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What was the goal of the Reformers movement

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Tried to better Modern society through fighting monopolies inefficiency and social injustice

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reformers battle cry

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strengthen the state

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What was the use of government for reformers

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agency of human welfare

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What was Jeffersons ideas

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small laissez faire national government

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What led to the DE implementing of Jefferson’s ideas

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Industrialization through large immigration

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Socialist

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gained strength as social gospel movements

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Corrupts journalist nickname

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Muckrakes

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Where did the nickname for journalist come from

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Dig as much dirt as possible even id very scandalous

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he mother of trust as the standard oil company and a muckracker who wanted to destroy the trust

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Who is Ida Tarbell

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The history of the Standard oil company

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What did Ida Tarbell write

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corrupt cities and politicians; Shame of the Cities articles

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Lincoln Steffens

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attacked big business and politicians; Treason of the senate

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David Phillips

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the bitter cry of children; used Lewis Hines pictures as evideces for the Abuse of Child Labor

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John Spargos

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What side were the progressives

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Not one side and did not like socialism and monopolies

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How did progressives want to handle lower class

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Prevent lower class uprising was to use the govt to make reforms that improve lives

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How did progressives make it more democratic

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power to the people movement; State votes for Referendums and recalls

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Nickname for senate

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millionaires club

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18
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Progressives for senate

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progressives agitated for direct elections of senators and got it in 1913 with 17th amendment

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Wisconisn and broke up RR and Lumber companies

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bob lafoltttee

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dead women

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Triangle Shirtwaist company fire in new york; 146 died and bunch of photos

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Where is TR from

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Knickerbocker and descendent of the dutch

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Head of conservatives;

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Aldrich; Rhode island and led the fight against interstate commerce act

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23
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Women stuff

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making progress in antiliquor and not much else

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Womens Christan Temperance Union was built by

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francis willard

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25
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What percent by 1914 dry states

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1/2

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why are half of states sill wet in 1914

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immigration population

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27
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Kansas Cyclone

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carrie nation

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What did TR promise

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Square deal with three cs

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what are the 3 C’s

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Control corporations, consumer protection, conservation protection.

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How did TR control corporations

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Appointed 3 men to the supreme court, only supervised not controlled, handaled strikes, watchdog agency

31
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Who did TR appoint

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3 men one of them being Oliver Wendell Holes who was progressive lawyer

32
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How did TR approach big buisness

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It is delectate and only is against bad trust and supervised it

33
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What was the 1902 coal mine strike

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workers wanted 9 hour work week and 20 percent pay raise and it caused an energy crisis that affected the workers, TR called both sides and arranges settlement after threatening US army. Gave 9 hour work day and only 10 percent pay raise

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What was 1902 coal mine strike a precusor to

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Russo Japan war

35
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What is the Watchdogs agency

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Bureau of Commerce and Labor in 1903 with new agency of Bureau of corporations FTC worked with business to undo trust

36
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What was Standard oil response to Watchdogs

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Refused to hand things over

37
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Jp morgan and the Watchdogs

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cooperated with US Steel but for Northern Securtied Co. they had to take them to court and they lost.

38
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Swift decision

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Gustavus Swift Beef monopoly was busted by court after overturning the EC nights precendent

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What was the start of after Swift decision

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If you used anything from another state then you have to follow the interstate commerce

40
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What is Consumer protection

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Protection of products like food

41
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What act that helped with food was passed

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Pure food and Drug act passed with support from ama and ladies home journal

42
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Famous food book

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Upton Sinclair the Jungle

43
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What came out of the Jungle

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Meat inspection act of 1906

44
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Hepburn Act

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Gave the ICC right to set max rates for RR and after this Telegraph and telephone rates also added

45
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What conservation was there before TR

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  • The Desert Land Act
    • acres cheap if you would irrigate it
  • Forest Reserve act
46
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First act of TR

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  • Newlands act of 1902
    • sold public land and used money for irrigation
47
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How much was the budget for TR and national forrest

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125 mil

48
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What club was founded to preserve the forrest

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  • Sierra club
    • John Muir founded to preserve forrest
49
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Jack London

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Call of the wild and final frontier

50
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What thing started that you hate

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BOY SCOUTS

51
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What reasons would a sitting presidency loose

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  • Controversy
  • Economic Downturn
  • Losing war
52
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who did TR beat in first election

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TR easily wins in 1904 against Dem Soc and Probhibiton

53
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What nickname did TR get and why

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TR the meddler because the industrialist say that hes messing the cycle and becaus eof the panic of 1907

54
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What questionable thing happened because of the panic of 1907

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money not backed by gold was starting to be produced

55
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What was the election of 1908 like

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Bryan and Taft and debbs as socialist

56
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What did LaFollette start

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ultra liberal and started progressive wing of Republicans against the old guard

57
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What happened because of this split in the republicans

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The party lost the midterms and lost the senate

58
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What was TR preaching after he was not president

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  • TR making speeches touting and even stronger form of progressive
    • increased power to to remedy economy and social abuses
59
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How are you supposed to tell the parties from maps now

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Whoever wins south is democrate

60
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What is the NPRL

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National progressive republican league and LaFollette is the leading man but TR decided to run

61
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What is Taft in TR appointment

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Lawyer and Judge of TR administrator

62
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What does Taft do instead of Big stick

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Dollar diplomacy by threatening of economics

63
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what does Taft do to Trust

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He bust so many of them, standard oil and US steel and that one TR already approved so he is mad

64
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Taft on tariffs

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To reduce tariffs, tried to in 1909 but failed because of aldrich, House bill to reduce tariffs was amended by seneate to raise tariffs, Taft Signs the bill into law because he didnt read it or maybe some other reason

65
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Taft the Controvastionist

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  • Created Buearu of Mines
66
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Ballinger Pinchot affiar

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  • Sec of Interior Ballinger opened public lands in Wyoming montana and alaska to development
  • Pinchot- head of forrestery divison
    • publicly critized his boss
  • Taft Fires Pinchot on grounds of insubordininted Pation
    • TR appointed pinchot and was furious
67
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Teddy son

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Kermit in africa

68
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Teddy thrid party camaign

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Bullmoose

69
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Eugene debbs in 1912

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Runs from jail and political cartoon

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