1890-1920 Political Flashcards
how many new states were added between 1867 and 1912, and where were the majority?
12
west
who were the Dems reliant on for the vote?
southerners
immigrants
industrials
small time western farmers
who won the 1896 election, and why was the campaign so effective?
McKinley (rep)
Merk Hanna run/$7m sponsorship
who was the 1896 dem candidate, and what movement did he support?
William Jennings Bryan
populist
summarise populisms growth in 1890s?
grass roots, WC
prevalent in south
roots in Granger Movement/Knights of Labour
when did the ‘People’s Party’ create the Omaha Platform?
1892
give 6 points in the Omaha Platform?
fight gov corruption legal/civil services nationalisation of railroads land redistribution graduated income tax free silver (=cheaper loans)
what was the name given to the dems who still supported Cleveland over WJB in 1896?
Bourbon Dems
who won 1900 election?
McKinley
when was Mckinley assassinated, and who took over?
1901
T. Roosevelt
what was TR against and what was he for?
a=corruption
f=BB
who did he take on in 1902?
coal miners
who bailed out the economy in 1907?
J.P Morgan
who won the 1904 election?
T Roosevelt (rep)
who won the 1908 election?
Taft (rep)
summarise Tafts time as pres?
quiet approach
conservative
kept high tariffs but launched anti trust action
how did dems win in 1912?
reps torn between TR or Taft
TR joined National Progressive League and bullied Follette into having him as candidate
=split rep vote, dems win
which party went well in the 1910 mid terms?
dems
who won 1912 election?
Wilson (dem)
summarise Wilson?
southerner
progressive
religious/pacifist
summarise progressivism?
1900-17
reaction against capitalism/corruption
more MC/northern the populism
wide range of reform e.g suffrage for women
who formed the Industrial Workers of the World and what did they want?
Eugine Debs
wanted radical socialist change
who formed the American Federation of Labor and what were they about?
Samuel Gompers
AFL wanted more moderate socialism than IWW (splitting socialism and weakening it against progressivism)
what was Wilsons ‘new freedom’?
fair competition for small businesses
give 3 of wilsons refoms?
- 1913 Underwood-Simmons tariff (20% cut on tariffs)
- graduated income tax
- Federal Reserve Act=Federal bank (all national banks had to join one of 12 fed. res. banks)
what did the Clayton anti trust act do, and how many times was it used?
extended Sherman AT act against cartels
100 cases
give 5 progressive things passed by wilson?
- strikes legal
- 1916 Adamson act-8 hour railroad day
- workmens compensation
- federal farm loans
- 17th amendment (senators have to be elected)
what was the 18th Amendment (1919)?
prohibition
what was the 19th amendment (1920)?
womens vote
who won the 1916 election and how?
wilson (dems)
neutrality in ww1
when was war declared on Germany?
1917
