Test 2 Flashcards
Presidents during Progressive Era
Roosevelt, Taft, then Wilson
How did Teddy Roosevelt come to power?
McKinley assasinated dies from infection.
“that damn cowboys in the white house”
Teddy Roosevelt
Who was known for virility and male-ness?
Teddy Roosevelt
What were some of the issues of progressivism?
- child labor (eliminate or regulate)
- workers compensation
- Go after urban slums/ poverty
- Advocate for womens right to vote
- birth control movement
- urban environment→ poverty, smaller families favored
- prohibition
- claimed that immigrants are bringing alcoholism
- regulation railroads, telephones, telegraphs
- worked for lower tariffs (had gotten to 52%)
- democratize the system
- direct election of senators (late Taft, early Wilson)
- graduated income tax
What was the problem with the progressive era?
-Racism not addressed
Argument against imperialism
fosters and encourages racial divide
Example of laws passed on segregation
South Carolina
- textile factory work - blacks and whites couldn't: take breaks at the same time, use same entrance/exits, same assembly line, look out same window
What children were excluded and where?
-segregation of Chinese (west coast)
What happened involving Japan and school children?
Roosevelt wanted good relations with Japan
Roosevelt says to San Francisco council, “I’d rather you not do that.”
-1907: Gentleman’s agreement (nothing legally binding)
African Americans were the biggest problem among ___
ppor whites. afraid they were moving up. competition
When one black man purchased a car, what happened
African American farmer/ daughter: Bought new car, drove into town. Sexually molested daughter, set fire to car. “Don’t think you’re like us.”
Who were the reforms? and why did they promote certain aspects of reform?
Middle class reformers pushing for reform to save their own skin and avoid a social revolution
What happened when a Radical union began to form at the Ford motor company?
Announces a nickel raise
- union never forms, falls apart. - so excited by nickel, forgets they want the dime - gets loyal workers - might run competition out of business
Who was Booker T. Washington?
Booker T. Washington
son of former slaves
born in deep south
witnessed lynchings. Seen fear
gradualist
figure out from bottom up, how to integrate
as much dignity in tilling field as writing poem
Who was WEB Dubois?
More of an activist
Higher education was key to success
Founded in 1905 to start Niagara Movement
Equal rights/voting rights
Best way to enforce equal rights/ voting rights
Get education and political power
Who founded the Tuskagee Institute and what was it?
Booker T. Washington
Working with hands
Infamous for scientific experiments (took people from there)
Siphilus—infected, studied, and then claimed they would be “cured”
What was the NAACP, who founded it?
WEB Dubois in part
National association for the advancement of colored people
Whats true about Teddy Roosevelts background?
Came from a lot of money—doesn’t have to worry about occupation
Game hungter, explorer, zoologist, writes 38 books, tried to be a cowboy in
the Dakotas
“when _____ attends a wedding, he wants to be the bride. When he
attends a funeral, he wants to be the corpse”
Teddy Roosevelt
Who called themselves a trust buster?
Teddy Roosevelt
Where was Teddy’s largest imprint?
1902—large strike of miners
Result of the miner strike?
10% wage increases. Cost of coal increases. Coal mining union didn’t achieve recognition.
What was Roosevelts lasting legacy?
- Conserve wildlife resources
puts up monuments (executive power) to preserve the land around it - in response to public pressure
Journalists took on progressive causes—child labor, government corruption, sweat shops. “muck rakers”
What resulted in the Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act?
Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle
What was Taft like as a person?
very different personality. Shy, not as comfortable as public.
-describes Roosevelt as a “mosquito”
What were some things left behind by taft?
- busts far more trusts than Roosevelt
- backs safety regulations for railroads and mines
- mandates an 8 hour workday for government employees
- mandates employer liability for government employees
- further beefs up interstate commerce act and commission
- further tightens loop holes
- creates a childrens burrough in governments
Who ran in the 1912 election?
Roosevelt wants to make a comeback (Bull moose)
Woodrow Wilson- democrat
Eugene Debs
“Let it be understood that I owe you nothing, god has ordained that I
be president.
Woodrow Wilson
What drives the 1912 election?
We are becoming a world power Roosevelt—male virility Wilson—moral duty To uplift filipines To put children onto orphan trains
The first time the tariff had been lowered since the civil war happened during ____
Woodrow Wilson’s presidency
Federal Bank act of 1913
First national bank system
U.S is coast to coast
Controls the interest rate
Private banks are guided by publics banks
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Written in such a way to address the position of unions
Tightens loopholes
“strikes and picketing are lawful, union meetings are lawful,
unions aren’t in restraint of trade”
… “act protects unions for legitimate purposes.”
Wilson decides to run again and does this:
Passes Federal Farm Loans Act After vetoing it before Federal Highways Act Transportation is changing Workers comp for government employees 8 hour work day for railroads Bizarre twist and turn with child labor Act bans goods made by children under 16, interstate commerce.
Passes Federal Farm Loans Act After vetoing it before Federal Highways Act Transportation is changing Workers comp for government employees 8 hour work day for railroads Bizarre twist and turn with child labor Act bans goods made by children under 16, interstate commerce.
Greek American, kidnapped by a morocan bandit (Raisuli)
Roosevelt has navy fleet he wants to use
Roosevelt “I want perdicaris live or Raisuli dead”
Orders 7 battleships to coast of Moroco
Secretary of state scrambling
Moroccan sultan pays ransom fee
Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
Us will play policeman for Latin/ South American to keep
European powers out
How did the U.S. get around Colombia and establish the Panama Canal?
Revolution beings in area called Panama (1903)
Final stipulation
U.S. will be granted permanent right to take over any Panama lands needed for canal. Not a single Panamanian or Colombian person signed this.