1
Q
Progress and Poverty was written by _________ ______
A
Henry George
2
Q
What was progress and poverty about?
A
- private interests did not concern itself with poverty
- led to economic gap
3
Q
What book did Henry George write?
A
Progress and poverty
4
Q
Edward Bellamy wrote what book?
A
Looking backward
5
Q
Who wrote “Looking Backward”
A
Edward Bellamy
6
Q
What was “Looking Backward” about?
A
- Associated with socialism
- help lower class and labor
7
Q
What acted as evidence of an unhappy lower labor class
A
Socialism
8
Q
Socialism acted as evidence of what…?
A
An unhappy lower labor class
9
Q
William boss tweed was the ______ ____ of NYC
A
Political boss
10
Q
William Boss Tweed was the political boss of ____
A
NYC
11
Q
What was the first major attempt for women collectively to get the right too vote
A
Seneca falls convention
12
Q
What was the Seneca Falls Convention
A
The first major attempt for women collectively to get the right to vote
13
Q
where did Seneca Falls take place?
A
NY
14
Q
What year did Seneca Falls take place?
A
1848
15
Q
What had a big influence on women’s suffrage
A
WWI
16
Q
WWI had a big impact on _______ ________.
A
Womens suffrage
17
Q
When did the 19th amendment pass?
A
1920
18
Q
Authors that simply gave the facts - no opinions
A
Muckrakers
19
Q
What muckraker told about Rockefeller and the abuses of standard oil?
A
Ida Tarbell
20
Q
Ida Tarbell was a muckraker that wrote about…?
A
Rockefeller and the abuses of standard oil
21
Q
Which muckraker exposed city corruption?
A
Lincoln Steffens
22
Q
Lincoln Steffens was a muckraker who wrote about…?
A
City corruption
23
Q
Where was the Hull House located?
A
Chicago
24
Q
Who was the founder of the Hull House in Chicago?
A
Jane Addams
25
Urban reform - Cities took over _________ and helped break up _________.
1. Utilities
| 2. Helped break up monopolies
26
T?F: State reform - there were 2 prominent governors
True
27
Governor of Wisconsin?
LaFollette
28
Governor of California?
Hiram Johnson
29
GOVERNMENT: LISTING (know 4)
1. Abolished child labor
2. Muller vs. Oregon - 10 hour work day
3. Minimum wage
4. Workers compensation
30
16th amendment
Income tax
31
The income tax was the __ amendment
16th
32
17th amendment
Direct election of senators
33
The direct election of senators was established in __ amendment
17th
34
Which amendment enforced prohibition?
18
35
What did amendment 18 enforce?
Prohibition
36
What did the 19th amendment enforce?
Womens suffrage
37
Which amendment enforced women's suffrage?
19th
38
The square deal was whos plan?
Roosevelt
39
Who helped with the coal strike?
Roosevelt
40
What act helped with RRs
Hepburn act
41
Hepburn act
Helped with RRs
42
What party did Taft belong to?
Republican
43
What party did Roosevelt start / was apart of?
Bull Moose party
44
Who was shot during a speech in Milwaukee WI
Roosevelt
45
Where was Roosevelt was shot?
Milwaukee, WI
46
Who won the 1912 election?
Wilson
47
What party did Wilson belong to?
Democrat
48
Woodrow Wilson was the former governor of ...?
New Jersey
49
Who was the former governor of New Jersey?
Woodrow Wilson
50
Woodrow called his "progressive reforms" "___ ________"
New freedoms
51
Wilson called his "__________ _______" new freedom
Progressive reforms
52
Who called their progressive reforms "New Freedom"
Woodrow Wilson
53
Who failed African Americans?
Woodrow Wilson
54
Woodrow Wilson failed what ethnic group?
African Americans
55
What steps did Roosevelt take to solve the 1902 coal strike?
Called both sides to the White House to negotiate - owners of mines were unwilling - Roosevelt threatened to take over mines
56
Why did Gifford Pinchot an important figure in US history?
