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| what types of people participated or supported the Progressives? |
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| protestant church leaders, African Americans, union leaders, feminists |
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did the progressives solve all of America's issues?
if not what did they do? |
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| no but it did improve quality of life, provide a larger role for the people in their democracy and establish a precedent for a more active role for the federal govt |
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| who first used the term "muckraker" and what was muckraking? |
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Roosevelt
progressive crusading journalists characterize in-depth, investigative stories about scandalous conditions in slums and tenements as well as work practices in the large monopolies, railroad abuse, waste of natural resources and boss rule |
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| what is referendum voting? |
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| citizens could vote on proposed laws printed on their ballots |
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| which president bought the Danish West Indies and why? |
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wilson
b/c he feared they would fall into the hands of germans |
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| what does the 17th amendment of the U.S. Constituition allow for? |
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| direct election of US senators, no longer chosen by state legislatures |
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| what happened at the Triangle shirtwaist factory |
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| fire on the 8th floor of the factory-workers locked inside so they wont steal or take breaks-146 deaths |
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| wealthy women who supported women & immigrants who walked out because labor leaders thought they could not organize and produce an effective protest |
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| what was Booker T. Washington's platform regarding African Americans and equal civial rights? |
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stressed economic equality as the path to social equality-pragmatist
-emphasized need for education & economic progress
-accepted segregation
-african americans should concentrate on learning industrial skills for better wages |
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| what was W.E.B Dubois' platform regarding African Americans and equal civial rights? |
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| demanded equal civil rights as a prerequisite for economic independence-idealist |
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| who was Margaret Sanger and what did she advocate? |
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| early feminist who promoted the use of birth control(illegal in most places) |
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| what was The Jungle by Upton Sinclair about? |
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| horrifying conditions of Chicago stockyards and meatpacking industry |
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| Was Teddy Roosevelt a trust buster or trust regulator? |
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| which president set aside 150 million acres of federal land as a natural reserve? |
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| under which president was the Federal Act passed? |
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| the spark that set off WWI was the assignation of whom? |
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| austrian archduke francis ferdinand and his wife sophia(ferdinand heir to throne of austro-hungarian empire) |
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| what was the schlieffen plan |
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| avoid a 2-front war by attacking france quickly, taking down paris, and then turn to russia which would be slow to mobilize-lack of industrialization |
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| what was teh 4 stages that America went through regarding our involvement in WWI |
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1. contented neutral country
2. country waging war for peace
3. victorious world power
4. alienated, isolationist nation |
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| what was the Lusitania crisis |
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| carrying munitions to Britain was "sunk on sight" by Germany. |
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| what did the National Defense Act do for the US military |
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| increased regular army to nearly 175,000-congress then approved construction of 50 warships in one yr |
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| what was the zimmerman telegram |
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| secret offer made by germany to mexico-german foreign minister zimmerman proposed mexico ally itself with german in return for germanys pledge to help mexico recover lost territories in the US-texas, new mexico, arizona |
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| why did russia have to pull out of WWI |
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| once the US entered the war Wilson referred to the US as what kind of power? |
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| what was teh selective service act |
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| democratic method for ensuring all groups in population would be called into service |
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| how much money did americans and taxes raise for the WWI effort |
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| what was Wilsons great plan that he presented to Congress? which part was he most proud of? |
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the fourteen points
he valued most the league of nations |
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| did the US sign the Treaty of Versailes |
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| response to the creation of the COMINTERN whose goal was to export Communist revolution from USSR to the West-violence against American businessmen and politicans |
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| what were the 3 republican presidents of the twenties |
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warren G Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover |
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| whose slogan was "a return to normalcy" |
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| who said the "business of America is business" |
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| which president suggested that poverty would end altogether soon |
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| by the census of 1920 what % of americans were living in cities |
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| what was the most important means of communication in the New Era |
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| what was the John Scopes trial about and what was the the outcome |
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| john scopes was arrested and brought to trial for teaching evolution in high school biology class in TN. he was convicted but conviction was overturned on a technicality |
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| what was the Harlem Renaissance |
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| 20% of african americans lived in the north-migration from south continued. famous for concentration of talented actors, artists, musicians, writers, poets-range of emotions from bitterness and resentment to joy and hope |
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| what is fascism and who were some of the fascist leaders in Europe? |
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mussolini-italy
hitler-germany
fransisco franco-spain |
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| did the US ever join the league of nations? did the european allies? |
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| how was the depression of the 1930s different than other economic panics |
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| lasted longer-4 years-caused more business failures and unemployment -affected more people both middle and working classes than any other period of hard times |
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| what % of banks fail as a result of the great depression |
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| what was the % of unemployed americans during the great depression |
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| initially how does Hoover respond to the depression |
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| hoover emphasized voluntary action and restraint-did not want to spend federal funds |
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| veterans and wives camped in improvised shacks |
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| what did the 3 R's in FDR's New Deal stand for? |
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Relief for people out of work
Recovery for business
Reform of American economic institutions |
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| how did FDR attempt to fix the banking institutions |
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| ordered all banks to be closed on march 6, 1933 |
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| guaranteed individual bank deposits up to $5,000 which became a reform measure |
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| what was the purpose of the TVA |
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| federal govt could become the architect of economic planning |
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| what changes does the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) bring about? |
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| guaranteed a workers right to join a union and a union's right to bargain collectively-outlawed business practices unfair to labor |
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| what did germany promise with the sussex pledge |
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| promised not to sink merchant or passenger ships w/o warning bc it did not want US intervention |
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| what are the 4 war agencies wilson created? |
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1. war industries board
2. food adminstration
3. fuel adminstration
4. national war labor board |
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| who organized the war agencies wilson created? |
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| economic function-railroads, fuel, etc. |
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| who often staffed wilson's war agencies? |
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| Bernard Baruch a wall street broker set production priorities and centralized control over raw materials and prices for which war agency? |
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| whose leadership of the food adminstration had said "americans should eat less meat and bread so that more food was available abroad" |
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| who was the leader of the fuel adminstration? |
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| the fuel adminstration directed efforts to save coal which resulted in what? |
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| closing of nonessential factories and daylight savings time |
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| who was the leader of the national war labor board? |
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| name some things that happened because of the national war labor board? |
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-arbitrated disputes between workers and employers
-labor won concessions that had been denied earlier so wages rose, eight hour day more common, union membership increased |
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