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63 Cards in this Set
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What was the “real heart” of the progressive movement?
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government
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-What group was one of the biggest supporters of the progressive movement?
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white educated women
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-What were the similar views of progressives?
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progress/change, anti-monopoly, social cohesion
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-The settlement house
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It helped immigrants assimilate into the U.S.
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-The profession of social work
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getting a degree in social work
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Booker T. Washington’s philosophy v. W.E.B. Dubois philosophy
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Washington wanted gradual equality(prepare blacks to be equal), Dubois wanted to be equal now
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Square Deal and Muckrakers
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Square deal by roosevelt was the three C's, CCC, Corporate control, consumer protection, and conservation. Muckrakers expose the injustices in society in newspapers
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-What did Roosevelt think about trusts?
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roosevelt respected trusts
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-What publication facilitated the passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act?
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the jungle
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What did Roosevelt do during his tenure as President to improve the plight of Americans?
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did improve the US with the CCC
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-Wilson’s New Freedom
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Lower tariff, anti-monopoly law & federal banks
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-Roosevelt’s New Nationalism
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social security, federal minimum wage, women sufferage
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-How would you Wilson’s style as president?
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elitist, humanitarian approach
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-Underwood Tariff Bill
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set up a decreased tariff
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-Federal Reserve Act of 1913
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set up federal banks
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-Clayton Anti-Trust Act
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set up anti-trust
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-“moral diplomacy”
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foreign policy thats humanitarian
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-Why were German submarines sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant ships without warning?
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we were trading with Britain and to equal the playing field
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-Lusitania and the Sussex
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civilian ships with americans on it that were sunk
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What area did Wilson show the limits of progressivism?
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he did not address segregation(racism)
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How did Woodrow Wilson persuade the American public to enter WWI?
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this was going to be the war to end all wars
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-What was the League of Nations?
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wilsons idea of an international peace keeping body
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-The Zimmerman Note and “Doughboys”
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zimmerman's note was a german note that was intercepted that guarenteed Mexico the southwest if they entered WWI. The dough boys were the names of americans because they werent skinny because they havent been in the war as long as france and britain
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-Membership of the Central Powers and the Allied Powers
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Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey.
ALlied Powers: France, Britain, Russia, & U.S. |
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-Understand the new technologies of warfare
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gas warefare, tanks, aircrafts, aircraft carriers, machien guns
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-How were minorities treated during WWI?
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not ver well, military still segregated
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-Who was fighting on the Western, Eastern and Southern European fronts?
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Western - Germany against France, Britain, and US
Eastern- Germany agsinst Russia South- Turkey against Britain |
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-What were the funds that paid for the American War effort?
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2/3 was the new federal income tax and 1/3 was liberty bonds
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-Why did the United States not sign the Treaty of Versailles?
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ISOLATIONISM, we didnt want to be involved with foreign affairs.
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-How did employers use the Red Scare to gain “control” in the workplace?
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employers said unions are a communist plot
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-What didn’t the Ku Klux Klan like?
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anything thats NOT white
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Why were immigration restrictions introduced during the 1920’s?
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To restrict people coming from Eastern and SOuthern Europe
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What was the John Scopes Trial of 1925 centered around?
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Teaching evolution
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-First “talkie” picture?
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The Jazz Singer
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-What did the 1920 census reveal?
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That we were an Urban Country
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-Who developed Jazz Music?
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African AMerican CUlture
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-Buying stock on Margin
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Buying stock on credit
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-Harlem Renaissance
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rebirth of African AMerican culture centered around Harlem, NY
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-The Ohio Gang
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group of hardings friends that were put into office that had many scandals
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-Kellog-Briand Pact and Dawes Plan
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document that says you cannot use military as an offensive wearpon, only defense
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The Teapot Dome Scandal
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Scandal under Harding where public oil was being drilled by private companies
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-What was Calvin Coolidge’s view on the relationship of government and the corporate world?
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supported big business and let it run itself
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-What was one of the main factors facing farmers during the 1920’s?
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overproduction
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-What was Coolidge’s relationship with the farmers?
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terrible, didnt help the farmers
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-How did the Great Depression affect the birth rate in the U.S.?
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the Birth rate went down
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Bonus Army
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Hoover would give loans to business to keep them afloat and the Bonus Army were veterans that protested to get there money
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-What was Herbert Hoover’s approach to the Great Depression?
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private organizations should step in and take care of the people
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-What were the causes that lead to the Great Depression?
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trickle down effect didnt work, construction and automobile were the main businesses, international trade slowed down, credit card structure was a mess, and international debt structure failed because no one payed back loans
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-What was Roosevelt’s most pressing problem when he took office in 1933?
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unemployment at 25%
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-“Hundred Days” and the Glass-Steagall Act
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Most legislation ever passed in first hundred days as president and Glass-Steagall act was a banking holiday to make banks more trustworthy
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-Senator Huey P. Long, Fireside Chats, Brain Trust, and the Liberty League
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fireside chats were roosevelt talking to the country by radio, brain trust was students that were recruited to solve the economy crisis, and liberty league was against Roosevelt
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-Works Progress Administration, National Recovery Act, Agricultural Adjustment Act, and the Social Securities Act of 1935.
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unemployment inssurance, pension, disabililty
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-Where did most Dust Bowl migrants move to?
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california
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-Why were some people concerned with the Tennessee Valley Authority?
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concerned with electricity controlled by government
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-The legacies of the New Deal
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stronger presidency,welfare state, massive federal involvment, and block votint
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-Why and what happened because of the U.S. noninvolvement in the London Conference of 1933?
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world economy wasnt stabilized
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Why did the U.S. want a Good Neighbor policy in Latin America?
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we didnt want facism in latin america
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-What happened as a result of America’s neutrality in the Spanish-American War 1936-1939?
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became facist
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Munich Conference of 1938
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hitler was given part of czeckslovakia if he agreed to stop invading
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-Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact allowed Hitler to?
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Germany and soviets wouldnt fight eachother to give Hitler time to take out France
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-Why was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor a surprise to American officials?
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we thought we were going to be attacked in the Phillipines
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-Why were the Japanese compelled to attack the United States?
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closer to Japan
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-Axis Powers and the Allies
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Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan
Allies: France, Britain, Soviet Union, U.S. |
