U.S. History Exam 2 - FLASHCARDS - 2_16 Lecture 2

Question 1

How many Americans belonged to a union in 1900?

Answer 1

1 million

Question 2

How many people belonged to a union in 1920?

Answer 2

5 million

Question 3

How many members were in the AFL?

Answer 3

1.6 million

Question 4

What was the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?

Answer 4

First union to unionize blacks and whites. Believed in a worker’s revolution to seize means of production and abolish state. Led by William Haywood

Question 5

Who was dubbed the world’s most dangerous man?

Answer 5

William Big Bill Haywood

Question 6

What major strike happened in Lawrence, Massachusetts?

Answer 6

Workers of 25 different nationalities went on strike against wage reductions and called the IWW for help. Achieved 25% raise. Lawrence had lots of textile mills

Question 7

What were some of the new pastimes during the early 1900s?

Answer 7

More liesure time. For example, baseball and vaudeville shows

Question 8

When did the quality of life improve for Americans with a growing middle class?

Answer 8

from 1900 to 1920

Question 9

When was the silent movie. “Birth of a Nation” produced?

Answer 9

1915. Inspired a second Ku Klux Klan

Question 10

What was “Birth of a Nation”?

Answer 10

early silent film, it depicted white Southerners as heroes and black people as rapists and criminals. Very racist but very popular

Question 11

By 1900, how many cities had populations of over 1 million?

Answer 11

3 in United States. New York, Chicago, and Philidelphia

Question 12

Where did the term “social legislation” originate?

Answer 12

Germany. Means government action to address urban problems and the insecurities of working class life

Question 13

What was the political goal of progressivism?

Answer 13

sought cures for city, state, and national problems

Question 14

What were the primary aspects of progressivism?

Answer 14

worried about industrialization, optimistic about human nature, wanted voluntary reform, believed in intervening in people’s lives, use both science and religion to tackle social problems

Question 15

Intellectual progressivism

Answer 15

believed in the power of reason instead of religion to solve problems

Question 16

Cultural progressivism

Answer 16

new advances in literature, art, film, especially after WWI

Question 17

How many reform organizations came up between 1900 and 1920?

Answer 17

400

Question 18

What were some organizations in the early 1920s?

Answer 18

National Child Labor Committe, American Medical Association

Question 19

What were different social justice movements?

Answer 19

Housing reform, child labor laws, and improved conditions of women

Question 20

Who saw alcohol as evil?

Answer 20

Temperance advocates, churches

Question 21

What was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union?

Answer 21

Wanted to eradicate alcohol. 19 states had prohibitions on alcohol

Question 22

What was the 18th amendmant of 1920?

Answer 22

Prohibited the consumption or sale of intoxicating liquor.

Question 23

What was the National American Women’s Suffrage Association?

Answer 23

Led by Susan B Anthony in 1890, wanted to gain the right to vote for women

Question 24

What was the 19th amendment?

Answer 24

You could not deny someone the right to vote on account of sex

Question 25

What percent of voters voted from 1876 to 1900?

Answer 25

77 percent.

Question 26

From 1900 to 1916, how many people voted?

Answer 26

63 percent.

Question 27

By 1920, how many people were voting each year?

Answer 27

52 percent (about the same as now)

Question 28

What was the 17th Amendment?

Answer 28

Direct election of senators

Question 29

When did Theodore Roosevelt take office?

Answer 29

1901 after McKinley was assasinated

Question 30

Who was the youngest president?

Answer 30

Theodore Roosevelt at 42 years old

Question 31

What was the Department of Commerce and Labor?

Answer 31

Created by Roosevelt in 1903. Had a Bureau of corporations to investigate interstate commerce.

Question 32

What were trusts?

Answer 32

Arangements that gave trustee legal power to manage someone else’s money or company without saying they own it.

Question 33

What was trust busting?

Answer 33

Government action aimed at breaking up trusts and monopolies, which were both ways of consolidating wealth and keeping out competitors so robber barons could set the prices

Question 34

What are examples of Roosevelt’s trust busting?

Answer 34

Northern Securities Company, American Tobacco, DuPont, Standard Oil

Question 35

When was the Northern Securities Company dissolved?

Answer 35

1904 under the Sherman Antitrust Act

Question 36

How many trusts did William Howard Taft bust?

Answer 36

90 trusts

Question 37

What was the Anthracite Coalmine Strike of 1902?

Answer 37

United Mine Workers strike for better pay and fewer hours. Roosevent sent in commisioner of labor Carroll Wright to negotiate, which failed. Roosevelt then sent in federal troops to work the mines. A compromise was soon reached

Question 38

Who were the United Mine Workers led by?

Answer 38

John Marshall

Question 39

Who was the spokesperson for the coal mines?

Answer 39

George Baer

Question 40

What was the Square Deal?

Answer 40

Roosevelt’s domestic political plan: Conservation, control of corporations, and consumer protection