Chapter# 28: Identifications
Jacob Riis
Irish immigrant writer “how the other half lives”NY Sun, talked about NY SLumsm
Ida Tarbell
Writer, Devastating expose on Standard oil , McClure’s magazine
Robert M. LaFollete
Fighting Bob, govermor of Minnesota, regulated local trusts and public utilities
Charles Evans Hughes
Govenor of NY, had investigations on the Coal Trust and gas/securities companies
Upton Sinclair
Writer of “The Jungle”, meant to tell of poor working conditions, told of poor sanitary conditions for meat
Initiative
Laws that could be started by the people.
Referendum
Notion that the people must approve of legistaturre before it can be passed
Recall
Power of people to send away public officials who do not do their jobs
Muckrakers
Label used by TR for Zeal filled pen weilding crusaders of social justice
Elkins Act
Fine on rebates
Hepburn Act
Penalty for bribery, maximum rates set
Northern Securities Case
Dissolved by court in 1902 under TR.
Meat Inspection Act 1906
Act ensuring meat quality at all stages for interstate meat.
Pure Food and Drug Act 1906
Meant to prevent mislabeling
Newlands Act 1902
Settlers pay for reclamation
Dollar diplomacy
Policy of Taft to send American Money abroad so as to take economic control of other countries, Honduras, Hati, Manchuria
Payne-Aldrich Act
Tariff with upward revisions tacked on by senator Aldrich signed by Taft.
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
Taft fires Chief of forrestry Pinchot who tries to stop Ballinger Sec of Interior from developing Alaska, Wyoming, Motanta
Chapter #28: Guided Reading Questions
Progressive Roots
Know: Progressives, Laissez-faire, Henry Demarest Lloyd, Jacob Riis, Theodore Dreiser, Jane Addams, Lillian Weld
1. What were the goals of the Progressives?
2 goals in particular, big government as the medium of welfare, improve general standard of life
Raking Muck with the Muckrakers
Know: McClure's, Lincoln Steffens, Ida M. Tarbell, Thomas W. Lawson, David G. Phillips, Ray Stannard Baker, John Spargo
2. What issues were addressed by the major muckrakers?
Stephens- shame of the cities big money to government
Tarbell- Standard Oil
Lawson frenzied finance how he got rich
Phillips treason of senate 75/90
Baker the following the color line Blacks
Spargo the bitter cry of the children children
Political Progressivism
Know: Direct Primary Elections, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Australian Ballot, Millionaires' Club, Seventeenth Amendment, Suffragists
3. Define each of the major political reforms that progressives desired.
initiative to choose own laws, referendum to review laws, recall to replace bad public workers, Australian ballot prevent bribery, 17th direct election for senators
Progressivism in the Cities and States
Know: Robert M. La Follette, The Wisconsin Idea, Hiram W. Johnson, Charles Evans Hughes
4. What changes did progressives make at the city and state level?
Governor Fighting Bob La Follette of Wisconsin fixed utilites and trusts, Hiram Johnson gov of Claifornia broke pacific Railroad Company and had new political machine, Charles Evans hughes gov of ny had survey of gas insurance company and coal trust
Progressive Women
Know: Triangle Shirtwaist Company, Muller v. Oregon, Lochner v. New York, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Frances E. Willard, "Wet" and "Dry"
5. How successful were Progressives in combating social ills?
Very by comparison, Triangle factory fire- tons of new regulation 1907 30 states own workers comp, Muller V Oregon women deamed more fragile, Lochner v NY Baker’s health ifnored, WCTU Francis Willard founder only large cities wet
TR's Square Deal for Labor
Know: Square Deal, Department of Commerce and Labor
6. What were the three C's of the Square Deal?
Control of Corporations
Consumer protection
Conservation of Nature
TR Corrals the Corporations
Know: Elkins Act, Hepburn Act, Trustbusting, Northern Securities Company
7. Assess the following statement, "Teddy Roosevelt's reputation as a trustbuster is undeserved."
True, he didn’t want to kill trusts, thought they were good, wanted to stem trusts and show who the man was between business and goverment
Caring for the Consumer
Know: The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act
8. What was the effect of Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle?
Meat inspection Act, Pure food and Drug Act both 1906 “aimed for heart but hit the stomache”
Earth Control
Know: Forest Reserve Act, Gifford Pinchot, Newlands Act, Conservation, Call of the Wild, Boy Scouts, Sierra Club
9. What factors led Americans to take an active interest in conservation?
Decrease of resources, being better off Financially, newfound appreciation for nature
