Hist final Flashcards

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The Gilded Age

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A period from 1870-1901, featuring the industrial revolution. Looks good on the outside but ugly inside

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The Omaha Platform

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Populist convention feat
Government ownership of railroads
Direct election of US senators (appointed by state legislatures until 1913)
8 hour workday for industrial revolution
Support for the Knights of Labor Union, populists are are class conscious
Championed free coinage of silver and gold at a ratio of 16:1, wanted to print 16X more money

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The Wisconsin Idea

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Led by Robert M Lafallete centered progressivism, including primary elections, referenda (asking people to decide on big ticket items, including things like Miller Park), and recall (if you don’t like someone who was elected, possible to recall them from office, think Recall Walker)

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William Jennings Bryan

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Leader of populist party, also argued against evolution

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Muckrakers

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Journalists attacking big industries

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Upton Sinclair

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Author of The Jungle

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The Populist Party

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Led by Williams Jenning Bryan, major from 1892 to 1901

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L Frank Baum

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Author of The Wizard of Oz

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The Battle of the Standards

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1896 election between democrats and republicans, Bryan v McKinley

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Progressivism

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the successor to populism, presidents included Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson

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Robert M LaFollette

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Governor and Senator of WI, creator of the Wisconsin Idea

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William McKinley

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1896 election winner and republican president

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Flappers

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a symbol of women in the jazz age, but most women were not. A flapper drank all the time, had fun, and was very energetic

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Clara Bow

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Starred in 46 silent and 11 talking films, before her retirement in 1931, known as the IT Girl

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Pink Collar Jobs

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Jobs typically held by women, secretary, seamstress, etc

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The Jazz Age

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Started in the 1920’s, progressive era for minorities

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Zelda Fitzgerald

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F Scott Fitzgerald’s wife, came up with Mrs Grundy, model progressive

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Mary Pickford

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Known as America’s Sweetheart or Girl with the Curl, as popular as Charlie Chaplin

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National Women’s Party

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Wanted equality and the right to vote

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FDR

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1932 president, created the new deal

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The Hundred Days

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laws instituted by FDR in his first 100 days to correct the depression

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Herbert Hoover

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Wildly unpopular president before FDR, choked on the depression

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The New Deal

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FDR’s big thing including Social Security, Unemployment, AAA, NIRA, NRA, PWA, TVA, FDIC, CCC, SEA, WPA

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Dr Francis E Townsen

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Wanted pensions for retirees

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Harry Hopkins

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Roosevelt’s secretary of commerce and leader of the WPA

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Court Packing Scheme

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Proposal by FDR to expand supreme court from 9 to 13, shot down

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Works Progress Administration

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created 34,000 public works projects costing $6 billion, led by Harry Hopkins

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Huey P Long

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AKA The Kingfish, 1936 Republican Candidate, thought FDR didn’t go far enough, assassinated in Baton Rouge

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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Created jobs and power for the south

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Agricultural Adjustment Act

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Gov subsidy of farms to create scarcity and drive up prices

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Brown V Board

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Ruled against separate but equal

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The NAACP

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The National Association for the advancement of colored people

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MLK

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The big man, made I had a Dream Speech

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Rosa Parks

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Started the Montgomery bus boycott

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Freedom Riders

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Rode busses around the south, often experiencing beating and bombings

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Selma, Alabama

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Where MLK wanted to march to Montgomery from, stopped and beaten on bridge

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James Meredith

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Man who wanted to attend Ole Miss

38
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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Gave equal rights to colored people