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| Describe Populism in KS | #of farms tripled |
| Populism and RR | shipping costs high; monopolies controlled; no competition |
| Populism & government | silver and gold to back up dollar; corruption |
| Populism & farmers | technology improved farming, overproduction of crops; price down; surplus of crops |
| What is Guilded Age? | Am. looks golden from outside, inside tarnished (corrupt and many problems); term made by Mark Twain, Charles Warner |
| Corruption in Politics | illegal methods to win votes (paid people for votes, more than 1 vote per person, bribed vote counters, promised jobs to immigrants) |
| What does Progressivism mean? | The idea of building a better society, move society forward, hope to bring change |
| Who were the "Muckrackers"? | journalists who racked up dirt and problems to bring about change. |
| Progressivism toward urban poor | reform in industry, building codes, sanitation, clean water, improved transportation, opened parks, should attend school, medical / health reform |
| Progressivism toward voting | get rid of corruption, political machines, expand voting power, can recall official from office |
| What is an initiative? | voters can propose new laws |
| What is a referendum? | voters can reject or approve laws passed by gov't |
| Progressivism toward child labor? | no dangerous jobs, minimum age requirement, limited working hrs., min. wage, difficult to enforce |
| Why did 1.75 children work at turn of 20th Century? | Families poor, needed money; business owners could get them to work at low wages, longer hrs. (lots of immigrants) |
| What happened at Triangle Shirtwaist Fire? | 146 young women died because they got locked inside; led to new laws in building codes |
| Labor Unions created to: | AFL (american federation of labor; improve working conditions, hrs., and give workers bigger voice in gov't |
| What is socialism? | government owns factories & raw materials; Eugene Debs; allowed minority workers; get rid of capitalism |
| What is capitalism? | private business runs industries; competition determines prices |
| How did courts rule on labor reform? | government could not interfere or set limits on hrs. for workers |
| What are the goals of populism? | private ownership of companies, economic and political reform |
| What does reform mean? | change |
| How do reform movements begin? | by the people, or minority voice |
| What reform movements are happening in US today? | banking and investment system, Republican Party, car manufacturers (Ford, Chrysler, GM) |
| Farming and new technology: | farmers got loans, went into debt, went bankrupt (lost farms) |
| What is the National Grange? | represents needs of farmers, created Co-ops - more buying/selling power |
| Farmers blamed: | RR, wholesalers (sold at lower cost) |
| Populist Party: | peoples movement; break up monopolies, trusts, government regulate RR |
| What was Theodore Roosevelt's idea called for balancing power in business called? | the Square Deal |
| What did Woodrow Wilson do? | changes in banking and reform on tariffs (taxes) |
| What was the main difficulty with Wm Howard Taft? | He was very slow in reform |
| 17th Amendment: | direct vote for Senators |
| 16th Amendment | created fedr'l income tax |
| How did the 17th Amendment impact elections? | It allowed Americans to have more voting power. |
| 18th Amendment | banned production, sale, transportation of alcohol |
| 19th Amendment | women's suffrage (rt. to vote) |
| 21st Amendment | repealed 18th Amendment |
| How can Constitution be changed through amendments? | 2/3 vote by Congress (house and Senate) then 3/4 vote by state legislature or convention |
| President Roosevelt helped the conservation movement by: | increased number of national parks and created wildlife reservations |
| Why did Pres. Wilson create Federeal Reserve Bank? | To control the American economy |
| What was KS role in Prohibition of alcohol? | KS passed laws to ban the manufacture or sale of alcohol |
| What did Kansas do regarding women's rights? | the first state to: give women the rt. to vote in city elections |
| Who were: WEB Dubois, Ida Wells? | reformed laws that affected African Americans; reforms for anti-lynching laws |
