People

Question 1

Lincoln Steffens (important)

Answer 1

wrote “the shame of the cities”

Question 2

Jacob Riis (important)

Answer 2

wrote “how the other half lives”

Question 3

Upton Sinclair (important)

Answer 3

wrote “The Jungle”

Question 4

Ida Tarbell (important)

Answer 4

wrote against the standard oil company

Question 5

James Garfield

Answer 5

was shot by Guiteau in Washington train station because he felt he deserved a government job. Died from the doctors using their fingers and dirty instruments

Question 6

Grover Cleveland

Answer 6

Created Interstate Commerce Act- prohibited pools and rebates

Question 7

Benjamin Harrison

Answer 7

Sherman Antitrust Act-prohibited trust or other businesses from limiting competition; many problems in the court system

Question 8

William McKinley

Answer 8

Runs on the ticket with TR and wins over William J. Bryan; shot by anarchist, Lean Czolgosz, making TR president

Question 9

Job TR held

Answer 9

Civil Service Commission
Police Commissioner of NYC
Assistant Secretary of Navy
Rough rider in Spanish American war
Governor of NY

Question 10

Teddy vs. Big Business

Answer 10

Progressive President
Believed in good and bad trusts
1902-Brought lawsuit against Northern Securities Company-violated Sherman Antitrust Act-US government won

Question 11

What was the Coal Mine Strike (1902)

Answer 11

Miners went on strike, Roosevelt threaten to use troops to mine, sided with labor

Question 12

What was the Elkins Act

Answer 12

Outlawed rebates and helped strengthen the Interstate Commerce Act

Question 13

Hepburn Act

Answer 13

Set maximum rates railroads could charge

Question 14

What was teddy’s slogan in the election of 1904 and does he win

Answer 14

Square Deal: farmer. consumer, workers, owners could have equal opportunity to succeed; he wins

Question 15

What was the meat inspection act (1906)

Answer 15

forced packers to open their door to inspectors

Question 16

TR is important

Answer 16

ok

Question 17

Chester A. Arthur

Answer 17

Passed Civil Service Act 1883- exam for federal jobs

Question 18

What was his Wilson’s slogan and what did it mean

Answer 18

New Freedom-break up trust into smaller companies to restore competition
Ripley wall for privilage-Tariffs, Trusts, Banks

Question 18

Does Woodrow Wilson win the election of 1912 and what party does he run under

Answer 18

Yes, democratic

Question 19

What did Wilson do on inauguration day

Answer 19

Called in Congress to lower tariffs

Question 20

Federal Reserve Act

Answer 20

Nationwide system of banks-12 banks throughout the country-they are bankers for banks

Question 21

Underwood Tariff

Answer 21

reduced tariffs that were raised by Taft, provided for federal income taxF

Question 22

Federal Trade Commission

Answer 22

Ensure fair competition

Question 23

Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

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Strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act. made some business practices illegal

Question 24

Woodrow Wilson is important

Answer 24

ok

Question 25

Rutherford B. Hayes

Answer 25

1st to take action against the spoils system

Question 26

Did William H. Taft win election of 1908

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

What did Taft do

Answer 27

Broke up many trust, set up new safety regulations Main focus child labor/raised tariffs-not a conservationist Lost popular progressive support

Question 28

Did Taft win the election of 1912

Answer 28

No, him and TR split the votes costing them the election, wilson wins

Question 29

Alice Paul (important)

Answer 29

marched onto the White House, picketed the white house

Question 30

Susan B. Anthony (important)

Answer 30

Women's suffrage

Question 31

William Marcy Tweed (Boss Tweed)

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Stole money from NYC banks Thomas Nast drew political cartoons of him Died in jail Result=government leagues-replace corrupt official; improve conditions

Question 32

W.E.B Dubois (important)

Answer 32

Fought discrimination actively formed the NAACP: National Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored

Question 33

George Washington Carver (important)

Answer 33

Discovered crop rotations, many uses for peanuts

Question 34

Booker T. Washington (important)

Answer 34

wrote "Up from Slavery" established the Turksegee institute in Alabama

Question 35

Robert Lafollette(important)

Answer 35

Wisconsin Idea

Question 36

Charles Guiteau

Answer 36

Abusive towards wife; never had one job for a long time; sot garfield

Question 37

Leon Czolgsz

Answer 37

Polish immigrant who assassinated McKinley