National Forest Service
57
Who were the Allies? (List 4)
1. Russia
2. France
3. England
4. Italy
5. US
58
Germany was fighting the war on ___ sides. Against who?
- 2
| - Russia and France
59
Who was fighting a war on 2 fronts against Russia and France?
Germany
60
Who used scorched earth policy?
Russia
61
What was Russia's fighting tactic?
Scorched earth policy
62
LISTING: New technology (know 4)
1. Machine gun
2. Gas
3. U-boats
4. War planes
5. Tanks
63
What was the only way to protect against machine guns?
Tranches
64
Trenches are the only way to survive against what weapon?
Machine guns
65
Sent from the German ambassador to Mexico saying if Mexico assisted them, they would help Mexico take a portion of the SW United States
Zimmerman note
66
The Zimmerman note was sent from the ______ ambassador to _______
German ambassador to Mexico
67
It is lending money to the Allied governments - also we are preparing for war
US neutrality
68
Why did the US exhibit neutrality?
1. Raising money
| 2. Building up our army
69
The Zimmerman note was intercepted by the _______
British
70
Why does Russia drop out of the war?
Bolshevik / communist revolution
71
How long was the unites states' direct involvement in the war?
9 months
72
How many American soldiers dies in WWI? How many died all together?
1. 116,000
| 2. 11 Million
73
What industry was part of the war agencies?
War industry board
74
What agencies were on the home front?
1. War agencies
2. Food administration board
3. National war labor board
75
What was focused around an anti-German sentiment
Propaganda
76
What was the main focus of propaganda?
Anti-German sentiment
77
Controlled raw materials, fixed prices, told people how much to produce
War agencies
78
Controlled more agricultural output, stop waste, clean plate, given credit for saving thousands from starvation
Food administration board
79
Leader of the national war labor board
Taft
80
Board that oversaw potential labor disputes
National war labor board
81
Who was the director of propaganda
George creel
82
George creel was the director of ...?
Propaganda
83
Goal of the industrial workers of the world
Overthrow capitalism
84
Wilsons plan for peace
14 points
85
14 points was ______ plan for ______
Wilsons
| Peace
86
Winners got together at _____ for a peace conference
Paris
87
Who were the big four
1. England
2. France
3. Italy
4. US
88
How much were German reparations following the war?
$33 billion dollars
89
International organization proposed by Wilson
League of Nations
90
Which country becomes an isolationist after WWI
United States
91
Where did Germany begin their offensive?
Belgium
92
ESSAY: 3 things from progressivism that were the most important in correcting the evils of the guilded age.
1. TREATMENT OF WORKERS
- Guilded age: poor working conditions, safety hazards, faculty owners did not care for the employees, low pay.
- Progressivism: abolished child labor, minimum of a 10 hour work day (Muller v. Oregon), minimum wage and workers compensation
2. BETTER TREATMENT OF WOMEN
- Guilded age: Seen as housewives, primary job was to take care of the children, unable to vote
- Progressivism: War allowed women to take ahold of what they wanted - gained the right to vote in 1920. Had to fill in men's positions while they were off at war - turn of century new leaders like carrie Catt and Alice Paul
3. BETTER TREATMENT OF THE IMPOVERISHED
- Guilded: poor people were seen as people who were willing to work more for less money than other citizens - were taken advantage of by dangling income in their face
- Progressivism: Urban reform - Provided welfare services, built homeless shelters, provided free kindergarten. - philosophy that is social conditions were good then people would be good
93
Who was in charge of the food administration board?
Hoover
US History
flashcards
Decks in class (16)
# Cards
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Early America Quiz12
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Background Causes Of The Civil War Quiz16
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Civil War Quiz22
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Civil War Test59
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Westward Expansion Test62
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Immigration / Urban America WS9
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Immigration108
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Chapter 13 Quiz14
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Progressivism And WWI Test93
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Chapter 20 Worksheet Quiz21
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1920's79
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Chapter 22 Worksheet Quiz17
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Great Depression Test101
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WWII Test81
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Post WWII (ch. 26) Quiz22
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Cold War Test75
