AP US History Chapter 28 Flashcards

334315167	What did the progressive movement represent?	First attempt to answer questions on government involvement in industry, overpopulation, etc.
334315168	What 3 people wanted to bust trusts, regulate corporations, and female suffrage?	Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
334315169	How many Americans were there in 1900? How many were foreign born?	76 million. 1 in 7.
334315170	What did progressives want?	No monopoly, corruption, inefficiency, or social injustice.
334315171	What did 'How the Other Half Lives' do?	Showed hardships those in the NYC slums felt.
334315172	What did the 'Shame of the Citiries' do?	Revealed alliance between big business and politics.
334315173	What class generally made up progressive reformers?	Middle.
334315174	What did the 17th amendment do?	Established direct election of senators.
334315175	Were women's rights supported by progressives?	Yes.
334315176	What did settlement houses do for women?	Side door to public life, showed problems in cities.
334315177	What were 3 problems cities faced?	Poverty, corruption, poor living/working conditions.
334315178	What did Muller vs. Oregon do?	Proved constitutionality of laws protecting women and children in work place. Thought women should be mostly at home.
334315179	What did Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire do?	Got stronger laws for hour and conditions.
334315180	What 2 parties did Progressives come from?	Greenback Labor Party and Populists.
334315181	Why were big cities generally 'wet'?	Immigrants were accustomed to alcohol.
334315182	What is Roosevelt's Square Deal?	3 C's: corporation control, consumer protection, conservation of natural resources.
334315183	How did mine owners react to strike and demand for 20% pay increase?	Ignored; Roosevelt seized and operated, miners got a 10% increase and a 9 hour work day.
334315184	Why did Roosevelt want Congress to create the New Department of Congress and Labor? What happened?	Tensions between capitalism and labor. Bureau of Corporations probed businesses engaged in interstate commerce. It busted trusts.
334315185	What did the Interstate Commerce Commission do?	It was made to please the public, but instead barons could just appeal.
334315186	What did Elkins Act do?	Fines could now be imposed on railroads and shippers who used rebates.
334315187	What did the Hepburn Act of 1906 do?	Free passes on railroads restricted.
334315188	Why did Roosevelt attack big business?	He wanted to prove he was more powerful.
334315189	Who musted more trusts, Taft or Roosevelt?	Taft.
334315190	What did 'The Jungle' do?	Appalled public with unsanity food. Led to reforms.
334315191	What did the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 do?	Meat shipped over state lines becomes subject to federal inspection.
334315192	What 3 laws passed because of The Jungle?	Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Food and Drug Administration.
334315193	Is Teddy Roosevelt anti-big business?	No. Just wanted to assert his authority.
334315194	What did the Tenament House Act of 1901 do?	Ensured all had a toilet and a window.
334315195	What was the Desert Land Act of 1877?	Step towards conservation; arid land sold cheaply and irrigated within 3 years.
334315196	What is the Forest Reserve Act of 1891?	Authorized president to set aside land as a park or reserve.
334315197	What did the Newlands Act of 1902 do?	Washington collect public land sale money and use it for irrigation projects.
334315198	What did Pinchot and Roosevelt want to do with the nations endowment?	Use it intelligently.
334315199	What did the Panic of 1907 do?	Fiscal reforms. Aldrich Vreeland Act.
334315200	What did the Aldrich-Vreeland Act do?	National banks could issue emergency currency. Gives money to spend.
334315201	Who did Roosevelt feel would carry out his policies?	William Howard Taft.
334315202	Who created a stir in the election of 1908?	Socialists - Eugene V. Debs.
334315203	What were 3 things Roosevelt contributed in office?	Enlarged power and prestige, shaped progressive movement, opened U.S's eyes to sharing the world.
334315204	How many monopoly suits did Taft bring into office in 4 years?	90.
334315205	Why was Taft signing the Payne-Aldrich Bill upsetting?	Contradicted promise to progressives to lower tariff.
334315206	Who was nominated by Republicans in 1912?	Roosevelt.
334315207	What caused the Panic of 1907?	Speculation, bank runs, indictments.