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23 Cards in this Set
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Who won the 1912 elections? |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Give one reason for the Democrat win: |
Splits in the Republican party between Taft and Roosevelt |
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Why did the Democrats lose the 1904 election? |
Roosevelt was popular and going on to his second term |
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How did the Democrats change their policy in 1908? |
Jennings dropped the idea of free silver |
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Why were the Democrats more successful in the 1910 midterm election? |
Republican support was dropping and the Democrats had a new leader, Woodrow Wilson |
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Who was Woodrow Wilson? |
A southern pacifist and progressive idealist |
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What experience did Wilson have? |
- President of Princeton University - Ran for Governor of New Jersey in 1910 and pushed through progressive reforms |
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How did Wilson win the 1912 election? |
- harnessed the support of progressivism - attacked the REP as the party of big business and high tariffs |
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What was the result of the 1912 election? |
- Taft and the REP were overshadowed by both progressive candidates - Roosevelt gained more votes than the REP |
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Who else was involved in the election? |
Eugene Debs |
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How many votes did Debs gain and why is this important? |
900,000 showing that the DEM still had an issue with worker support |
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What did Wilson do when entering the Office? |
- Made Jennings his Secretary of State - Made a series of reforms |
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What was Wilson's programme of reform called? |
New Freedom |
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What group of people did Wilson ignore? |
African Americans |
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List the five reforms Wilson passed: |
1) Tariff Reform 2) Banking Reform 3) Regulation of Big Business 4) Rights of Workers 5) Constitutional Amendments |
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What was the tariff reform? |
- Underwood Simmonds Tariff Act in 1913 - Slashed tariffs by 20% - New income tax |
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What was the banking reform? |
- Federal Reserve Act 1913 - strong central bank under public regulation - supervised by the Federal Reserve Board - protection against panics |
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What was the Big Business reforms? |
- Federal Trade Commission - regulated corporate businesses and prevent unfair practices - Clayton Anti-Trust Act in 1914 to extend the powers of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
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What was the Workers reform? |
- backing of the AFL by making strikes, boycotts and pickets legal - 1916 Adamson Ac- 8 hour day - Federal Highway - Federal Farm Loan Act- long term access to loans |
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What was the 16th Amendment? |
Created a new income tax (1913) |
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What was the 17th Amendment? |
Compulsory that all Senators were elected by direct popular vote (1913) |
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What was the 18th Amendment? |
enforced prohibition (1919) |
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What was the 19th Amendment? |
Gave women voting rights (1920) |
