Us History Flashcards
How did the presidents of the Gilded Age compare to Lincoln? Why?
Compared to Lincoln the presidents of the guilder age were weak elected with slim minorities and and lack of interagency
How did the Pendleton Act help to end corruption?
By creating a cival service system based n merit rather than on politician
Who benefited from the tariff? Who was hurt? Which political party supported the tariff? Which political party opposed the tariff?
American business benefited and American consumers lost from a tarrif was supported by republicans and opposed democratis.
What problems did farmers face in the Gilded Age? How did they propose to solve them (Farmers’ Alliance, Grange)?
Farmers faced rising costs of production and declining crop prices.farmers formed farmers alliance and grange to negotiate prices on supplies and demands the regulation of railroads elevators and the free coinage of silver to cause inflation
Why did farmers want a loose money policy (the minting of silver)?
A loose money policy would cause inflation which would lead to higher crop prices also to pay back their loans with cheaper dollars
How did Populists propose to solve the country’s problems?
Populist demanded the free coinage of silver and government ownership of railroads
Describe the legacy of the populists.
Many populist reforms became reality under the progressive the income tax regulation of railroads a more flexibility monetary policy
How did Progressives differ from Populists?
Populists were mainly farmers and progressives were middle class people
Christianity was the basis for reform according to . . . ?
Walter Rauschenbusch
Describe the conditions of factory workers in the early 20th century.
Industrial workers worked long hours in dirty and poor conditions and unsafe machines
Workers’ compensation laws were passed as a result of what tragedy?
Triangle shirt waste factory fire
Why did progressives target political machines? What success did they achieve?
They wanted to curb corruption in government the direct primary form of government helped as well as the imitative referendum,and recall
What led to the formation of the NAACP?
Riots in Springfield illionise which ended in the attempted lynching of two African Americans
How did racism limit the achievements of the Progressive Era?
Antipathy to immigrants led prohibitation aginst African American led to segregated on even outside the south
How were the NWP And NAWSA different?
While both wanted female suffrage the nap engaged in hunger strikes and voting illegally as a form of civil disobideance
- What was the goal of the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement?
Didn’t want alcohol and abolished the sale of it
What were the goals of progressive women reformers?
Suffrage and more opportunities and the workforce
How did the education of women affect the Progressive Era?
Education allowed them to achieve their goals and the tackle the problems of society
Was Theodore Roosevelt opposed to all trusts? Explain.
Thedore Roosevelt was not opposed to trust that did business fairly.the trouble is who defines what is fair
Why did President Roosevelt threaten to take control of PA coal mines in 1902?
Coal was needed to keep factoris running homes warm so he threatened mine owners so they would give in to the demand of workers
Congress passed what law to regulate the use of water in the West?
National reclamation act
- Who represented each party in the 1912 election?
Progressive-bull moose and Roosevelt
Democratic-Woodrow Wilson
Republic-willam Howard Taft
What did the following accomplish?
Sep
Outlawed manufacture transportation sale a d use of alcohol
18th amendment
Woman’s suffrage guaranteed
19th amendment
Called the direct election of senators rather than their appointment by state legislatures
17th amendment
Permitted the federal government to levy an income tax
16th amendment
Strengthened the Sherman anti trust act by defining illegal business activities such ad interlocking directorates
Clayton ant trust act
Created federal bank system to oversee monetary policy
Federal reserve act
Established federal trade commission to monitor business practices fakes advertising and dishonest labeling
Federal trade commission act
Authorized federal government to regulate railroads rates and set maximum prices for ferries,bridge tolls,and oil pipelines
Hepburn act
Allowed federal government to inspect meats sold across the state lines required inspecting meats processing plants
Meat inspection act
Allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the shipment and sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and medicine
Pure food and drug act
Lowered tariffs on the imported goods and established a graduated income tax
Underwood tarrif act
How did African Americans defend themselves from description during the progressive era
They formed NAACP and urban league to combat discrimination
How did Japanese Americans defend them selves from discrimination during the progressive era
They titled their property
How did the Jewish Americans defend themselves from discremanation during the progressive era
They formed the anti defamation league
How did the Mexican Americans defend themselves from discrimination during the progressive era?
They formed mutualist and the partido liberal Mexicano
