Who was Paul Nast?
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a muck raker who took out William Tweed using cartoons
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Who was Upton Sinclaire?
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a muck raker who wrote "The Jungle," which is about meat packaging
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Who was Frank Norris?
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a muck raker who wrote "The Octapus," about railroad industry
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Who was Jacob Riis?
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wrote about the slums and tries to help them and exposes their living conditions
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What was the Green Back Labor Party? What does it evolve into?
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wanted high income tax, low tariffs, lot of paper money in circulation; evolves into Populist Party who wants same thing plus ownership of railroads/banks for gov. ad 8 hr workday
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Describe Marxism.
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( Karl Marx ) Communism - we try it kind of, but doesn't work, it wants the death of Capitalism and to kill all inventors and thinks government is PURE
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Who started the ACLU ( American Civil Liberation Union ) ? What else did he do?
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Rodger Baldwin ( trained by Russian gov. on how to overthrow a gov. ) ; he kills people using bombs in presents and his own brother turns him in
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Why didn't anyone want anything to do with unions at first? Who changed their viewpoints?
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because immigrants joined them; TR changes their viewpoints
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When more and more people joined unions, how did people's working conditions change?
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they improved
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What is Collective Bargaining?
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competing for employees
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During 1900, what is the big, popular entertainment center?
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Coney Island
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What were the first two states that let women vote?
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Wyoming and CO
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