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repealed the 18th amendment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