US history Unit 3 Test

Populist party formed by

Union of farmers and workers

Eugene V. Debs started

Founded the Socialist Party of America in 1901

Charles Monroe Sheldon’s

book challenged Christians to ask themselves in every situation

DL Moody

Founded Moody Bible Institute in Chicago

-Published books for the poor and prisoners

-Education, practical instruction, and Biblical training

18th amendment

Banned liquor (belief that it caused bad stuff)

resistance to prohibition

-Moonshine People began to make their own alcohol

-Speakeasy Secret club for gambling and drinking

-The Mob The violent control the Mob had on alcohol

Progressive women challenged

Human suffering, their status/roles, tradition (no females in politics)

The first state right to vote for women

Wyoming

19th amendment

women the right to vote

Susan B. Anthony

Arrested for trying to vote

Alice Paul

more aggressive approach) Mass pickets, parades, and hunger strikes

Jeannette Rankin

Vocal opponent of Child Labor and WWI (first female Senator)

Reason for 19th amendment

Women have a maternal and moral instinct, women could influence elections and help pass progressive measures, females’ demands would be taken more seriously, and females’ involvement in WWI proved they were equals

Political Machines worked by

reach every ward, promising and sometimes delivering solutions to working problems.

Initiative

Gave people the power to put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting citizen’s signatures on the petition

Referendum

allowed citizens to approve or reject laws instead of waiting for elected officials to act

Recall

Gave voters the power to remove public servants from office before their term ended

17th amendment

Americans should choose their own senators rather than allowing state legislatures to do so.

Segregation

The forced separation of the races

Booker T Washington

Believes in self-help and not waiting in the government for change… Patience and education to crafts

WEB Du Bois

Believed political action, civil rights agenda

John Muir

Believed that US should preserve natural resources

Roosevelt’s “conservation”

Uses of natural resources; through efficient and scientific management

United mine worker union demanded

Higher wage, 8-hours work day, union recognition

Roosevelt believed whose interest made action necessary?

American interest

Roosevelt threatened to use (coal stike)

military

Roosevelt (wanting gov) role in business

desired to prevent corporate abuse and defend public interest

Established a regulatory for the government

Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom

Regulate competition

Woodrow Wilson initially limited progressive

NO MORE WOMEN SUFFAGE!, killed legislation (no more child labor), supported segregation

16th Amendment

National income tax… allowed for ability to expand government power

Progressive Failure

No lasting change (no heart change)

Theodore Roosevelt personality

energetic, ambitious, and highly determined. Advocating for hard work, physical fitness, and active engagement in life.

Theodore Roosevelt (US greatest evil)

Corporate America

Theodore Roosevelt (monopolist fight!)

5 Months into office (took on J.P. Morgan)

Theodore Roosevelt (built what)

Funded Panama revolt and built the Panama Canal for military use

Theodore Roosevelt (slogan)

Speak softly and carry a big stick

Woodrow Wilson became president by

Theodore Roosevelt sucessor

Americans questioned responsibilities of

Gov/Society

Underlying problems (3)

Ever-large corp/ working conditions/ Social problems (immigration)

Social Gospel Leaders sought

Apply religious ethic to industrial conditions

Protestant fundamentalist stressed

Personal salvation over social reform

Business endorsed progressive reforms

Order Organization, and efficiency

Triangle Shirtwaist fire peaked

Public outrage towards unsafe working conditions

Muckrakers

Exposed economic, social and political reform

Opposed child labor laws

Manufactures, conservatives, and some poor parents

Keaton-Owen Act

Banned the manufacturing products from any child labor

Muller v. Oregan

Set maximum hours for women

Jane Addams

Founded the hall house; urban immigrant neighbor hood (teaching independence)— sought against property

Upton Sinclair

Wrote The Jungle; exposed the food industrial practices

The Jungle created what laws

Meat inspection/Pure Food and Drugs

Knight of Labor

No restriction (first) union

AFL (American Federation of Labor)

Only white, males, trade skills

IWW

Last: All workers