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History Notes: Teddy Roosevelt to W.E.B. DuBois Flashcards

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John D. Rockefeller felt his wealth and success were somehow

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given from God

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Where did John D. Rockefeller get his wealth?

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oil (Standard Oil)

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Andrew Carnegie became the

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wealthiest man in the world

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“vertical trust”

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own the entire means and process of production

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The “vertical trust” is associated with

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Andrew Carnegie

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Horizontal integration or “horizontal trusts”

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  1. A single company gains control over an entire market
  2. Creates a monopoly of oil industry
    Standard Oil is founded, Rockefeller’s company
  3. By 1880s, Standard Oil controls 90% of the market
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How did Standard Oil use underpricing?

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Standard Oil would keep their products’ prices very low, other companies couldn’t compete and would go out of business, then they’d raise their prices again

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Pooling

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Agreement among several companies to protect quotas and drive out anybody who is outside of that pool

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Trusts

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Board of trustees from different companies that come together and form central control board over all the other companies, much like pooling but more formal, way to eliminate competition

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Rockefeller was worth

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$800 million dollars

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Teddy Roosevelt was born in

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New York (state), 1858

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While serving in the New York assembly, Teddy’s Roosevelt’s wife and mother

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died

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13
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Teddy Roosevelt went to what school?

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Harvard

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Teddy Roosevelt was nicknamed

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“Cowboy of the Dakotas”

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Teddy Roosevelt was a different Republican because he believe the wealthy and educated had a duty to do what?

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to help less fortunate

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Teddy Roosevelt as a reformer

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cleans up corruption, elected as governor of New York state, creative politician and activist

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The Coal Strike of 1902

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the coal miners in eastern Pennsylvania go on strike, becomes a national problem, ends after 163 days with Teddy Roosevelt’s intervention

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Square Deal

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attempted to confront the problems caused by economic consolidation by distinguishing between “good” and “bad” corporations

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“Bad” corporations were run by greedy financiers and were interested only in

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profit

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How did Teddy Roosevelt deal with the Coal Strike of 1902?

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invites labor leaders to White House, acts as a mediator and pressures mine owners to give in to what the miners want

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21
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Roosevelt believed federal government had to face

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social problems

22
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Sherman Antitrust (1890)

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first law to restrict monopolistic trusts and business combinations

23
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Teddy Roosevelt was known as being a

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trustbuster

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Teddy Roosevelt targeted…and publicized dangers of …

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big companies/industries, monopolies

25
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The Square Deal was meant to

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regulate corporations, protect consumers and middle class, and conserve natural resources

26
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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

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First law to regulate manufacturing of food and medicines, prohibited dangerous additives and inaccurate labeling

27
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Meat Inspection Act (1906)

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Passed largely in reaction to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, the law set strict standards of cleanliness in the meat packing industry

28
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Teddy Roosevelt and conservation

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“A Practical Forester”, who likes the outdoors, believes natural resources need to be conserved and worried about deforestation

29
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The US forest service was headed by

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Gifford Pinchot

30
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National Conservation Commission

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first comprehensive study to look over oil resources, forest reserves, etc.

31
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Teddy Roosevelt recruited rangers to

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take care of forest preserves

32
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Gifford Pinchot had 80 million acres of land to be set aside as

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wildlife and mineral reserves

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John Muir was one of the first and most famous

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preservationists

34
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John Muir

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defended American wilderness and founded the Sierra Club

35
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John Muir wanted to preserve nature for

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wilderness’ sake, not to be touched

36
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Who were the candidates in the Election of 1908?

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William Howard Taft (Republican), William Jennings Bryan (Democrat)

37
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Why didn’t Roosevelt run in the Election of 1908?

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he was progressive and didn’t think people should stay in office forever

38
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President Taft was less concerned with…than Roosevelt, and he…

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reform, alienates progressive Republicans

39
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President Taft enacted

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a graduate income tax

40
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People entreated Roosevelt to come back and help during the presidency of

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William Howard Taft

41
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Teddy Roosevelt ran again for president in the election of

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1912

42
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Who were the candidates in the election of 1912?

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Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follett, William Howard Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson

43
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Who won all 12 primaries in the Election of 1912 but didn’t become the Republican nominee?

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Teddy Roosevelt

44
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New Nationalism

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Women’s suffrage, 8-hour day, prohibition for child labor, minimum wage for working women, stricter regulation of large corporations

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In the election of 1912, the Democrats nominate

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Woodrow Wilson

46
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Woodrow Wilson was a

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reformer, governor of New Jersey, once was President of Princeton

47
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The New Freedom

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Favors progressive reforms, BUT would not enlarge federal government like New Nationalism

48
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Eugene Debs was the…candidate in the election of 1912

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socialist

49
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Social Gospel

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advocated the application of Christian principles to social problems generated by industrialization

50
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What were some of the acts/reform Woodrow Wilson enacted?

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Underwood-Simmons Act of 1913
• Federal Reserve Act
• Clayton Anti-Trust Act 1914
• Federal Trade Commission

51
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Booker T. Washington encouraged African-Americans to…and won…

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accomodate segregation and disfranchisement, financial backing from the whites

52
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W.E.B. DuBois protested

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segregation and disfranchisement

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