HISTORY 1302 EXAM 2
TVA
- Tennessee valley authority - nations largest supply for nuclear power
Huey Long - "Big Fish"
- all about redistribution of wealth - created "share our wealth" - a proposal that every family should own a homestead will be given a 5000 home
open door policy
china should remain open to trade with all nations
hard reform
court cases make it harder to change reforms
whereas president Theodore Roosevelt saw himself as a ____ president taft saw himself as a ____
crusader of reform, judge-like administrator
commodore George dewy
defeated the Spanish fleet In the battle of manilla bay
external causes for US entry in WWI
economic interests, sinking of the lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman telegram
president taft won office because
he was supported by Roosevelt
social darwinism was used to --
justify less developed countries
the influence upon sea power was the belief that :
national greatness flowed from naval power
the first monopoly broken up by president Theodore Roosevelt was
northern securities company
roosevelt corollary
president Roosevelts revision of the Monroe doctrine
John hay
promoted the open door policy
Herbert hoover
ran a laissez faire government, didn't do anything and called for increased spending on public workers
what was FDR's first major action as president?
repealed the 18th amendment
Modernism versus fundamentalism was the major theme in what famous trial?
scopes monkey trial: a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution
which political party ran as a third party in the 1912 election?
socialist
president Theodore Roosevelts presidential plan was called the
square deal
internal causes for US entry in WWI
support for allies, germanys image problem, neutral rights, opposition to involvement
what incident set off the taft-roosevelt feud?
the Ballinger-pinchot controversy
rough riders
the first volunteer cavalry led In the Spanish American war by Theodore Roosevelt
need for reforming the workplace was brought to national attention in 1911 when a fire broke out at _
the triangle shirtwaist factory
Samuel Gompers
tried to convince the government to encourage wage bargaining
what was the progressive movements objectives
were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government.
which of the following was not an example of a group created during the progressive era?
young women christian association
what were the progressive character traits
young, self-made, occupation, ethnicity, politics, urban distrust, distrust of materialism, morally not economically driven
CCC
- civilian conservation corps - young men work in national parks
AAA
-agriculture adjustment act - setting a quota of how much each farmer can produce, this is a way of limiting how much is being produced -surpluses were used to feed children - declared unconstitutional due to unfairness
FSA
-farm securities administration - adressed "okies" and helped them find employment -a resettlement program to escape the problems of farm depression - the food stamp program was made
FHA
-federal housing authority -created things for the city
Harry Hopkins
-led a lot of the administrations, and was a very trusted advisor -largest employer in the US
NRA
-national recovery act - formalized workers rights to collectively negotiate and bargain -found unconstitutional
PWA
-public works administration -large scale programs
WPA
-works progress administration - took people with certain skillsets that couldn't work in other places, created an easier job that fit their description/ skills
president Theodore Roosevelt intervened personally to break which strike?
1902 coal strike
teller amendment
congress declared Cuba independent
president Theodore Roosevelt accomplished the majority of his progressive agenda by
convincing congress to pass legislation
consumer culture
mass production and consumption of nationally advertised products comes to dictate much of social life status
whereas Theodore Roosevelts new nationalism plan wanted to ___ trusts, Woodrow Wilsons new freedom plan wanted to _____ Them
regulate, eliminate
Father Coughlin
- known as the radio priest to reach a mass audience - the most criticizes person in America started talking on politics - believed everything should be run by the government - people eventually stopped listening because they didn't agree with the things he was saying
what role did yellow journalism and the social gospel play in American expansion
- yellow journalism publicized the harsh Spanish suppression arousing Americans sympathy towards Cuba. -the publication of the de lome letter that Spains ambassador criticized president McKinley, followed by the sinking of the us battleship Maine in Havana harbor propelled America into war with Spain.
Dr. Francis Townsend
-a doctor that wanted to have a settlement for the ederly - wanted to charge one percent sales tax for "old age pensions"
how did the US seize control of Hawii?
Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.
de Lome Letter
Spains ambassador criticized president McKinley, shortly after the sinking of a US battleship Maine occurred propelling America into war with Spain
what progressive US president is known as the "Trust Buster"
Theodore Roosevelt was known as a "trustbuster" because he wanted to test the power of the government to break up bad trusts. He even asked the Attorney General to bring a lawsuit against a trust to make his point.
the first progressive president was
Theodore roosevelt
what book brought to light the abuses in the United States meatpacking industry in the early 20th century
Upton Sinclair's "the jungle"
imperialism
a policy of extending a countries power and influence through diplomacy and military force
a muckraker is ___
a reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt
farm bloc
a way of creating an even playing field for people struggling in the depression
the sixteenth amendment to the constitution provided for
an income tax
George mowrie is -
author of the California progressive. was instrumental in ascribing character traits to a general description of a turn of the century American progressive
manifest destiny
belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was inevitable
Franklin D. Roosevelt
believed in cansian economics, and a planned economy
dust bowl
blew away millions and tons of topsoil from parched farmland causing great social distress and migration
American anti-imperialism league
coalition of anti-imperialist groups to protect American territorial expansion
because of the Roosevelt-taft feud, Theodore Roosevelt decided to___
break a pledge he had made to not seek another term in office