History Notes: Teddy Roosevelt to W.E.B. DuBois

Question 1

John D. Rockefeller felt his wealth and success were somehow

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given from God

Question 2

Where did John D. Rockefeller get his wealth?

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oil (Standard Oil)

Question 3

Andrew Carnegie became the

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wealthiest man in the world

Question 4

“vertical trust”

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own the entire means and process of production

Question 5

The “vertical trust” is associated with

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Andrew Carnegie

Question 6

Horizontal integration or “horizontal trusts”

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1. A single company gains control over an entire market
2. Creates a monopoly of oil industry
   Standard Oil is founded, Rockefeller’s company
3. By 1880s, Standard Oil controls 90% of the market

Question 7

How did Standard Oil use underpricing?

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Standard Oil would keep their products’ prices very low, other companies couldn’t compete and would go out of business, then they’d raise their prices again

Question 8

Pooling

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Agreement among several companies to protect quotas and drive out anybody who is outside of that pool

Question 9

Trusts

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Board of trustees from different companies that come together and form central control board over all the other companies, much like pooling but more formal, way to eliminate competition

Question 10

Rockefeller was worth

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$800 million dollars

Question 11

Teddy Roosevelt was born in

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New York (state), 1858

Question 12

While serving in the New York assembly, Teddy’s Roosevelt’s wife and mother

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died

Question 13

Teddy Roosevelt went to what school?

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Harvard

Question 14

Teddy Roosevelt was nicknamed

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“Cowboy of the Dakotas”

Question 15

Teddy Roosevelt was a different Republican because he believe the wealthy and educated had a duty to do what?

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to help less fortunate

Question 16

Teddy Roosevelt as a reformer

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cleans up corruption, elected as governor of New York state, creative politician and activist

Question 17

The Coal Strike of 1902

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the coal miners in eastern Pennsylvania go on strike, becomes a national problem, ends after 163 days with Teddy Roosevelt’s intervention

Question 18

Square Deal

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attempted to confront the problems caused by economic consolidation by distinguishing between “good” and “bad” corporations

Question 19

“Bad” corporations were run by greedy financiers and were interested only in

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profit

Question 20

How did Teddy Roosevelt deal with the Coal Strike of 1902?

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invites labor leaders to White House, acts as a mediator and pressures mine owners to give in to what the miners want

Question 21

Roosevelt believed federal government had to face

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social problems

Question 22

Sherman Antitrust (1890)

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first law to restrict monopolistic trusts and business combinations

Question 23

Teddy Roosevelt was known as being a

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trustbuster

Question 24

Teddy Roosevelt targeted…and publicized dangers of …

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big companies/industries, monopolies

Question 25

The Square Deal was meant to

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regulate corporations, protect consumers and middle class, and conserve natural resources

Question 26

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

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First law to regulate manufacturing of food and medicines, prohibited dangerous additives and inaccurate labeling

Question 27

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

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Passed largely in reaction to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the law set strict standards of cleanliness in the meat packing industry

Question 28

Teddy Roosevelt and conservation

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“A Practical Forester”, who likes the outdoors, believes natural resources need to be conserved and worried about deforestation

Question 29

The US forest service was headed by

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Gifford Pinchot

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National Conservation Commission

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first comprehensive study to look over oil resources, forest reserves, etc.

Question 31

Teddy Roosevelt recruited rangers to

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take care of forest preserves

Question 32

Gifford Pinchot had 80 million acres of land to be set aside as

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wildlife and mineral reserves

Question 33

John Muir was one of the first and most famous

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preservationists

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John Muir

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defended American wilderness and founded the Sierra Club

Question 35

John Muir wanted to preserve nature for

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wilderness' sake, not to be touched

Question 36

Who were the candidates in the Election of 1908?

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William Howard Taft (Republican), William Jennings Bryan (Democrat)

Question 37

Why didn't Roosevelt run in the Election of 1908?

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he was progressive and didn’t think people should stay in office forever

Question 38

President Taft was less concerned with...than Roosevelt, and he...

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reform, alienates progressive Republicans

Question 39

President Taft enacted

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a graduate income tax

Question 40

People entreated Roosevelt to come back and help during the presidency of

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William Howard Taft

Question 41

Teddy Roosevelt ran again for president in the election of

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1912

Question 42

Who were the candidates in the election of 1912?

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Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follett, William Howard Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson

Question 43

Who won all 12 primaries in the Election of 1912 but didn't become the Republican nominee?

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Teddy Roosevelt

Question 44

New Nationalism

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Women’s suffrage, 8-hour day, prohibition for child labor, minimum wage for working women, stricter regulation of large corporations

Question 45

In the election of 1912, the Democrats nominate

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Woodrow Wilson

Question 46

Woodrow Wilson was a

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reformer, governor of New Jersey, once was President of Princeton

Question 47

The New Freedom

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Favors progressive reforms, BUT would not enlarge federal government like New Nationalism

Question 48

Eugene Debs was the...candidate in the election of 1912

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socialist

Question 49

Social Gospel

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advocated the application of Christian principles to social problems generated by industrialization

Question 50

What were some of the acts/reform Woodrow Wilson enacted?

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Underwood-Simmons Act of 1913 • Federal Reserve Act • Clayton Anti-Trust Act 1914 • Federal Trade Commission

Question 51

Booker T. Washington encouraged African-Americans to...and won...

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accomodate segregation and disfranchisement, financial backing from the whites

Question 52

W.E.B. DuBois protested

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segregation and disfranchisement