Target Sheet Unit 3

Question 1

Samuel Gompers

Answer 1

He was the creator of the American Federation of Labor. He provided a stable and unified union for skilled workers.

Question 2

Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 2

Twenty-sixth president of the United States; he focused his efforts on trust-busting, consumer protection, environment conservation, and strong foreign policy.

Question 3

Ida Tarbell

Answer 3

A leading muckraker and magazine editor, she exposed the corruption of the oil industry with her 1904 work A History of Standard Oil.

Question 4

Jacob Riis

Answer 4

Early 1900’s muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel “How The Other Half Lives”; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC and Hell’s Kitchen

Question 5

Upton Sinclair

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author who wrote a book about the horrors of food productions in 1906 - wrote The Jungle

Question 6

Lincoln Steffens

Answer 6

Early muckraker who exposed the political corruption in many American cities, specifically voting corruption

Question 7

Ida B Wells

Answer 7

African American journalist who published statistics about lynching and was a founding member of the NAACP

Question 8

William Howard Taft

Answer 8

27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives (Roosevelt) by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Tariffs; he lost Roosevelt’s support and was defeated for a second term.

Question 9

Woodrow Wilson

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28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created New Nationalism– Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women’s suffrage (reluctantly), sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification)

Question 10

George Creel)

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Headed the Committee on Public Information, for promoting the war effort in WWI (propaganda

Question 11

Manifest Destiny

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A notion held by nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific and should spread democracy, Christianity and other ideals of “modern-industrial” ideals

Question 12

Dawes Act

Answer 12

1887 law that distributed reservation land to individual Native American owners and broke up reservations

Question 13

1850 to 1890; series of conflicts between the US Army / settlers and different Native American tribes

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Indian Wars

Question 14

The belief that assimilating Natives into American society would make them abandon their culture (Indian Schools and Dawes Act)

Answer 14

Americanization

Question 15

an economic system in which the market makes all decisions and the government plays no role

Answer 15

Laissez-faire capitalism

Question 16

The belief that only the fittest survive in human political and economic struggle.

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Social Darwinism

Question 17

legally formed combinations of corporations or companies

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Trusts

Question 18

Companies that control all means of production of a good or service.

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Monopolies

Question 19

Practice where a single entity controls the entire process of a product, from the raw materials to distribution

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Vertical Integration

Question 20

a business leader who became wealthy through dishonest methods

Answer 20

Robber Baron

Question 21

business leader who contributed positively to the country while gaining their fortune.

Answer 21

Captain of Industry

Question 22

Nonviolent refusal to continue to work until a problem is resolved.

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Strike

Question 23

lists of people not to hire, usually people associated with unions

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Blacklists

Question 24

Late 1800s to Early 1900s - time of large increase in wealth caused by industrialization

Answer 24

Gilded Age

Question 25

Temperance

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movement that promoted abstinence from alcoholic drinks in order to fix the problems in Gilded Age society

Question 26

A primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office

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Direct Primary

Question 27

A procedure by which voters can propose a law or a constitutional amendment.

Answer 27

Initiative

Question 28

a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.

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Referendum

Question 29

procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office before their term ends

Answer 29

Recall

Question 30

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

Answer 30

Nativism

Question 31

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Answer 31

law that suspended Chinese immigration into America. The ban was supposed to last 10 years, but it was expanded several times and was essentially in effect until WWII. The ________ ___________ ________ ____ _______was the first significant law that restricted immigration into the United States of an ethnic working group. Extreme example of nativism of period

Question 32

Bully Pulpit

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the ability to use the office of the presidency to promote a particular program and/or to influence Congress to accept legislative proposals (Teddy Roosevelt)

Question 33

Roosevelt's platform to provide relief to the American people from the bad of the Gilded Age (had FOUR sides)

Answer 33

Square Deal

Question 34

Elkins Act

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1903 law that forced railroads charge the same prices to all their customers and ended the rebate system

Question 35

Hepburn Act

Answer 35

This 1906 law used the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the maximum charge that railroads to place on shipping goods.

Question 36

Meat Inspection Act

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1906 - Laid down binding rules for sanitary meat packing and government inspection of meat products crossing state lines.

Question 37

Pure Food and Drug Act

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1906 - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA.

Question 38

Antiquities Act

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passed in 1906, which allows the president to protect areas of scientific or historical interest on federal lands as national monuments

Question 39

Democrat Woodrow Wilson's political slogan in the presidential campaign of 1912; Wilson wanted to improve the banking system, lower tariffs, and, by breaking up monopolies, give small businesses freedom to compete.

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New Freedom

Question 40

Allows the federal government to collect income tax to pay for reform movements

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16th Amendment

Question 41

A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages (18th Amendment)

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Prohibition

Question 42

A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to distract the U.S.

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Zimmerman Telegram

Question 43

law requiring men to register for military service (draft)

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Selective Service Act

Question 44

Espionage Act of 1917

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Law which punished people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during WW1

Question 45

Sedition Act of 1918

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added to Espionage Act to cover "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the American form of government, the Constitution, the flag, or the armed forces.

Question 46

Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment. (know the FOUR categories or types of punishments handed down)

Answer 46

Treaty of Versailles

Question 47

President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace (know the types of suggestions Wilson made)

Answer 47

Wilson's 14 Points

Question 48

Booker T Washington

Answer 48

Prominent black American, born into slavery, who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881

Question 49

W E B DuBois

Answer 49

He believed that African Americans should strive for full rights immediately. He also helped found the NAACP.