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History 2112
1887 to current
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Undergraduate 1
06/30/2010

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Jane Addams
Definition
Founder of Hull House
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Hull House
Definition
First of the Chicago Settlement Houses
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Arnold Toynbee
Definition
Started settlement houses in England
Term
Muckrakers
Definition
Investigative journalists; believed that if people knew about problems they would demand they be fixed.
Term
How much did healthcare funding rise from 1900 to 1907?
Definition
600%
Term
Progressives fought to get what in every county?
Definition
A healthcare center.
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The Pure Food and Drug Act had what effect on milk?
Definition
Milk would be required to be Pasteurized.
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What was the Book "The Jungle" about?
Definition
A meat processing plant and all the gross things there.
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What did Sears start out selling?
Definition
watches
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What was Roebucks trade?
Definition
watchmaking
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When did Roebuck leave the company?
Definition
1895
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How much did Roebuck sell out for?
Definition
$25,000
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Who became Sears' new partner?
Definition
Rosenwald
Term
In 1896 the post office made a new policy that helped Sears, what was it?
Definition
Rural Free Delivery
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How is the Spanish American war refered?
Definition
the Splendid Little War
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What was the cause of most of the deaths during the Spanish American War?
Definition
disease
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What is New Manifest Destiny?
Definition
The expanding of America outside of its borders.
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Where did our defeating of the Spanish give us control over?
Definition
Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Philippines
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What were the Human Rights concerns in Cuba?
Definition
land distribution & the tax system
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What was the problem with Cuban land distribution?
Definition
The good land was given to Spanish and wealthy Cubans, leaving little land or poor land to poor Cubans.
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What was the problem with the Cuban tax system?
Definition
The wealthy were paying no taxes
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What were the 3 industries that America rellied on Cuba for?
Definition
sugar, tobacco & Manganese
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Did Mckinly want to get involved in the Cuban revolt?
Definition
no
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How did Mckinly try to ease the preasure on Cuba from the Spanish?
Definition
Sent the battleship "Maine" to Havanna
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What happened in Havanna Bay that thrust America into the war?
Definition
The accidental explosion of "The Maine"
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Who was the Comander of the Rough Riders?
Definition
Woods
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Who had the first victory in the Spanish American war?
Definition
Admiral Dewey in Manilla Bay in the Philippines.
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Who were the Progressive Presidents?
Definition
Teddy Roosevelt, Taft and Woodrow Wilson
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What years was the Progressive movement?
Definition
1890 - 1920
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Where do progressive issues start?
Definition
in the cities then to states then to federal
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What term was used by middle class women who had graduated from college to exact reform?
Definition
Municiple Housekeeping
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