Political and Legislative (1890-1920)

Question 1

When did Republican Dominance begin?

Answer 1

1896 (William McKinley)

Question 2

What were the 2 key political ideologies between 1890 and 1920?

Answer 2

Populism and Progressivism

Question 3

Which Republican Presidents particularly adopted Progressivism ?

Answer 3

Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft

Question 4

What were the Progressive actions of the government between 1890 and 1920?

Answer 4

Womens suffrage
Anti-Trust policies
Labour Rights
Direct Democracy

Question 5

When were women given the vote ?

Answer 5

1919

Question 6

Give 2 examples of Anti-Trust policies

Answer 6

Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890
Clayton Anti-Trust Act 1914

Question 7

State 2 Trade Unions

Answer 7

Knights of Labour
American Federation of Labour

Question 8

Direct Democracy example

Answer 8

South Dakota was the first state to have a referendum in 1898.

Question 9

When was the 19th Amendment ?

Answer 9

1919

Question 10

What was the 19th Amendment?

Answer 10

Women’s suffrage

Question 11

What was established at the Mississippi State Convention in 1890?

Answer 11

The New Mississippi State Constitution

Question 12

What segregation did the Mississippi State Constitution include?

Answer 12

Black Codes: Grandfather Clauses, Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests

Question 13

When was Plessy v Ferguson ?

Answer 13

1896

Question 14

Details of Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 14

Homer Plessy, a man of mixed race who identified as black, boarded a “whites-only” train car and refused to move to the designated “blacks-only” car. Plessy was arrested and charged with violating the state’s Separate Car Act, which mandated segregated railway facilities. Plessy’s legal team challenged the constitutionality of the law, arguing that it violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Question 15

Outcome of Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 15

Separate but Equal - Segregation was legal!

Question 16

What is lobbying?

Answer 16

When big businesses try to influence government.

Question 17

What was the Populist Party known as?

Answer 17

The Populist Party / The People’s Party

Question 18

When was the Populist Party formed?

Answer 18

1892

Question 19

What is the difference between populism and progressivism?

Answer 19

Populism was a response to economic grievances within the US - thus aimed to resurge the economy. Whereas progressivism aimed to better the lives of all people, both socially and economically.

Question 20

What were 4 Populist policies?

Answer 20

• Free coinage of silver
• Graduated income tax
• Public ownership of railroads
• Direct Democracy

Question 21

When were the Palmer Raids?

Answer 21

1919-1920

Question 22

What were the Palmer Raids?

Answer 22

(Prior tension due to Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 - Russia now Communist) A series of bombs from anarchists within the US had been sent to government officials and law enforcement officials. In June 1919, one bomb killed a Judge and the other was at the house of General A. Palmer - no one was harmed expect the anarchist who planted it.

Question 23

Details of the Palmer Raids

Answer 23

Police officers made over one thousand arrests (people suspected of Communism/ Anarchism) across 11 cities - and only 75% were released. (1919)

The raids resurged in 1920 and a further 3000 people were arrested across 33 cities. Over 800 were in Boston. Torture at Fort Wayne was used as a method of interregation.

Question 24

Outcome of the Palmer Raids

Answer 24

Hundreds of suspected communists / anarchists were deported (1919).

Following 1920 raids over 500 deported.