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AP US History Unit 6-A

Progressivism

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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



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