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Politcal 1890-1920 Flashcards

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Essay plan 1890-1920

What was the dominant influence upon American politics (extent/consequence)

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P1 - BB

P2- prog/pop political ideology

P3- capitalism / laissiez faire/ end of frontier

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Why was republican dominance 1890-1920 (cause)

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P1- Big Business (reps party of)

P2- opponents failure (dems weak)

P3- other factors (progressivesm)

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Who dominated between 1820-1920?

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The Republican Party

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Between 1867 and 1912, how many stares added to US

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12 mainly western States

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Where were the democrats reliant upon to get their votes 1890-1920

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Southern states
Industrial north easterners
Immigrants
Small time farmers in western states

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How was the 1896 election effected by African Americans

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Fewer AA voters so the reps mainly supported by Urban workers and big businesses

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Who helped McKinley to win the 1896 election

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Mark hanna

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How much money did hanna give McKinley and for what election

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1896 and $7 million sponsorship

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What was a reason for the dems to lose the 1896 election

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Divided as turned many voters away with their populist centred policies such as free silver

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Who was William Jennings Bryan

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A populist democrat

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What elections did WJB lose

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1896, 1900 1908

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When did populism grow?

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1890’s

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What did populism grow as

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Grass roots
Working class
Political movement

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Which movements were the roots of populism

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Grainger movement
Farmers alliance
Knights of labour

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What was the populist manifesto?

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The Omaha platform

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What did the Omaha platform want

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Fight corruption within the govt
Legal and civil services
Nationalisation of railroads
Land redistributed 
Graduated income tax
‘Free silver’ end of GS to make loans cheaper
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What party did the populists join and why?

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As dems weren’t strong enough to fight the reps and the populists, they chose to absorb the populists

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Who did the dems put forward for candidate in 1896

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William Jennings Bryan

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Why did the dems choice to chose WJB to go for 1896 election displease people

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They wanted to remain conservative and go back to Grover Cleveland as laissez faire and GS

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How many times was WJB defeated

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3

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Who won the 1896 election with who as Vice President

What dominated politics at the time

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McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

Big business

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When was McKinley assassinated and who took over

A

1901

Teddy Roosevelt (aged 42)

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How was progressivism 1900-1917

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Idealistic reaction against capitalism and corruption - more middle class and northern that populism

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What did progressivism demand 1900-1917

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Reform
Pro-suffrage
Pro-workers rights
Temperance

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What was TR known for fighting

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Corruption

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What did TR want

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Big business

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What did TR block

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Northern securities 1902 (railroad monopoly) by using Sherman anti-trust act

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What was William Howard Taft know for regarding business

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Keeping tariffs high but launched anti trust action (US Steel)

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What did WW do in 1910

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Revived the democrats and the reps split between TR and WHT

Got dems house of reps in mid terms

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What developed as the economy grew 1890-1920

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Socialism and urban workforce expanded

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What became more common onwards of 1900

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Strikes such as the coal strike of 1902

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Who were subjected to buying social ideas

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Eastern European’s

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Who formed the social party and why

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Eugene debs formed industrial workers of the word (IWW) as they wanted radical change

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What votes did WW rely on

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The south

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What were Woodrow Wilson’s reforms otherwise known as

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The new freedom

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What did the new freedom want

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Wanted to return freedom for small businesses and open competition instead of big cartels

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What did WW finally get through and when after long hard fighting

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Tariff reform 1913

Slashes tarrifs up to 20%
Brought in fairer income tax
federal reserve act created
All banks had to join fed res banks

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What did WW set up in 1914

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Federal trade commission to inspect / regulate corporate businesses

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How did WW benefit the people

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Created federal high way
Federal farm loans
Workmen’s compensation

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Who were the presidents 90-20

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McKinley 1897-1901 REP
TR 1901-1909 REP
WHT 1909-1913 REP
WW 1913-1921 DEM

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