The "Roosevelt Panic" of 1907
10. What were the results of the Roosevelt Panic of 1907?
Aldrich- Vreeland Act for emergency cash in 1908
Federal Reserve Act in 1913
The Rough Rider Thunders Out
Know: William Howard Taft, Eugene V. Debs
11. What was the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt's presidency?
A stronger government via big stick
A shaped progressive movement
Taft: A Round Peg in a Square Hole
12. "William Howard Taft was less suited for the presidency than he appeared to be." Explain
Blundered quite allot, couldn’t and didn’t take on politics like TR
The Dollar Goes Abroad as a Diplomat
Know: Dollar Diplomacy
13. What was dollar diplomacy and how was it practiced?
The notion of sending money to foreign countries to control them
Taft the Trustbuster
Know: Rule of Reason
14. Who deserves the nickname "Trustbuster," Roosevelt or Taft?
Taft 90 in 4 years vs 44 in 7.5, no contest
Taft Splits the Republican Party
Know: Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Richard Ballinger, Gifford Pinchot, Joe Cannon
15. Why did the Progressive wing of the Republican Party turn against Taft?
The payne –Aldrich Tariff passed by Taft did the opposite of his promises and turned the tariffs up
The Taft-Roosevelt Rupture
16. How did the Republican Party split at the party's 1912 convention?
250 to Taft, 100 to TR Chapter #29: Identifications
Eugene Debs
Socialist Presidential Cantidate
Pancho Villa
Rival of Huerta and then Rival of Carranzana, defeated by John Blackjack Perishing in 1907
John J. Pershing
Blackjack had led a company in the phillipines and cuba, used to fight VIlla
Central Powers
Germany, Austria, Italy, (Italy replaced by Ottoman Empire)
Allies
GB, France, Russia, later Italy
Lusitania
Passenger carrier of GB containing 128 Americans, all killed bu Uboat.
Sussex Pledge
Following sinking of rench passenger ship Sussex, and American Sussex Ultimatum, Germany promised no more Uboats
Federal Reserve Act 1913
New Central bank with 12 regional Banks
New Nationalism
Coined by TR, bigger government to solve socioeconomic issues, tariff tacking, big companies, government economy interferance, socail welfare, women voting
New Freedom
Coined by Woody, strong antitrust, bank reform, tax reduction, no social welfare, small business, no government interferance
Underwood Tariff
Passed by woody, lowered tariff, money comes from income tax 16th amendment
Federal Trade Commission
Created by Woody to take on interstate commerce issues and the like
Clayton Antitrust Act Extended the list of companies with tariffs and counted labor as more than a commodity
Jacob Riis
Irish immigrant writer “how the other half lives”NY Sun, talked about NY SLumsm
Ida Tarbell
Writer, Devastating expose on Standard oil , McClure’s magazine
Robert M. LaFollete
Fighting Bob, govermor of Minnesota, regulated local trusts and public utilities
Charles Evans Hughes
Govenor of NY, had investigations on the Coal Trust and gas/securities companies
Upton Sinclair
Writer of “The Jungle”, meant to tell of poor working conditions, told of poor sanitary conditions for meat
Initiative
Laws that could be started by the people.
Referendum
Notion that the people must approve of legistaturre before it can be passed
Recall
Power of people to send away public officials who do not do their jobs
Muckrakers
Label used by TR for Zeal filled pen weilding crusaders of social justice
Elkins Act
Fine on rebates
Hepburn Act
Penalty for bribery, maximum rates set
Northern Securities Case
Dissolved by court in 1902 under TR.
Meat Inspection Act 1906
Act ensuring meat quality at all stages for interstate meat.
Pure Food and Drug Act 1906
Meant to prevent mislabeling
Newlands Act 1902
Settlers pay for reclamation
Dollar diplomacy
Policy of Taft to send American Money abroad so as to take economic control of other countries, Honduras, Hati, Manchuria
Payne-Aldrich Act
Tariff with upward revisions tacked on by senator Aldrich signed by Taft.
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
Taft fires Chief of forrestry Pinchot who tries to stop Ballinger Sec of Interior from developing Alaska, Wyoming, Motanta
Chapter #28: Guided Reading Questions
Progressive Roots
Know: Progressives, Laissez-faire, Henry Demarest Lloyd, Jacob Riis, Theodore Dreiser, Jane Addams, Lillian Weld
1. What were the goals of the Progressives?
2 goals in particular, big government as the medium of welfare, improve general standard of life
Raking Muck with the Muckrakers
Know: McClure's, Lincoln Steffens, Ida M. Tarbell, Thomas W. Lawson, David G. Phillips, Ray Stannard Baker, John Spargo
