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A movement that desired political & social reform, from the 1890s-WWI? | Progressivism |
Most progressive reforms included: | City govt., better working conditions, education, & business regulation |
This said that all true Christians should be helping the poor... | Social Gospel movement |
A community center where the poor & new immigrants could go for assistance... | Settlement House |
Who started the Settlement House movement & where? | Jane Addams with Hull House in Chicago |
Who were the journalists that wrote about the corruption of the period? | Muckrakers |
The book about the meat packing industry was.... | The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair |
Who wrote about the corruption of the Standard Oil Co.? | Ida Tarbell |
Lincoln Steffens wrote about political corruption in his book... | The Shame of the Cities |
Who wrote about the horrible slums? | Jacob Riis in his book, "How the Other Half Lives" |
Which Amendment was for the direct election of senators? | 17th Amendment |
What allowed a citizen to propose a new law & have it appear on the ballot? | Initiative Process |
What allowed citizens to vote on a law that was being considered for adoption? | Referendum Process |
What allowed the voters to remove an elected official before his term was up? | Recall Process |
What allowed party members to vote for candidates instead of having them picked by the boss? | Direct Primary |
Which group pushed for alcohol reform? | Anti-Saloon League |
Which group worked for women's suffrage? | Women's Suffrage Association |
Which two women worked for women's suffrage? | Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony |
The belief that women should have the same rights as men is.... | Feminism |
A 1911 fire that killed 150 people, causing the progressives to push for reform.... | Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
Roosevelt worked to help all people get an equal chance in business & with the govt..... | "Square Deal" |
What created the FDA? | Pure Food & Drug Act |
What was meant to monitor the quality of all meat sold in the US? | Meat Inspection Act |
Roosevelt was known as a "Trust Buster," meaning he wanted to better enforce the.... | Sherman Antitrust Act |
Three co.'s that Roosevelt went after to eliminate trusts.... | Standard Oil, American Tobacco Co., & the Northern Securities Co. (RR) |
Roosevelt also supported the.... | US Forest Service and the 16th Amendment (income taxes) |
Who won the Election of 1908? | William Howard Taft |
Roosevelt called his 1912 party the.... | Bull Moose Party |
Who won the Election of 1912? | Woodrow Wilson |
Which act strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust Act & made strikes legal? | Clayton Antitrust Act |
What created the Federal Banks, with control over the US money supply? | Federal Reserve System |
What were the years of World War I? | 1914-1918 |
What was the immediate cause of WWI? | the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
What were the underlying causes of WWI? | militarism, nationalism, and imperialism |
Who made up the Allied powers? | France, Russia, & Great Britain |
Who make up the Central powers? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy |
When the war began, what was the position of the US? | neutrality |
One of the 1st actions that almost brought the US into the war was the.... | sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat |
When the Germans promised not to sink anymore ships w/out prior warning.... | the Sussex Pledge |
Who won the Election of 1916? | Woodrow Wilson |
What was Wilson's campaign slogan? | "He kept us out of war!" |
What did the Germans issue that said any ship from any country trying to enter ports of Allied nations would be sunk? | their policy of "Unrestricted submarine warfare" |
This intercepted note from Germany to Mexico asked the Mexicans to invade the US... | Zimmerman Telegram |
When did the Russians exit the war? | 1917 |
Why did the Russians leave the war? | Communist (Bolshevik) Revolution broke out |
When was the armistice signed, ending the war? | Novemeber 11, 1918 |
Two American war heroes included... | pilot Eddie Rickenbacker & Corporal Alvin York, who shot 32 Germans |
To finance the war, Americans were encouraged to buy... | Liberty Bonds |
Two tactics Hoover advocated to conserve food were... | "Wheatless Mondays" and "Meatless Tuesdays" |
What was passed that made it illegal to obstruct the draft process? | the Espionage Act |
What mde it illegal to criticize the government, the Constitution, & the army or navy? | the Sedition Act |
Which union leader served 10 yrs. in prison for criticizing the govt.? | Eugene Debs |
When many African-Americans moved north to take factory jobs it was called... | the Great Migration |
The American forces that landed in Europe were called... | AEF (American Expeditionary Force) |
Who was the commander of the AEF? | Gen. John J. Pershing |
In May 1917, the government authorized the draft, known as the.... | Selective Service Act |
The best way for ships to travel were in groups called.... | Convoys |