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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Ida Tarbell

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muckraker who exposed unfair oil trusts

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political boss

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controlled jobs & services in a city

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Roosevelt & business

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wanted business regulated; break up bad trusts like beef, oil, railroad, tobacco

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segregation examples

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separate neighborhoods, schools, parks, restaurants

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Wilson & women’s suffrage

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refused to support women’s vote; changed mind later

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Eugene V. Debs

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American Socialist Party leader

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arbitration

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resolving disputes by agreeing to accept decision of neutral party

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mutualista

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Mexican American aid group

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oligopoly

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a few large companies that control prices for an entire industry

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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helped organize women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY

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Gentleman’s Agreement

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Roosevelt & Japan in 1907; cut Japanese immigration

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trustbuster

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government official who investigates & combats business alliances to control prices

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progressives & income taxes

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thought income tax was more fair that other taxes

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B. T. Washington says economic power =?

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social equality & civil rights

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spoils system

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government jobs given to political supporters

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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

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urged people to stop drinking alcohol; supported prohibition

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“separate but equal”

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1896 Supreme Court decision that legalized segregation

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Ku Klux Klan

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terror group that targeted minorities like Catholics, Jews, immigrants & African Americas

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ESSAY: presidency of Theodore Roosevelt regarding trusts, arbitration, & conservation

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  • do not just list things

- you must explain

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TRUSTS

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  • supported regulation of business & progressive reforms
  • targeted railroad, beef, oil, & tobacco trusts
  • wanted to break up BAD trusts–not all trusts
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ARBITRATION

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  • stepped into United Mine Workers strike
  • asked both sides to accept arbitration
  • previous presidents used troops against strikers; Roosevelt used it against company
  • Roosevelt pushed for negotiations
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CONSERVATION

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  • protect & preserve natural resources
  • conserve forests
  • made it a public issue; got people interested in conservation
  • U.S. Forest Service in 1905
  • wildlife preserves
  • balanced business interests w/conservation

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