Exam 3

Question 1

______________ were Members of both parties. They were located in every section of the country. They started at city governments, where they were elected as mayors and city councils.

Answer 1

Progressives

Question 2

At the __________ level, the progressives addressed a lot of issues, such as: sewage systems, fresh water systems, garbage pick-up, building codes, they expanded police and fire departments, and expanded civil service hiring

Answer 2

local

Question 3

________________ were journalistd who searches for corruption in politics. they dug into the past of politicians

Answer 3

Muckrackers

Question 4

At the ____________ level, progressives created factory safety codes, child labor laws, and workmen’s comp.

Answer 4

state

Question 5

Robert Lafollette was the governer of _____________. He created the
Wisconsin Plan. He expanded railroad regulation and created an equitable system of taxation, and direct primary.

Answer 5

Wisconsin

Question 6

The Equitable system of taxation was a graduated tax system. Your tax rate goes up _____________ money you make

Answer 6

the more

Question 7

Direct primary is when the people get to choose who they elect. Before this, the politicians were chosen by a ____________, which were often corrupt.

Answer 7

caucus

Question 8

____________ questions were ballot questions about sensitive topics. citizens are allowed to vote on these topics. If it passes, then it becomes a law

Answer 8

Referendum

Question 9

a ____________ is a special election to vote a politician out of office before their term ends. Citizens can initiate this by gaining a certain amount of signatures

Answer 9

recall

Question 10

At the ___________ level of progressism, there were four new amendments added.

Answer 10

federal

Question 11

16th amendment

Answer 11

federal income tax

Question 12

17th amendment

Answer 12

Direct election of US senators

Question 13

18th amendment

Answer 13

Prohibition

Question 14

19th amendment

Answer 14

Women’s suffrage

Question 15

_________ was the first progressive president. he came into office because McKinley was assassinated, and he focused on conservation and regulated monopolies

Answer 15

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 16

____________ was
Written by Upton Sinclair who was a Muckraker. It was a “Fictional book” about an immigrant family that works at a Chicago meat packing plant, but really just an expose about the meat packing industry

Answer 16

The Jungle

Question 17

Because of The Jungle, Roosevelt sent inspectors to check the meat factories. Congress passed the _____________ of 1996.
Congress also passed the ____________ of 1906

Answer 17

Meat inspection act, Pure food and drug act

Question 18

Before the Pure Food and Drug Act, you could buy the __________ which was just water with opium.
People felt good for a while but then they would just want more opium and get addicted. The Pure Food and Drug Act got rid of Opium from over-the-counter drugs. Ingredients also needed to be listed on the packaging

Answer 18

Wonder Drug

Question 19

The Roosevelt Corollary added to ___________. Americans were allowed to intervene in the affairs of their neighbors They could send troops to occupy the countries if they thought they were __________

Answer 19

Monroe Doctrine, unstable

Question 20

___________ disagreed with high tariffs. he made a lot of enemies in the Republican party. Roosevelt wanted to get involved in politics again because of how badly he thought that he was doing. Roosevelt created the ___________. Democrats chose Woodrow Wilson, and he won because the Republican votes were split

Answer 20

William Howard Taft, progressive party

Question 21

Woodrow Wilson created the _____________ of 1913. This created the first _________ in the US since Andrew Jackson allowed the Second Bank of the United States to expire in 1836. There were 12 district banks. There was also a federal reserve board that adjusts interest rates. It’s goal was to try to make the inflation and recession periods more moderate

Answer 21

Federal Reserve Act, national bank

Question 22

Booker T. Washington gave a speech in Atlanta Georgia, called the ______________. He was born as a slave and then freed because of the 13th Amendment. He worked hard to receive equality
Told African Americans that they should make changes to improve their lives He was essentially telling them to become like ____________

Answer 22

Atlanta Compromise, White Americans

Question 23

W.E.B DuBois was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard. He felt that African Americans shouldn’t have to ___________ Whites and that they should fight for the rights that they already had. He established the ____________. The purpose was to fight for equality for African Americans

Answer 23

accommodate, NAACP

Question 24

___________ began as the result of the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. War erupted in Europe
President Woodrow Wilson urged Americans to remain impartial in mind and in action.

Answer 24

WWI

Question 25

US neutral from 1914-1916
During these years, American trade with Britain and France increased by over __________
American trade with Germany decreased by over _________.
Britain imposed a blockade on Germany. US was still allowed to trade with Germany, as long as they weren’t trading __________.

Answer 25

300%, 90%, weapons

Question 26

American loans with Britain and France during this period were close to _________,
American loans to Germany during this period were _______

Answer 26

2 billion dollars, 0

Question 27

The _________ was a British passenger ship that sunk. As a result, 1,198 people died, including 128 Americans. ________- sunk Lusitania because they believed that it was carrying weapons

Answer 27

Lusitania, Germans

Question 28

Germans had _________ and they watched the Americans put boxes onto the ship, The ship became a __________. The passengers of Lusitania did not know that there were weapons on the ship
The ship sank very fast, and people wanted an explanation

Answer 28

spies, war transport

Question 29

There was a first explosion caused by a _________ and then a second explosion that the US thought was the weapons but the US couldn’t disclose that. Later on it was revealed that the ship_________ and caused the engine to blow up

Answer 29

torpedo caught on fire

Question 30

________ barely won a second term. During his second term, events began to drag the US into the War

Answer 30

Woodrow Wilson

Question 31

German declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare stated that any
ships sailing into this zone (even neutral ships) __________
Americans believed this violated their rights as a neutral
The US broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.

Answer 31

will be sunk by German submarines

Question 32

The ____________ was a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico. Germany urged Mexico to attack the US. The telegram was intercepted by Great Britain

Answer 32

Zimmermann note

Question 33

Germany told ________ that if ________ attacked the US, they would get back their lost territories
They wanted to keep the Americans preoccupied, but Mexico did not want war

Answer 33

Mexico

Question 34

__________ pulls out of the war, which was due to the Bolshevik Revolution. Vladimir Lenin was the new leader and pulled Russia out of the war. The German soldiers who were fighting Russia went to _________

Answer 34

France

Question 35

The ____________ stated that all men between the ages of 18-45 are eligible for the draft. As a result of this act, 24 million men registered for the draft 4.8 million men were drafted and 2 million men were sent to France to fight

Answer 35

selective service act of 1917

Question 36

The draft was important because 1917 was the pivotal year of WWI. By 1917, both sides were ___________ If the Americans did not join the war, the Central Powers would likely have ______ in 1918.

Answer 36

completely exhausted, won

Question 37

By the fall of 1918, Germany suffered from the effects of the ___________, Germany suffered from severe shortages of _________ and __________
All this led to the abdication of German Kaiser Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918
Fighting ended at 11:00 am on November 11, 1918.

Answer 37

British blockade, food and fuel

Question 38

When Germans __________ they believed they were going to get a treaty based on President Wilson’s Fourteen Points. The Fourteen Points were lenient. Britain and France wanted Germany to be severely punished

Answer 38

surrendered

Question 39

Five of Wilson’s points made their way on the treaty, As a result of the ____________ Germany lost a lot of land. The German military was ________ to a 100,000-man army
The peacetime army before the war was 2 million. This puts a lot of men out of wor

Answer 39

Versailles treaty, reduced

Question 40

Germans cannot use or have __________ German use of submarines was why the US entered the war

Answer 40

submarines

Question 41

__________ was the war guilt clause. Germany had to accept responsibility for the war and pay ___________ It was Set at 33 billion dollars all in gold. This devalues their money. This starts us down the path toward WWII because Germany wanted revenge

Answer 41

Article 231, war reparations