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History Exam 2- 1302 Flashcards

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1st decade of 20th century American farmers known as…

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golden age

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“Muckrakers”

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newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life

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Immigration during the Progressive era

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immigrants treated unfairly and worked lab jobs w very ow pay; immigration grew steadily

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Nickelodeons and mass-consumption

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new stores from the nation’s factories
nickelodeons were motion-picture theaters

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“Fordism”

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describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption.

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Reason skilled workers saw scientific management as a loss of freedom…

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had to obey very detailed instructions.

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Early 20th century Socialist Party advocated for what…

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free college education, legislation to improve the condition of laborers, and public ownership of railroads and factories

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Feminism sought to attack the traditional roles of…

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sexual behavior for women.

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Reason the woman suffrage movement looked to a national amendment…

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state campaigns were difficult and unsuccessful

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Progressive reformers and the electorate

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progressive reformers worked both to expand the electorate and to shrink its size through other measures

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President Theodore Roosevelt’s view on labor disputes

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believed that the president should be an honest broker

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What happened to Native Americans when the government created national parks???

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forcibly removed

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Reason Americans voted for the Socialist Party in 1912 election

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socialist party had elected scores of local officers

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16th Amendment

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authorized congress to implement a graduated income tax

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Why was Woodrow Wilson a “relic of the past?”

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his ideas served the needs of small businessmen

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The completion of the Panama Canal allowed…

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reduced the sea voyage between the East and West of the U.S. by 8k miles.

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“Dollar Diplomacy”

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used by William H Taft instead of military intervention

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Causes of WWI

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assassination of austria-hungarian heir, archduke franz ferdinand

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U.S. neutrality during WWI was threatened by…

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germans and their unrestricted submarine welfare aimed at sinking british ships began targeting neutral nations like the u.s.

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U.S. neutrality was supported by…

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woodrow wilson

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Why were women so influential in the election of 1916???

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women didn’t want to send their husbands and sons to war, and wilson seemed to promise to not do so.

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The Zimmermann Telegram

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british spies intercepted arthur zimmerman of germany calling on mexico to join in the coming war against the u.s, promising them the land they had lost during the mexican-american war.

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The 14 Points

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included: free trade, self determination for all nations, open diplomacy, freedom of the seas

DID NOT include: an end to colonization

A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.

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American troops in Europe during WWI

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turned the tide of the war against germany

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Taxes during WWI
the fed gov. increased corporate and individual income taxes
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Jeannette Rankin
did not support U.S. entry to world war I
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Groups who supported Prohibition
women & urban reformers employers for disciplined labor force anti-immigrant protestants
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The Espionage Act (1917)
were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798
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The Sedition Act (1918)
Made it a crime to make spoken or printed statements That intended to cast “contempt, scorn, or disrepute” on the “form of government,” Or that advocated interference with the war effort. were the first federal restrictions on free speech since 1798
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The American Protective League
worked with the Justice Department to identify radicals
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Reason Americanization programs targeted women…
They understood women as the bearers and transmitters of culture.
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Immigration policy during WWI
included: Cali. barred Asians from owning land, the gov temporarily exempted Mexicans from literacy test, Congress conferred citizenship upon Puerto Ricans, congress required immigrants be literate in English or another language DID NOT INCLUDE: congress required that all immigrants pass IQ tests
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The “Declaration of Principles” adopted at the Niagara Movement called for…
restoring to blacks the right to vote an end to racial segregation complete equality in economic an
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Experience of African Americans during the “Great Migration”
between 1910 and 1920 Of all African Americans in the South ½ a million left migrant’s encountered vast disappointment made it clear that NO region of the country was free from racial hostility.
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Cause of “Tulsa Race Riot”
Erupted after a group of black veterans tried to prevent the lynching of a youth Who had accidentally tripped and fallen on a white female elevator operator causing rumors of rape to sweep the city.
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The Great Steel Strike of 1919
an attempt by the american federation of labor to organize the leading company, united states steel, in the american steel industry
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The Red Scare
This was a short-lived but intense period of political intolerance This period was inspired by The postwar strike wave and Social tensions and fears generated by the Russian Revolution.
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Woodrow Wilson at the Versailles peace conference and colonial rule
he was a strong advocate of the league of nations that was established by the treaty of versailles, he believed that it would prevent future wars.
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In the 1920s, the backbone of economic growth was…
The automobile
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Individual American financial savings at the end of the 1920s
Banks failed because depositors withdrew money Because they were fearful that they could no longer redeem paper money for gold. Millions of families lost their life savings
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Farm mechanization during the 1920s
Mechanization encouraged an increase in the scale of agriculture.
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The Equal Rights Amendment
Eliminate all legal distinctions “on account of sex.”
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Middletown
A classic study of life in Muncie, Indiana a typical community in the American heartland. That new leisure activities and the new emphasis on consumption had Replaced politics as the focus of public concern.
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American foreign policy during the 1920s
conducted through Private economic relationships rather than governmental action.
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Prohibition in the 1920s
fundamentalists strongly supported succeeded in reducing the consumption of alcohol public drunkenness drink-related diseases.
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Fundamental Christians’ definition of freedom
time-honored religious beliefs contradicted the biblical account of creation.
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Oregon and education in 1922
The only state to require students to attend public schools
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Popular sentiments of Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s
the Klan’s attacks on modern secular culture and political radicalism and its demand that control of the nation be returned to “citizens of the old stock”
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“Slumming”
groups of whites visited Harlem’s dance halls, jazz clubs, and speakeasies in search of exotic adventure.
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Causes of the Great Depression
-stock crash -S.C. & Flor. frenzied real-estate speculation -high unequal distribut. of income -prolong depress. in farm regions -car and housegoods stagnate -european 4 u.s. goods decline
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Big Business and the Great Depression
The image of big business Carefully cultivated during the 1920s Collapsed as congressional investigations revealed
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President Hoover’s response to the Great Depression
seemed minimal, little interest, cared mostly about the rich

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