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04/05/2011

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Progressive Beliefs
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reacting to change happening in America; wanted to impose order in the world and curb most glaring injustices of previous years
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Optimism
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individual and societies were capable of growth and it was a natural process
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intervention
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need for human and government intervention for growth and improvement
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scientific knowledge
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natural and social sciences made understanding world possible, which then made it possible to better the world
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Anti-monopoly
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Progressive belief that monopolies naturally led to corruption
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social cohesion
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progressive belief that all of society is made up of interlocking webs of relationships - down the the individual level, state of well-being reflects state of society
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muckrakers
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journalists who published expose's to show how small circles of power led to corruption-now takes place through tv
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the social gospel
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collection of church programs, mainly protestant; involved congregations in wealthy parts of city who would go to poor parts and help in welfare-steps towards achieving grace and redemption
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settlement houses
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attempt to improve living behaviors by changing environment
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Jane Addams
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bought property in poor Chicago area and would try and teach poor immigrant women social norms, English language, etc
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Professionals
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associations so important for unified groups of experts because people trusted them so much that they had to be able to guarantee some kind of standard of what you get
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the "new women"
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make up bulk of reformers; time it took to perform domestic tasks decreased, so now doing other things; not having has many kids; some not getting married
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clubwomen
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initially discussed books and things they did in college; well-educated wealthy women who believed in social cohesion; began to take on more political issues (prohibition)
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19th Amendment
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 women deserve right to vote as mothers and because they are different from men, not because they're different
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socialism
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all-out state economic planning

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Eugene V. Debs
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ran every time socialist party had candidate; active in the Pullman Strike
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commission government
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members elected as a group-each member of rep/dem but elected to commission-will do what's best for cities, not their parties
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city managers
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outside political world for short-term specific tasks-no want to further certain parties
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initiative
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to pass certain law, citizens acquire number of signatures then put up for initiative
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referendum
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certain number of signatures, state votes law up or down
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direct primary
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people select candidates
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recall
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gather certain number of signatures to decide whether someone stays in office or gets voted out
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Follette
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Wisconsin governor/senator; perfect balance-good speaker, intelligent; RR regulations, workers comp initiatives/referendum
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Roosevelt
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believed federal government should be independent force
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Wilson
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believed strongly in free market; tariffs protect American industry
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Selective service act
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3 million drafted, 2 million more written into forces-critical juncture of war
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war industries board
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made sure right materials got produced-guaranteed record profits if give up business for short time-produces first billionaires
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national war labor board
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guaranteed higher wages, better hours, etc in eschage for promise not to strike; as soon as war over, all bets off
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great migration
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blacks leaving south-chain migration: large groups moving to same place-cause lots of tension
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Women's groups
Definition
act as mothers of societies protectiong sons, husbands, country
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socialists
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believed countries should be split by class not nationality so nations shouldn't be fighting
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George Creel
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encouraged individual journalists to turn in those journalists that weren't 100% behind the war
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Espionage Act
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allowerd for sensory of mail-socialists party mail stopped being delivered becasue they didn't support the war
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Sedition Act
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broad-anyone not supporting president, war, etc was put in prison (targeted socialists)
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"big bill" haywood
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warrant out for arrest-said war was won by taking rights away
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Seattle General Strike
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brought everything in society to halt-eventually had to be put down by marines
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Boston Police Strike
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put down by national guard
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steel worker's strike
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steel essential-nothing can be produced-biggest strike/union
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lynchings
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happened because blacks coming back from war believed they shouldn't have to move off sidewalks, on buses, etc for whites
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Chicago race riot
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more than 500 injured, 30 died
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Red Scare
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Hoover made list of 6,000 communists who were suspected in bombing and tried to arrest them all-embarrassing for him
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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Attorney General who had bomb go off near his home, caused red scare
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Automobile Industry
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changes places spatially-leads to surburban development because people could live further away from work and businesses
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technology
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all americans could now use radios, new plastics, etc made appliances cheaper so more were bought
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Consumer culture
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people define themselves by what discretionary items they purchase
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advertising
Definition
structures became perfected-if not marketing items as necessities, then have to mark it as a status setter to make people want to buy
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mass circulation publications
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reached larger audiences; meant everyone in nation read the same news instead of just local news
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broadcasting
Definition
connected large group of people
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modernist religion
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attempt to take new developments to interpret the Bible to make it compatible to new breakthroughs-wanted to make a way Christians could stay Christians but use sciences in everyday life
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Fundamentalism
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responded to modernist religion: Bible was a record of truth that needed no interpretation
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school consolidation
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attempt to move local one room schools to more modernized schools taht included entire counties
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Scopes Monkey Trial
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quickly spiraled out of control

