Progressivism IV

Question 1

What is New Nationalism?

Answer 1

• Greater federal power to regulate economy
• Minimum wage and child labor laws
• Direct election of senator

Question 2

What was important about the election of 1912?

Answer 2

• Unique election as voters has a choice of political and economical philosophies
• Eugene V Debs showed the growing appeal of socialism
• Wilson elected

Question 3

What was the Elkins Act?

Answer 3

• Heavy fines on railroads and shippers who supported rebates

Question 4

What was the Hepburn Act of 1906?

Answer 4

• Restricted railroad “free passes”
• ICC could enforced regulations on railroads

Question 5

What was Taft’s presidency run on?

Answer 5

Dollar Diplomacy
- Favored the increase of American influence internationally

Question 6

What is the Bull Moose Party

Answer 6

• Progressive party formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1912

Question 7

What was the Payne Aldrich Tariff?

Answer 7

• Originally a plan to lower tariffs
• Ended up as minor reductions and raised rates
• Led to the split in Republican conservatives and progressives

Question 8

Who was Pinchot and Ballinger?

Answer 8

• Pinchot exposed Ballinger for invalidating Roosevelt’s land policies
• Taft fired Pinchot

Question 9

Who is Leo Frank?

Answer 9

• Jewish man accused of murdering a white girl
• Unfair trial led him to be lynched

Question 10

What is The Birth of a Nation

Answer 10

• Glorified KKK as saviors of the South
• Led to the reassurance of the KKK

Question 11

What was the second rise of the KKK like?

Answer 11

• Went against every non-white group

Question 12

Who was David Stephenson?

Answer 12

• Head of the Indiana Klan
• Raped a young girl, kidnapped her, poisoned her.
• Led to the unpopularity of the Klan

Question 13

Who is William Trotter? What is his importance with Woodrow Wilson?

Answer 13

• Confronted Wilson on segregation problems
• Wilson implemented de jute segregation (legal separation)