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UNIT 8 trivia
78 cards·by ccanela
progressivism was rooted in what political party?
republican party
what did progressives want to do?
rid politics of corruption
what did progressives fight against?
prostitution, gambling, drinking, and other forms of vice
progressives were mainly?
protestant middle class
group- felt alienated and distressed by immortality
progressives
vocab- roosevelt created this negative term but then became a badge of honor
muckrakers
Name a muckraker
Ida Tarbell who went after Rockefeller
form of art which prized detachment, objectivity, and skepticism
realism
art- felt ideals of the constitution were not being upheld
realism
art-felt US glorification of the self-made man and individualism was preventing US from
coping effectively w/ large scale organizations
realism
art- wanted to portray life in the US as it really was
realism
who est. settlement houses?
middle class, college edu. women
what did settlement houses provide?
provided social services to neighborhoods with poor immigrants
what was the name of the first house funded by Jane Addams in 1889?
Hull house
true/false- Jane Addams and the workers all lived in the hull house
true
person- set up a nursery for the children of working mothers, penny saving bank, and an
employment bureau, a baby clinic
florence kelley
cultural conservatism was made up of?
middle class women (progressives)
what were some issues of cultural conservatism?
sexuality, prostitution, Mann Act, alcohol
amendment- prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, including liquors,
wines, and beers
18th amendment
who joined forces that were pro-prohibition?
WTCU and antisaloon league
political party-had a substantial impact on progressivism
socialist party
when was the socialist party of america est?
1901-1912
how many members did the socialist party have?
115,000 members
name a socialists
eugene debs
name- radical rev. who called for the working class to overthrow capitalism
eugene debs
where was municipal reform focused?
local-self gov.= cities and towns
reform- gave city control of gas, telephone, and trolley companies
municipal reform
reform- corporate dominated and monopolized
municipal reform
plan- city commissioner set policy while the executive officer implemented it and modeled
after structure of a corportation
city manager plan
how did commissioners take away power from the working class/poor?
b/c commissioners took alot of time to campaign and working class folks d/n have the time
what enabled party voters to choose candidates rather than political machines?
direct primary
amendment- required that all US senators be elected by popular vote
seventeenth amendment
what allowed reformers to put legislation proposals on the ballots in general elections?
initiative
what gave voters the right in general elections to repeal an unpopular act passed by a state?
referendum
answer
what allowed voters to remove from office any public servant who betrayed trust?
recall
australian ballot was known as?
secret ballot
what required the government to print the ballots rather than the candidates or the political
parties?
australian ballot
group- supported anti-immigrant legislation that resulted in disenfranchisement
progressives
group- supported idea that citizenship should be difficult to achieve
progressives
effect- southern states passed literacy tests, poll taxes, property qualifications
disenfranchisement of african americans
amendment- prohibited any state from denying/abridging a citizen's right to vote on account
of race, color, or previous servitude
fifteenth amendment
disenfranchisement of african americans went against what amendment?
fifteenth amendment
amendment- guaranteed women's right to vote in all elections at the local, state, and
national levels
nineteenth amendment
president of NAWSA
President Carrie Chapman Catt
what kind of campaign did Carrie Chapman Catt coordinate?
grassroots campaign
leader- 1913 national women's party- picketed president wilson 24/7
alice paul
influential women of woman suffrage
carrie chapman catt, alice paul, elizabeth cady stanton, susan b. anthony
person- progressive governer and senator from wisonsin
robert la follette
part of an idea- direct primary
wisconsin idea
part of an idea- tax laws that stripped RR corp. of their tax exemptions
wisconsin idea
part of an idea- civil service law
wisconsin idea
part of an idea- utility rates
wisconsin idea
part of an idea- 1st state income tax
wisconsin idea
part of an idea-workers compensation
wisconsin idea
part of an idea- limited work hours
wisconsin idea
part of an idea- restrictions on child labor
wisconsin idea
part of an idea- minimum wage for women
wisconsin idea
who created the wisconsin idea?
robert la follette
year- more than 100 blacks lynched
1900
how many lynchings between 1901 and 1914
1000 lynched
name the two people who fought for anti-lynching legislation
Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois
true/false- anti-lynching law was passed
false, US gov. never passed an anti-lynching law
person- opposed Booker T. Washington's philosophy
W.E.B. Du Bois
person- brilliant, harvard educated
W.E.B. Du Bois
who launched a magazine called the crisis?
W.E.B. Du Bois
magazine to end segregation, remove voting rights barriers, and end barriers to prevent
black advancement
the crisis
was progressivism supported by legislative branch?
generally unsuported by legislative branch
name the 2 members of the executive branch which were considered progressive
president teddy roosevelt and president woodrow wilson
what political party was president teddy roosevelt part of?
republican
what political party was president woodrow wilson part of?
democratic
2 presidents who altered the nature of the american presidency
president teddy roosevelt and president woodrow wilson
how did TR become president?
TR became president when McKinley was shot in 1901
who used the sherman antitrust act agaisnt the northern securities company in 1902?
TR
company- $400 million monopoly on RRs lines from Chicago to Washington state
northern securities company
how did TR get the name "trust-buster"?
1903-fed. court ordered the Northern Securities Company to dissolve, Sup. Court upheld it
how did TR feel about trusts?
didn't want to break all large corp.-argued gov. should regulate indust. giants/punish
whose who used their power improperly
who created new nationalism?
TR