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U.S. since 1877
Rise of Cities, Political Woes, Rise of American Empire, and Grass-Roots Progressivism
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10/17/2013

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For many political and religious leaders, expansionism...
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would mean the triumph of American civiliztion around the globe.
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William Seward's foreign policy emphasized
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United States domination of the Americas.
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In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward had the United States purchase Alaska from
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Russia
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In response to the succesful revolt in Hawaii in 1893, Grover Cleveland
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tried but failed to restore the queen to power.
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To the publishers of yellow journalism,
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sensastional news articles would increase sales.
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During the Spanish-American War, African-Americans in the military
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found segregation and discrimination similar to civilian life.
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The Foraker
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established civil government in Puerto Rico.
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What document provided the terms for U.S. intervention in Cuba?
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Platt Amendment
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The best example of a mass-produced consumer product in the early 1900s was
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The Model T of Henry Ford
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The control of a commodity or service by a small number of large, powerful companies is called
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an oligopoly
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Between 1900 and 1920,women
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increasingly found professional careers closed to them.
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, many African Americans
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worked in South as sharecroppers.
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Immigrants to the United States in the early 1900s
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Encouraged considerable hostility from American nativists.
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The "science" of Eugenics held that
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a population growth among inferior peoples should be limited.
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Music in the Progressive period
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was strongly influenced by the African American experience.
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Who pinoneered improvisational dance?
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Isadora Duncan
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The leading advocate of the philosophy of pragmatism was
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William James
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The most influential educator of the Progressive Era was
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John Dewey
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The most famous reform governor of the Progressive Era was
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Robert M. La Follette
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In the Great Coal Strike of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt
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invited both sides to a White House conference.
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Dividing the Republican party early in Taft's administration was
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a decision concerning the need to lower tariffs.
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The Sixteenth Amendment
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authorized an income tax.
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The Underwood Tariff Act of 1913
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lowered tariff rates.
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Tha Adamson Act of 1916
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imposed the eight-hour day on railroads.
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Author Ward McAllister: How to be rich and who to invite
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Social Register
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A law setting aside money and land for colleges and universities.
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Morrill Act
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Designed parks, specifically, Central Park
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Frederick Law Olmstead
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a. more parks

b.wider streets (boulevard)

c.suburbs

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City Beautiful Movement
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said the Immigrants are at fault.
head of American Protection Association.
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Josiah Strong
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Women claiming that alochol is the problem
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
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political patronage: friends are given jobs without qualifications
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Spoil system
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change spoil jobs into civil service jobs.
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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Charles Macune leads in joining the southern, colored, and Northwest alliances
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Farmers' Alliance
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Idea: Do not lose money form loans and debt due to government warehouses.
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Subtreasury Plan
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The populist party plan to elect one of their own into office.
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Omaha Platform
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The domino effect occurs when railroad companies go out of business.
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Depression of 1893
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500 workers marched to 'Capital Hill' saying "Create public work for me!" and denied by government.
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Coxey's Army
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Eugene Debs leads the railroad union in a strike telling every company not to touch a Pullman car.
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Pullman Strike
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A democrate that supports populist opinions.
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William Jennings Bryan
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wrote "Significance of the Frontier in American History" theory that we should be looking elsewhere (different countries)

 

The Question

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Fredrick Jackson Turner
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The Influence of Seapower Upon History. Every great empire controls the waters.

  1. NAVY
  2. bases around the world
  3. canal 

The Answer

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Alfred T. Mahan
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Ship exploded when U.S. helped Cuba; blamed on Spain
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U.S.S. Maine
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Sank every Spanish ship in one night in the Philippines
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Commodore George Dewey
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Cuba is free and how the war ends
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Treaty of Paris
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Because and important person says it you should oblige that opinion
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Anti-Imperalist League
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Secretary of state John Hay, sharing U.S. goods everywhere
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Open Door Notes
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Roosevelt offers money to Columbia for the land they say no. Panamanian people shoot at Columbians fighting for land. 10 years to build.
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Panama Canal
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U.S. reserves the right to stick their nose into other countries' business but they can't in ours.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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journalists encouraging change
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Muckrakers
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wrote about John Rockefeller
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Ida M. Tarbell
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How the Other Half Lives

Put together pictures showing bad things

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Jacob Riis
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The Shame of the Cities

how corrupt machine politics is.

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Lincoln Steffens
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The people have choice on who would be on the ballot.
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direct primary
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"Power to the People" to pass laws.

Petition and Vote

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Initiative and Referendum
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The power to kick someone out of office.
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Recall
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People select commissioners that are good at 1 job.
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Commission System
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City Council hires a manager thus he is not an elected official.
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City Manager Plan
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Hull House "settlement house" movement
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Jane Addams
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National Consumers League: trying to convince government to pass laws for factory safety.
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Florence Kelley
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146 out of 200 women died in this fire because the building was bricked up and there were no fireescapes.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire
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Goal to eliminate alcohol, shut down entire states worth of bars.
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Anti-Saloon League
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Says dont't fight the racism; learn new trades, new skills
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Booker T. Washington

Atlanta Compromise Speech

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We need to fight now!
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W.E.B DuBois

The Niagra Movement

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power by the ballot box
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Socialist Party of America
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William "Big Bill" Haywood

power of the general strike

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Industrial Workers of the World
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Women and Economics

Women explore and work

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Birth control; advocate for abortion
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Margaret Sanger
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As a result of the Plessy v.s. Ferguson decision,
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African-American education was supposed to be "seperate by equal" to white education.
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The Social Darwinists
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believed that nature applied to society.
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According to his theory, a "single tax" owuld have equalized wealth and raised revenue to aid the poor.
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Henry George
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            wrote the book Looking Backward which looked forward to a future of socialism in America.
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Edward Bellamy
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Who was the most active leader to the Social Gospel?
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Washington Gladden
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The "grandfather clause" waived the literacy requirement for voters who ancestor had
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voted before 1867
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In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the right of states to regulate commerce
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Munn v.s. Illinois
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Until the 1890s,
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the presidency was weaker than congress.
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The case of United States v.s. E.C. Knight,
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drew a sharp distinction between commerce and manufactoring.
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Those who supported the free coinage of silver
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were convinced it would raise wages and crop prices.
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Which of the following was NOT a reason for farm discontent in the late nineteenth century?
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the inability to organize and voice their discontent.
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Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the depression of 1893?
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Rural and urban societies were brought closer together.
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The writings of Mark Twain
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relied on the realism and humor of American life.
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The leading naturalist writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was
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Theodore Dreiser
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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allowed for the free coinage of silver.
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pushes big business, Teddy's frenemey
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William Howard Taft
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Theodore Roosevelt's political party wanting a big government
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Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)

New Nationalism

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Woodrow Wilson's small government
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New Freedom
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grading meat
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Meat Inspection Act
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requires ingredients to be on the label
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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Book describing the food factory conditions
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Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
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Roosevelt's philosophy to protect enviornment
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Square Deal
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