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Darrow
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wanted to defend scopes-most famous defense lawyer and atheist
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William Jennings Bryant
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wanted to assist prosecution: embarrassed himself by not knowing about science at end of trial
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"the lost generation"
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artists and intellectuals-so alienated by new culture they were focused inwardly-one of the most important generations of artists/intellectuals
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H.L. Mencken
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ridiculed everything from art interpretations, religion and democracy-sabotaged cultures
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Faulkner
Definition
uncertain fate of old vaules in new world-intricate sketches of societies
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Harlem Renaissance
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central theme: understanding expressions of african american roots to form african american cultures
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Zora Neale Hurston
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came from all black town in florida; studied mixture of african traditions and new african american cultures
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lack of economic diversification
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auto industry and related fields ruled economy; eventually slacked off because everybody owned one
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uneven distribution of wealth
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two groups left behind: workers (made low wages, hard time forming unions, got laid off) and farmers (overproduction, nobody buying)
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credit structure
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small bank: failed because of dealing with farmer's problems; large banks: invested most of money in stock market, hurt when it crashed
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declining exports
Definition
about a decade after the war, countries supporting themselves or too poor to buy from america
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International debt cycle
Definition

america -> germany -> britain/france -> america

 

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FDR
Definition
personality that radiated energy and optimism; had incredible abillity to convey empathy despite his background of wealth
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Emergency Banking Act
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closed all banks until they went through inspection
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AAA
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goal-stop overproduction and raise prices; wanted to produce enough of the needed commodities, but nothing beyond that
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NRA
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leading industrialists came together to write; set min prices and wages to keep the from falling; biggest failure becasue industrialists wrote it so they formed loopholes and made prices too high
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TVA
Definition
most successful; 7 states in the heart of the south; attempt to provide public utilities and resources to extremely impoverished areas for very cheap
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ALL
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attacked FDR and New Deal-said he acted like dictator and that some acts were anti-capital; fails to genearte support outside of small corporate elite
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Dr. Townsend
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had 5 mil old supporters; plan for government to have old age pensions when Americans turned 60-when got pensions had to retire-had to spend 85% of it
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Father Coughlin
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had weekly radio program; criticized FDR for being soft on big banks; came so close to supporting hitler he lost almost all his supporters
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Huey P. Long
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LA governor/senator; poor; launched own New Deal in LA-new hospitals, schools; share our wealth society: all income above $1 mil should be tazed 100% to guarantee all Americans middle class
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CIO
Definition
unskilled, blacks, and women could join; tended to be more militant and more likely to strike
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NLRB
Definition
forced corporations to recognize unions and cooperate with them
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SS
Definition
government funded immediate relief for elderly; government, employee, emplyer pay monthly into fund they can draw fro when they retire
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WPA
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budget was $5 bil to begin; at given time, 2 mil workers; buildings renovated and new ones built; funded artists, writers, scholars who were out of work
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New deal coalition
Definition
mostly people who had benefitted from new deal; farmers in south; elderly people, progressivism members who now supported dems
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court packaging
Definition
for every justice over 75, to "relieve their workload" FDR would add a younger justice; didn't work
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"black cabinet"
Definition
federal office holders in D.C met with FDR's wife-made sure whatever money could get to black communitites got there
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Perkins
Definition
first woman to hold office position; more women beginning to work
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nativism
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fearing and resenting foreign people, immigrants, minorities, and people who do not conform to dominate social/political hypes (behavior) types.


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