apush retake - mid 3rd nine weeks

Question 1

characteristics of the progressives

Answer 1

want positive change, in cities, middle class women, successful

Question 2

characteristics of populists

Answer 2

rural, farmers, wanted positive change, unsuccessful

Question 3

civil service reform

Answer 3

examinations that ppl would do to get a job in gov bc of patronage (when someone gets a job based on what they know), allows for more qualified ppl in govt

Question 4

mugwump

Answer 4

wanted to change the system

Question 5

stalwarts

Answer 5

wanted to keep it the same, wanted patronage

Question 6

half breeds

Answer 6

wanted some change but not radical

Question 7

sherman anti trust act

Answer 7

the first attempt to break up the trusts, wasn’t generally effective, did break up standard oil trust, used against labor unions

Question 8

pendleton act

Answer 8

passed by congress to prevent the constant reward to loyal party members and patronage

Question 9

clayton anti trust act

Answer 9

passed in 1914, designed to be effective where the sherman antitrust act was weak, does a better job of breaking up trust

Question 10

interstate commerce act

Answer 10

put interstate commerce under the control of the fed gov, sets up interstate commerce commission and they will continue to regulate it, led to Illinois case

Question 11

omaha platform

Answer 11

the populist starts running presidents (William Jennings Bryan), this became populist platform, ex:direct election of senators, secret ballot, term limits, fed income tax

Question 12

coxeys army

Answer 12

march on Washington, result of the Panic of 1892, want Washington to provide jobs for them, it was a failure

Question 13

jim crow laws

Answer 13

to keep AA from voting, ex: grandfather clause, literacy test, poll taxes

Question 14

segregation

Answer 14

blacks are banned from private places like hotels, restaurants, seperate societies

Question 15

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 15

attempt to get segregation outlawed, SC ruled separate but equal

Question 16

free silver vs gold standard

Answer 16

gold bugs wanted banknotes to be credited on gold supply to make money scarce and higher value, those who coined silver would put more money into circulation which would help poor, free silver=farmers

Question 17

cross of gold speech

Answer 17

how you needed to put more money into circulation to help out the farmers

Question 18

william jennings bryan

Answer 18

democratic candidate, populist candidate 3 times

Question 19

the political power of gilded age big business

Answer 19

money=power, bc of all this money they could get their candidates to run in office, you can’t run if you don’t have money

Question 20

1896 election

Answer 20

politicians buy the presidency from William McKinley, campaign was very well organized, William Jennings Bryan was not as organized

Question 21

1902 Anthricite coal strike

Answer 21

teddy roosevelt supported organized labor, coal miners wanted better wages, first example of govt taking side with laborers and working class

Question 22

1911 standard oil case

Answer 22

teddy roosevelt, use sherman anti trust act to break up the standard oil trust, rockefeller owned standard oil

Question 23

progressive conservation measures

Answer 23

conserving nature, national parks that are created

Question 24

progressive vs conservative republicans

Answer 24

taft is progressive, mainstream republican Teddy Roosevelt is most progressive rep

Question 25

social gospel

Answer 25

cities, part of the progressives, attempting to help working class; more middle class, charity

Question 26

settlement house movement

Answer 26

helped immigrants settle in America

Question 27

Jane Addams

Answer 27

created Hull house, most famous house

Question 28

Jacob Riis "How the Other Half Lives"

Answer 28

wrote about working class and children, it tugged on heartstrings of middle class women to help out those less fortunate

Question 29

Niagra movement

Answer 29

birth of modern civil rights movement, met at Niagra falls, come up with a plan to advance equal opprotunity to native americans, NAACP founded by WED Dubois

Question 30

robert la follette

Answer 30

one of the progressive governers and he is in Wisconsin, comes up with Wisconsin idea that largely involved income tax, wanted gov more involved

Question 31

American federation of labor

Answer 31

union of for skilled labor, pres= samuel gompers, harder to replace if went on strike, have them more bargaining power

Question 32

industrial workers of the world

Answer 32

unskilled labor, they want to have a society run for workers, wanted to use their power to advance the rights of workers, radical organization

Question 33

1912 presidential election

Answer 33

william howard taft- republican party teddy roosevelt- progressive party woodrow wilson- democratic party wilson wins bc rep. party splits, he leads us through WW1

Question 34

social darwinism

Answer 34

said it was okay for strong nations to dominate weaker nations, imperialism

Question 35

the maine

Answer 35

blew up, US blamed spain, it was an accident but it still sparked the start of spanish american war

Question 36

US involvement in the phillipines

Answer 36

spain was there first, we defeated Spain in spanish american war and then annexed Phillipines, did not give them self-govern, we control them, they are not citizens, they push back and led to phillipe insurrection, location was good for trade

Question 37

hawaii

Answer 37

good location, businessmen from US go there and want to annex Hawaii, so they overthrew Queen Lelekulani, did not happen right away, Mckinley annexes them and they eventually become a state

Question 38

result of the spanish american war

Answer 38

US gets Guam, Puerto Rico and phillipines but not cuba, cuba is freed, we don't control cuba

Question 39

platt amendment

Answer 39

we control foreign policy in Cuba so we have to right to intervene

Question 40

root takahira

Answer 40

agreement bw United States and Japan, trying to avoid war

Question 41

gentlemans agreement

Answer 41

hand shake agreement and it said that we should stop segregating Japanese children in Cali if Japan stopped the flow of immigrants to the US

Question 42

open door policy

Answer 42

china's doors are open to all trade, was separated into spheres of influence, everybody can trade with China now

Question 43

US relations with China and Japan

Answer 43

with Japan it was more equal bc Japan became an industrial power while China had been pushed around, China wasn't on the same level as Japan, not equal relationship

Question 44

Big Stick Diplomacy

Answer 44

Teddy Roosevelt, idea that if you have powerful navy (Great White Fleet) it would help keep you out of war

Question 45

negotiations

Answer 45

US negotiated with Colombia but they went badly so they convinced the Panamanians to revolt and we helped them on the side, kept the colombian navy from landing in Panama, bc of this assistance they became independent

Question 46

problems with building panama canal

Answer 46

mosquitoes, disease

Question 47

atlanta exposotion speech

Answer 47

made by booker t washington, he wanted economic opportunities for African Americans in south, in return he was willing to accept temporary political unequality

Question 48

imperialist

Answer 48

believe that social darwinism it was natural for bigger nations to take over weaker

Question 49

anti imperialist

Answer 49

said this was wrong and despotism abroad to despotism domestically

Question 50

reasons for migration out of southern United States

Answer 50

largely directed more to African Americans, there were jobs and economic opportunities in the North and not in the South, migrants moved to cities in the North which led to growth of urban areas in North