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43 Cards in this Set
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What is Urbanization? |
the growth of cities |
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What is Bosscontrol? |
A city controlled by organized crime |
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What was the Hull House? |
a place for immigrants to stay that helped them find jobs |
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Who founded the Hull House? |
Jane Adams |
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What was the Temperence movement? |
Ban on alcohol |
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Who was the founder of the Womens Temperence Movement Union? |
Carry Nation |
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What was the Marille land grant act? |
It gave land to states to create schools for agriculture |
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What did Pastuer and Lister influence states to do? |
Start medical schools |
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What was the Chautauqua movement? |
It brought culture to rural areas |
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Who was the greatest banker of the period? |
JP Morgan |
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What was the first professional baseball team? |
the Red Stockings |
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What is a Heratio Alger Story? |
Rags to riches |
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What was Sulliven famous for? |
Bare knuckles boxing |
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What was the most famous wild west show? |
Buffalo Bill |
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Who created basketball?
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Naysmith |
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What is Vaudeville? |
Low-cost entertainment for the masses |
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Rudgers and Princeton were the first to play what? |
Football |
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What is a progressive? |
Somebody who speaks for the working class and people who have no voice |
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Who is the most important progressive? |
Robert "Battling Bob" Lafollette |
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Lincoln Steffens drew attention to conditions where? |
In sweat shops |
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Ida Tarbell resulted in the breakup of what corperation? |
Standard Oil |
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What was the title of the book Upton Cynclaire wrote about meat packing? |
The Jungle |
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What did Leon Czolgosz do? |
Shot McKinley |
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What was the Northern Securities Case? |
It was the railroad company that Roosevelt broke up. It was the first monopoly he took on. |
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What was Roosevelts nickname after the Northern Securities Case? |
TrustBuster |
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In what industry did Roosevelt intervene in a strike in 1902? |
Coal Mining |
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What is the ICC? |
Interstate commerse commision |
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What is the IWW? |
Industrial Workers of the World Union |
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What was the IWWs nickname? |
the Wobblys |
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What did John Muir do? |
He was a convervationist and helped create Yosemite park |
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Who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1908? |
Taft |
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Democratic candidate in 1908? |
William Jennings Bryan |
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What is an insurgent? |
A rebel |
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What was the common name for the National Progressive Republican League? |
The Bull Moose Party |
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Who was the leader of the Bull Moose party? |
Teddy Roosevelt |
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1912 Democratic candidate? |
Woodrow Wilson |
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1912 Republican candidate? |
Taft |
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1912 Socialist candidate? |
Debs |
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What did the Clayton Anti-trust act require business to do? |
Recognize unions |
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What was the FTC? |
The Federal Trade Commission |
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What did the Keating-Owen Act do? |
Created Child Labor laws |
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Who was Charles Evan Hewes a candidate for? |
Republicans |
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What was the Ludlowe Massacre? |
National Guard shot down Coal strikers, killing 13 miners and 19 women and children with fire |
