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were mainly aggrieved farmers who advocated radical reforms
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Populists
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urban, middle-class reformers who wanted to increase the role of government in reform while maintaining capitalist economy
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Progressives
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Why did Populism fail?
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its constituents were mostly poor farmers whose daily struggle to make a living made political activity difficult
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Where did the roots of Progressivism lay?
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in the growing number of associations and organizations at the turn of the century
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journalists who wrote exposes of corporate greed and misconduct
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Lincoln Steffens' The Shame of the Cities
Ida Tarbell's History of Standard Oil Upton Sinclair's The Jungle |
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Who headed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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What gave birth to the feminist movement?
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The adamant, conservative opposition they faced
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faced wude opposition for use of contraceptives
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Margaret Sanger
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Wisconsin governor who implemented plans for direct primary elections, progressive taxation, and rail regulation
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Robert LaFollette
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through which voters could propose new laws
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ballot initiative
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which allowed the public to vote on new laws
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referendum
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which gave voters the power to remove officials from office before their terms expired
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recall election
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Most recent example of a recall election
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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What did working-class progressives also acheive?
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limitations on the length of the work day, minimum-wage requirements, child labor laws, and urban housing codes
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Who was the most prominent Progressive leader?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who was the first to successfully use the Sherman Antitrust Act against monopolies?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who's nickname was "the Trustbuster"
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt was an impassioned:
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conservationist
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Who were the candidates of the 1912 election?
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Roosevelt- New Nationalism
Woodrow Wilson- New Freedom |
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"That government is best which governs least"
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Thomas Jefferson
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Why is the Progressive era known as the turning point in history?
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marks the ever-increasing involvement of the federal government in our daily lives
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What did Wilson argue would protect man's freedom?
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the federal government had to assume greater control over businesses
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What three things did Wilson lobby and pass for?
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Federal Trade Commission
Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve System |
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When did Progressivism end?
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The end of World War I
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What brought the downfall of the Progressive coalition?
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-war torn
-Red Scare -was too successful and thus many constituents left after getting what they wanted |
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What did T. Roosevelt want to do during his presidency?
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Build a canal through the Central America isthmus because it would greatly shorten trips from East Coast to California
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What happened when the Columbian government asked for more than the government was willing to spend when negotiating building the Panama Canal?
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encouraged the Panamanian rebels to start a revolution
after they won, the US got a much better deal |
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policy where troops intervened repeatedly in Latin America, claiming that it constituted a threat to American security
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (Big Stick Policy)
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What was a problem with maintaining neutrality during World War I?
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US and England were quickly forming a close alliance
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Why did the British not interfere with the US in Latin America?
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wanted US as a potential ally against Germany
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prohibited anyone from using the US mail system to interfere with the war effort and draft
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Espionage Act
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made it illegal to try to prevent the sale of war bonds or to speak disparagingly of the government, flag, the military, or the Constitution
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Sedition Act
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What were the provisions of the Fourteen Points plan?
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-free trade through lower tariffs
-reduction of arms on both sides -creation of League of Nations |
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oil companies bribed the secretary of the interior in order to drill on public lands
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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set immigration quotas based on national origins and discriminated against the "new immigrants" who came from south and east Europe
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Emergency Quota Act of 1924
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John Thomas Scopes broke law of not teaching evolution in schools
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Scopes Monkey Trial
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Why was the Scopes Monkey Trial important?
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Determined whether America should abandon tradition for progress' sake
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highest protective tariff in US History and enacted during the worst depression ever
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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put poorly managed banks under control of the Treasury Department and granted government licenses to those that were solvent
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Emergency Banking Relief Bill
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