Module 20 Key

Farmers' Alliance( National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union)

An important organization fighting for the rights of farmers

Roosevelt added to the National Park System

As President from 1901 to 1909, he signed legislation establishing five new national parks: Crater Lake, Oregon; Wind Cave, South Dakota; Sullys Hill, North Dakota (later re-designated a game preserve); Mesa Verde, Colorado; and Platt, Oklahoma (now part of Chickasaw National Recreation Area).

Ocala Convention

Called for free coinage of silver, an income tax, and reduced tariffs on imports

William McKinley's front porch campaign

Candidate( McKinley) does not leave his front porch and supporters come to his front porch. He won the election.

Panic of 1893

Caused by railroad companies -Failure of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroads -Three out of every four railroad companies failed -The stock market crashed -European nations were only accepting gold as payment for goods -The American banking system was on the verge of collapse - Unemployment rose to 12%

Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire

Caused many to cry for an overhaul of the nations factories to better working conditions

Separate But Equal

"separate but equal" for African Americans was ruled constitutional by supreme court

Grange

-Farmers would farm together and store the grains together. -Collective farming

Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890

-First anti monopoly -The law was based on the power of congress to regulate interstate commerce

Plessy v. Ferguson

-Homer Plessy(biracial man) -Plessy was arrested for trying to ride in a white train car

What issues did farmers face after the Civil War?

-Many moved out west. -They had a shortage of water and difficult weather. -Railroads charged high rates to ship goods. Banks were charging high interests on there loans.

NAACP

-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Theodore Roosevelt as a trust manager

-President at 42 years old -was a trust manager. -He felt that the government should monitor businesses and prevent them from becoming monopolies

Muckrakers

-The muckrakers were reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States (1890s-1920s) who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions, often through sensationalist publications. - Came up by Theodore Roosevelt -exposed corruption and injustice -major muckraker: Charles Francis Adams Jr

Robert La Follette

-Was huge in the reform movement. -They call them Fighting Bob. -He was a major progressive Governor. He was Governor of Wisconsin from 1900 to 1966

Progressives

-White middle class -Pushed for social change -Advocated reform on the local and state level

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

-bring to the light of the meat packing plant worker to light -exposed the nasty meat packing industry

Hepburn Act of 1906

Gave more regulatory power to the federal government

Jane Addams' Hull House

Hull houses were formed by Jane Addams. Hull houses were the first settlement house

How did William Howard Taft differ from Theodore Roosevelt?

Roosevelt was a visionary man. Taft was very old school, always wanted to be on the Supreme Court

National Reclamation Act

The Act required that water users repay construction costs from which they received benefits.

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

The Payne-Aldrich Tariff was a compromise over tariff rates between New York Representative Sereno Payne and Rhode Island Senator Nelson Aldrich. A tariff is essentially a tax paid on what is imported and exported out of the country (usually the tax is imposed by the importing country).

How did Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican Party in 1912?

The Progressive Party was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.

Pure Food and Drug Act

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Resumptionists

Those that wanted a reduction of greenbacks and an end to the use of silver coins

Northern Securities

dominated railroad traffic in the Northwest.

secret ballot

secret ballot was supported because it made it harder for the illiterate and immigrants to vote, and a lot of folks wanted citizenship tests.

primary election

set up a system in which members of a party would choose their candidate

Temperance Movement

Formed in 1820's to end drinking problem

WEB Dubois

Formed the NAACP

Crime of 1873

Framers called the end of using sliver coins a crime of 1873 because now it would be harder for them to pay off debts

Recall

A recall election is when the voters decide whether or not to remove an official from office

Booker T. Washington

Advocated African American economic development

Cross of Gold speech

Advocated for silver based currency

William Jennings Bryan

Congress man of Nebraska. Democrats nominated him. During his election he gave a speech called "Cross of Gold" speech. Silver activist.

Cotton farmers faced competition from Indian and Egyptian cotton

Cotton farmers faced competition from Indian and Egyptian cotton(already answered that's why its repeated)

Coxey's Army

Coxey got what he was called Coxey's army together. It was about 500 supporters, and they marched to Washington to give a speech on the capital. He never got to say his speech that day and got arrested for trespassing.

Free Silver

Expanding the money supply by producing more silver coins

Ida Tarbell

Kept reporting on standard oil and how it wasn't fair. urged readers to become politically active to fight corruption

Initiative

Legislation is submitted directly to the voter in a general election

Rule of Reason

Maintain good trust or companies that use their large size to pass on low prices to the consumer

1902 Coal Miners Strike

Miners in Pennsylvania wanted recognition for the United Mine Workers, 10-20% increase in wages and an 8 hour day; Roosevelt supported the strikers and threatened the mine owners with 10,000 federal troops

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom 6

New Freedom was focused on three key areas; Tariff Reform, Banking Reform, and Trust-busting. Wilson wanted to create an economy that would be fair and equitable for all Americans. He thought for the economy to be truly free, the built-in advantages given to big businesses had to be eliminated.

Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism

New Nationalism was Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive political philosophy during the 1912 election. New Nationalism called for federal intervention to promote social justice and the economic welfare of the underprivileged.

Jacob Coxey

Ohio businessman. He was a business owner that felt horrible because he had to lay people off in during the recession of 1893.

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, is a part of United States antitrust law with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime; the Clayton Act seeks to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency.

Meat Inspection Act

The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) was enacted to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.

Federal Reserve System

The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, after a series of financial panics led to the desire for central control of the monetary system in order to alleviate financial crises.

Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection.

Settlement House Movement

The establishment of charitable housing to house the poor and immigrants

Colored Farmers' Alliance 1886

The farmers alliance refused to accept colored people so they formed there own called the Colored Farmers Alliance in 1886.

Bull Moose Party

The new party was known for taking advanced positions on progressive reforms and attracting leading national reformers. The party was also ideologically deeply connected with America's radical-liberal tradition. Progressive Party. The bull moose was the party's official mascot. Chair.

Women's Suffrage Movement

The push for women to receive the right to vote

Greenbacks

US paper dollars

Wisconsin Idea

Using research and experts to further social and economic development

William Jennings Bryan was the first to travel the country during his campaign for president.

William Jennings Bryan was the first to travel the country during his campaign for president.(already answered)

Wyoming became the first state to allow women to vote

Wyoming became the first state to allow women to vote

17th Amendment

allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators

Referendum

was a method in which a law would be returned to the voter for approval

Lincoln Steffens

was a muckrakers urged reader to become politically active to fight corruption