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Chapter 28 Review American Pageant

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Chapter 28 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt (And Taft from Cincinnati!!!) What is it? Individuals that ?waged war on many evils, notably monopoly, corruption, inefficiency, and social injustice.? Reform movements went back to the Greenbacks of 1870s and Populists of 1890s Popular writers Henry Demarest Lloyd: Wealth Against Commonwealth (against Standard Oil Company) Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives (slum houses in NYC) Crusaders against social injustice: Jane Addams Progressivism Shame on you slumlords! Who were muckrakers? Journalists who attempted to expose evils of society (government, food, trusts, etc.) Popular Muckrakers: (KNOW THESE!!!) Lincoln Steffens: The Shame of the Cities Ida M. Tarbell: published devastating expose about Standard Oil Company

Chapter 23 Review American Pageant

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Chapter 23 Review Video ?Bloody Shirt? Using Civil War memories to receive votes Administration Scandals: Credit Mobilier: Railroad insiders hired themselves at inflated prices VP of US accepted payments Whiskey Ring: Stole excise-tax revenues from Treasury department Grant?s private secretary was involved Boss Tweed: Tammany Hall, stole over $200 million Thomas Nast helped contribute to his capture President Grant?s Administration Causes: Overproduction of RR?s, mines, factories, etc. Bankers made too many risky loans Effects: Debate over hard currency vs. greenbacks Debtors wanted greenbacks. Why? Paper $, inflation decreased value Lenders wanted hard currency. Why? Hard $, not affected by inflation, increased value Panic of 1873 VS ?Solid South?:

American Pageant Chapter 28

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Chapter 28 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt (And Taft from Cincinnati!!!) What is it? Individuals that ?waged war on many evils, notably monopoly, corruption, inefficiency, and social injustice.? Reform movements went back to the Greenbacks of 1870s and Populists of 1890s Popular writers Henry Demarest Lloyd: Wealth Against Commonwealth (against Standard Oil Company) Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives (slum houses in NYC) Crusaders against social injustice: Jane Addams Progressivism Shame on you slumlords! Who were muckrakers? Journalists who attempted to expose evils of society (government, food, trusts, etc.) Popular Muckrakers: (KNOW THESE!!!) Lincoln Steffens: The Shame of the Cities Ida M. Tarbell: published devastating expose about Standard Oil Company

American Pageant Chapter 23

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Chapter 23 Review Video ?Bloody Shirt? Using Civil War memories to receive votes Administration Scandals: Credit Mobilier: Railroad insiders hired themselves at inflated prices VP of US accepted payments Whiskey Ring: Stole excise-tax revenues from Treasury department Grant?s private secretary was involved Boss Tweed: Tammany Hall, stole over $200 million Thomas Nast helped contribute to his capture President Grant?s Administration Causes: Overproduction of RR?s, mines, factories, etc. Bankers made too many risky loans Effects: Debate over hard currency vs. greenbacks Debtors wanted greenbacks. Why? Paper $, inflation decreased value Lenders wanted hard currency. Why? Hard $, not affected by inflation, increased value Panic of 1873 VS ?Solid South?:

AP GOV Chapter 7 Notes (JR DREVELUS)

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Chapter 7 Notes Divided Government When one party has control of one or two houses of Congress and the other party has the Presidency Decentralization Party Identification When a person indentifies with a certain political party Honeymoon When a new president is elected, the media gives him a free pass for a while and will only attack him later Party Regular Support the party first before specific candidates Candidate Activists Support a candidate and find party as means to elect that candidate Issue Activists Support an issue and push for a party to also support that issue Soft/Hard Money Soft money (unlimited) ? Voter registration and voter turnout / can?t favor party Hard money (limited) ? party activites Party Reforms When a party changes its stance on issues

chapter 9 outline

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?PAGE ? Krisa Cassidy American political parties are the oldest in the world, dating back to the first decade of the republic. They may be in decline, but they are not dead or dying. II. Parties?Here and Abroad SEQ NLA \r 0 \h seq NL1 \r 0 \h Decentralization SEQ NL1 \r 0 \h seq NL_a \r 0 \h A political party is a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office by supplying them with a label (party identification) by which they are known to the electorate. seq NL_a \r 0 \h Arenas of politics in which parties exist: SEQ NL_a \r 0 \h The party exists as a seq NL_1_ \r 0 \h label in the minds of the voters; as an seq NL_1_ \r 0 \h organization?recruiting and campaigning for candidates; and

chapter 7 outline

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Krisa Cassidy 7-1 Public Opinion and Democracy Gettysburg Address-- US has a gov of the people, by the people, and for the people the federal government's budget is not balanced the people have opposed busing the ERA was not ratified most Americans opposed Clinton's impeachment most Americans favor term limits for Congress Government not intended to do "what the people want" Framers of Constitution aimed for substantive goals Popular rule was only one of several means toward these goals. Large nations feature many "publics" with many "opinions." Framers hoped no single opinion would dominate Reasonable policies can command support of many factions Limits on effectiveness of opinion polling; difficult to know public opinion

chapter 13 outline

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I. Introduction A. Congress: the least popular branch B. Heavily emphasized in the text of the Constitution C. An independent and powerful institution During the 1970s party polarization was very much the exception to the rule. Some scholars insist that the ?disappearing center? in Congress reflects partisan and ideological divisions among average Americans, while other scholars seem equally sure that we are instead witnessing a ?disconnect? between a still nonideological and politically centrist mass public and its representatives on Capitol Hill. II. Congress versus Parliament Comparison with British Parliament Parliamentary candidates are selected by their parties. Become a candidate by persuading party to place name on the ballot

Political Parties to remember for Apush exam

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First Two-Party System?Federalists v. Republicans, 1780s - 1801 Federalists Republicans Favored strong central government. "Loose" interpretation of the Constitution. Encouragement of commerce and manufacturing. Strongest in Northeast. Favored close ties with Britain. Emphasized order and stability. Emphasized states' rights. "Strict" interpretation of the Constitution. Preference for agriculture and rural life. Strength in South and West. Foreign policy sympathized with France. Stressed civil liberties and trust in the people [In practice, these generalizations were often blurred and sometimes contradicted.] Second Two-Party System?Democrats v. Whigs, 1836 - 1850 Democrats Whigs The party of tradition. Looked backward to the past.

Chapter 30: Turning Inward: Society and Politics from Ford to BushSociety, Politics, and World Events from Ford to Reagan, 1974-

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? ? Textbook Site for: The Enduring Vision, Fifth Edition Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College et al. Chapter Summary Chapter 30: Turning Inward: Society and Politics from Ford to BushSociety, Politics, and World Events from Ford to Reagan, 1974-1989 Chapter Themes The social activism of the 1960s had changed to a new mood. Some social trends and movements rooted in the 1960s survived and grew but millions of young people turned from public to private concerns that easily became self-centered materialism. Environmental consciousness was still present, and by the late 1970s it particularly targeted the nuclear power industry. One permanent

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