Adam Taylor
Per. 2 AP US History
1-29-05
Unit 8 Review
1. “bloody
shirt”- The shirt that Lincoln was wearing when he was assassinated. A label blaming the Democrats
2. 17th
Amendment- This amendment, made it so that senators were to be elected by the people. Making it so that the top of our
representative government is doing what the people want.
3. 1896 election
issues- This is the election of McKinley to office. He was assassinated though in 1901 and so T.R. came to take the office.
This would start the progressivism era. The coinage of silver
4. Anthracite
coal strike of 1902- This is the coal strike, that T.R. dealt with by ordering both sides to the white house and working
it out. Then he went with helping the workers. After these he was said to give the nation a square deal.
5. Bland-Allison
Act- Unlimited amount of coinage of silver. Resulting in inflation and helping out the farmers but hurting the economy
and the rest of the nation.
6. Chinese Exclusion
Act- A ban on all immigration of the only group ever, which happened to be the Chinese. This ban lasted for ten years.
7. Clayton Antitrust
Act of 1914- This act was put in place by President Wilson, who with this he fixed the problems that had been around in
the Sherman Antitrust act. This would result in the break up of Standard Oil.
8. Doctrine of
incorporation- The belief that our nation was destine to be the industrial power, and monopoly ran way that it was. So
that what was going on was alright and this doctrine was supported by the wealthy business leaders. 14th Amendment extended Bill of Rights protection to the States
9. Election of
1912- This was a big election. Taft was running but was not popular, and T.R. was tried of Taft so he ran to try and replace
him. T.R. ran in the Bull Moose party. With this division of the Republican party Democratic Woodrow Wilson won the election
and became the next progressivism and last one.
10. Gilded Age
economics- During this time period, the wealthy were in power with bribery, and treaty the commoners like crap. The government
was full of corruption with the Millionaires Club. Trusts were running out of hand.
11. Glass-Owen
Federal Reserves Act of 1913- The national reserves that Wilson came up with to help make sure that if the nation was
in a crisis it had back up money.
12. Granger Movement-
The farmer organization that was for helping each other out. Also they push for things such as fair railroad rates.
13. Interstate Commerce Commission- Also known as the ICC, this was a government run organize that ran
the trade of all national business that crossed states lines. So no business could over come this organization authority when
it came to crossing the state lines.
14. James G.
Blaine- A suspected corrupted government official of being with the railroad barons.
15. John Dewey’s
theories- He wanted students to learn a variety of subjects and not just the area that they wanted to major in. This is
how our schools are set up today.
16. Mongrel Tariff
of 1883- This is the tariff that was set low for the farmers but high for the industry. It was put in place by President
Chester, and he thought that it was going to be great thing, but instead it turned out to be horrible.
17. Muckrakers-
These were authors that wrote about the truth of the corruption in society. Some of the most famous of these authors were
Jacobs Riibs, and Upton and St. Clair.
18. Mugwumps-
Were reformers, that told of the activist of corruption going on.
19. Open-Door
Policy- Open up trade in China with multiple nations.
20. Party membership
in Gilded Age- The Democrats appropriated parts
of the Populist platform and became more prominent
21. Pendleton
Civil Service Act 1883- This act put into affect a end to nepotism, and would reform our government. So that there would
be a great deal less corrupted officials in the government.
22. Political
machines and their control- During the gilded age their was much corruption, and a lot of this came from bosses. These
bosses would help out immigrants as they arrived. Then in exchange they would expect loyalty and votes to office from them.
Thus they would get to power and control.
23. Populist
Party platform- This political party had many platforms to go off. They were for women getting the vote, black equality,
improving the lives of farmers.
24. President
Hayes and Civil Service reform- During his term he pushed for a lot of Civil Service Act enforcement. He was really into
ending the nepotism that was getting a lot of the government officials who were corrupted into their sit of power.
25. Progressive
era acts- From 1901-1920, there were reform acts. Such as the Child Labor Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Bland-Alison Act,
Clayton Antitrust Act.
26. Sherman Anti-Trust
Act- This act was put in place to try and put a end to all trusts. The problem was that it was not to strong on this and
most of the court cases that were brought up, failed and the trusts got away scotch free.
27. Sherman Silver
Purchase Act- Made silver more available in the economy to help out the farmers. Thus helping out the farmers get more
money and able to make attempts to try and start paying off their debts.
28. Social Gospel
movement- The belief that people should help out each other, and the less fortunate. Through this a lot of charity organization
were started during this time period.
29. Stalwarts
and Half-Breeds- The two groups that had split Hayes’ party. Had
to do with Reconstruction
30. Star Route
Frauds- A kickback scheme on contracts for postal routes, that would had to bring into play president Garfield’s
old political cronies.
31. Swift and
Company v. USA- A victory trust buster by T.R. against the beef trust, in
1905.
32. Taft the Progressive ?- Taft was not really a progressive I think, he did not do anything new himself,
all he did was work to continue on things that people had already starter. A
more fervent trust buster
33. Teller Amendment-
That we would in time remove our troops from Cuba. That we would leave once we had settled the problems that we went there
to solve.
34. The Jungle-
Written by Upton St. Clair in 1906, and due to its truth about the horrible conditions of meat packing facilities, T.R. passed
the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
35. T.R. and
conservation- T.R. was a big man on preserving the nation and its beauty. He put aside the fist pieces of land for federal
parks. He put in acts to perverse what we have.
36. T.R. and
corporations- T.R. felt that no one is above the law, and that included business. Also he did not like trusts and he was
really known for his trust busting. Against many companies.
37. Turn of the
20th Century immigrants- This new wave of immigrants came to American from south and east Europe. They were
mostly Catholics, and Jews. This added in with many different languages, and cultures made them very different from the old
immigrants.
38. Turn of the
20th Century popularity of spectator sports- New sports came into play for this time period such as baseball,
tennis, bicycling, football at the college level, and basketball.
39. Turn of the
20th Century tariff issues- The protective tariff at this time was getting set to a high because of republican
party rule. But it was being toyed with to see if they could find the perfect settings.
40. Vocational
education- During this time period many new vocational schools were coming open. This was supply the demand for a lot
more professional training.
41. William Jennings
Bryan’s Cross of Gold Speech- He used many biblical terms, stories, in his speeches. This speech is one of his most
famous ones where he uses a cross of gold as his symbol.
42. Wabash Railroad
v. Illinois- Court case that decided that the state could not regulate interstate commerce, and that it had to be done
by someone so, Cleveland had I done by the ICC.
43. Women’s
suffrage at the turn of the 20th Century- At the turn of the century women were still fighting to get the vote.
They started pushing by rallying together and following the techniques that Alice Paul was telling them to follow. Finally
in 1920 President Wilson gave them the vote.
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