Module 5.4 - 5.5 Flashcards
Question: What did Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” expose?
Answer: The meatpacking industry.
Question: What was the purpose of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Answer: To ensure the proper labeling of ingredients and improve food safety standards, initiated by Dr. Harvey Washington.
Question: How did manufacturers misrepresent their products during this period?
Answer: Manufacturers lied about their products, making claims such as being able to cure cancer.
Question: What harmful ingredients were commonly found in children’s medicines?
Answer: Opium, cocaine, and alcohol
Question: What did Roosevelt establish concerning the environment?
Answer: He established wildlife refuges, emphasizing conservationism.
Question: Who is John Muir, and how does he relate to Conservationism vs. Preservationism?
Answer: John Muir was an advocate for the preservation of nature, emphasizing the difference between conservationism and preservationism.
Question: Who did Roosevelt appoint to protect federal lands and promote conservation?
Answer: Gifford Pinchot.
Question: Who did Roosevelt invite to the White House to discuss civil rights, causing an uproar among Southern Democrats?
Answer: Booker T. Washington.
Question: What significant event did W.E.B. Dubois lead in 1905 and what organization did he help found in 1909?
Answer: He led the Niagara Falls Convention in 1905 and helped found the NAACP in 1909.
Question: What did Ida M. Tarbell’s work expose?
Answer: She exposed John Rockefeller’s monopoly of oil in “The History of the Standard Oil.”
Question: What did Lincoln Steffens’ “Shame of the Cities” investigate?
Answer: Political Machines.
Question: Beyond the meatpacking industry, what else did Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” highlight?
Answer: The conditions and challenges faced by immigrants.
Question: Who became president after Roosevelt?
Answer: Villiam Havard (S/I+Duck) Taft.
Question: List the roles Teddy Roosevelt held prior to becoming President.
Answer:
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Rough Rider
Governor of New York
Vice President under McKinley
Question: In what year did Teddy Roosevelt become the President of the United States, and for how long did he serve?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt became President in 1901 and served until 1909.
Question: Which party nominated Teddy Roosevelt as the Bull Moose Candidate?
Answer: The Progressive Party in 1912.
Question: Why was Teddy Roosevelt “promoted” from Governor to Vice President by the Republican Stalwarts?
Answer: They found him too idealistic and hard to control or buy.
Question: What event in 1901 led to Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency?
Answer: The assassination of President McKinley.
Question: At what age did Teddy Roosevelt become the youngest president ever?
Answer: 42 years old.
Question: What was Teddy Roosevelt’s stance on the powers of the president?
Answer: Roosevelt believed the president should do everything he can to help people short of violating the constitution.
Question: Which physical feats are associated with Teddy Roosevelt?
Answer: Boxing, in which he was partially blinded, and he galloped 100 miles on horseback.
Question: What does the term “Bully Pulpit” signify in relation to Teddy Roosevelt?
Answer: It refers to the persuasive power of the presidency.
Question: What was the aim of Roosevelt’s Square Deal?
Answer: Reform programs for the common people.
Question: Against which company did Roosevelt file a lawsuit in relation to trusts?
Answer: Northern Securities Co.
Question: What was Teddy Roosevelt’s stance on trusts?
Answer: He didn’t hate all trusts but opposed some that raised prices, such as those in beef, oil, and tobacco industries
Question: Which Act did Roosevelt use against monopolies/trusts?
Answer: The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.
Question: How did Roosevelt assist workers in 1902?
Answer: He intervened in the Coal Strike of 1902.
Question: What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act?
Answer: To regulate state-to-state traffic.
Question: What did the Elkins Act of 1903 prohibit?
Answer: It made it illegal for railroads to receive rebates.
Question: What was the main provision of the Hepburn Act of 1906?
Answer: It made offering free passes on railroads illegal.
Question: In the early 1800s in the US, were women allowed to vote?
Answer: No, women could not vote.
Question: Could women in the early 1800s in the US hold public office or serve on juries?
Answer: No, women could not hold public office or serve on juries.
Question: In the early 1800s in the US, did women commonly receive higher education?
Answer: Few women received any level of higher education.
Question: Were women in the early 1800s in the US allowed to work in most trades or professions?
Answer: No, women could not work in most trades or professions.
Question: Did women earn the same as men for similar jobs in the early 1800s?
Answer: No, when they did work, women were paid less than men doing the same jobs.
Question: Upon marriage in the early 1800s, did women retain legal control of their money or property?
Answer: No, married women lost legal control of any money or property they owned before marriage.
Question: Could married women in the early 1800s testify against their husbands, sue for divorce, or gain custody of their children?
Answer: No, married women could not testify against their husbands, sue for divorce, or gain custody of their children.
Question: Who was Susette La Flesche and what did she accomplish?
Answer: Susette La Flesche helped win passage of the Dawes Act of 1887, aiding Native Americans to claim reservations and citizenship rights.
Question: What was the primary occupation of most married and single women without an education in the late 1800s?
Answer: Most married women worked on farms or in factories, while single women without an education often worked as maids.
Question: Why was the pay typically low for women during this period?
Answer: Women were not considered the primary breadwinners.
Question: What alternative became available to wealthier women other than marriage?
Answer: Education, with institutions like Vassar College, Smith, and Wellesley emerging.
Question: By the 1870s, where did most women work?
Answer: Most women worked as some type of domestic servant or on the farms.
Question: When was the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) founded?
Answer: In 1896.
Question: Why were many women upset regarding the 14th and 15th Amendments?
Answer: They were not included in these amendments.
Question: Who founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and when?
Answer: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1869.
Question: What were the three strategies taken by suffragist leaders to gain the right to vote?
Answer:
grant voting rights Wyoming
Pursue court cases referencing the 14th amendment
Push for a Constitutional Amendment (succeeded in 1920).