2. What issues were addressed by the major muckrakers?
Stephens- shame of the cities big money to government
Tarbell- Standard Oil
Lawson frenzied finance how he got rich
Phillips treason of senate 75/90
Baker the following the color line Blacks
Spargo the bitter cry of the children children
Political Progressivism
Know: Direct Primary Elections, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Australian Ballot, Millionaires' Club, Seventeenth Amendment, Suffragists
3. Define each of the major political reforms that progressives desired.
initiative to choose own laws, referendum to review laws, recall to replace bad public workers, Australian ballot prevent bribery, 17th direct election for senators
Progressivism in the Cities and States
Know: Robert M. La Follette, The Wisconsin Idea, Hiram W. Johnson, Charles Evans Hughes
4. What changes did progressives make at the city and state level?
Governor Fighting Bob La Follette of Wisconsin fixed utilites and trusts, Hiram Johnson gov of Claifornia broke pacific Railroad Company and had new political machine, Charles Evans hughes gov of ny had survey of gas insurance company and coal trust
Progressive Women
Know: Triangle Shirtwaist Company, Muller v. Oregon, Lochner v. New York, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Frances E. Willard, "Wet" and "Dry"
5. How successful were Progressives in combating social ills?
Very by comparison, Triangle factory fire- tons of new regulation 1907 30 states own workers comp, Muller V Oregon women deamed more fragile, Lochner v NY Baker’s health ifnored, WCTU Francis Willard founder only large cities wet
TR's Square Deal for Labor
Know: Square Deal, Department of Commerce and Labor
6. What were the three C's of the Square Deal?
Control of Corporations
Consumer protection
Conservation of Nature
TR Corrals the Corporations
Know: Elkins Act, Hepburn Act, Trustbusting, Northern Securities Company
7. Assess the following statement, "Teddy Roosevelt's reputation as a trustbuster is undeserved."
True, he didn’t want to kill trusts, thought they were good, wanted to stem trusts and show who the man was between business and goverment
Caring for the Consumer
Know: The Jungle, Meat Inspection Act
8. What was the effect of Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle?
Meat inspection Act, Pure food and Drug Act both 1906 “aimed for heart but hit the stomache”
Earth Control
Know: Forest Reserve Act, Gifford Pinchot, Newlands Act, Conservation, Call of the Wild, Boy Scouts, Sierra Club
9. What factors led Americans to take an active interest in conservation?
Decrease of resources, being better off Financially, newfound appreciation for nature
The "Roosevelt Panic" of 1907
10. What were the results of the Roosevelt Panic of 1907?
Aldrich- Vreeland Act for emergency cash in 1908
Federal Reserve Act in 1913
The Rough Rider Thunders Out
Know: William Howard Taft, Eugene V. Debs
11. What was the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt's presidency?
A stronger government via big stick
A shaped progressive movement
Taft: A Round Peg in a Square Hole
12. "William Howard Taft was less suited for the presidency than he appeared to be." Explain
Blundered quite allot, couldn’t and didn’t take on politics like TR
The Dollar Goes Abroad as a Diplomat
Know: Dollar Diplomacy
13. What was dollar diplomacy and how was it practiced?
The notion of sending money to foreign countries to control them
Taft the Trustbuster
Know: Rule of Reason
14. Who deserves the nickname "Trustbuster," Roosevelt or Taft?
Taft 90 in 4 years vs 44 in 7.5, no contest
Taft Splits the Republican Party
Know: Payne-Aldrich Tariff, Richard Ballinger, Gifford Pinchot, Joe Cannon
15. Why did the Progressive wing of the Republican Party turn against Taft?
The payne –Aldrich Tariff passed by Taft did the opposite of his promises and turned the tariffs up
The Taft-Roosevelt Rupture
16. How did the Republican Party split at the party's 1912 convention?
250 to Taft, 100 to TR Chapter #29: Identifications
Eugene Debs
Socialist Presidential Cantidate
Pancho Villa
Rival of Huerta and then Rival of Carranzana, defeated by John Blackjack Perishing in 1907
John J. Pershing
Blackjack had led a company in the phillipines and cuba, used to fight VIlla
Central Powers
Germany, Austria, Italy, (Italy replaced by Ottoman Empire)
Allies
GB, France, Russia, later Italy
Lusitania
Passenger carrier of GB containing 128 Americans, all killed bu Uboat.
Sussex Pledge
Following sinking of rench passenger ship Sussex, and American Sussex Ultimatum, Germany promised no more Uboats
Federal Reserve Act 1913
New Central bank with 12 regional Banks
New Nationalism
Coined by TR, bigger government to solve socioeconomic issues, tariff tacking, big companies, government economy interferance, socail welfare, women voting
New Freedom
Coined by Woody, strong antitrust, bank reform, tax reduction, no social welfare, small business, no government interferance
Underwood Tariff
Passed by woody, lowered tariff, money comes from income tax 16th amendment
Federal Trade Commission
Created by Woody to take on interstate commerce issues and the like
Clayton Antitrust Act Extended the list of companies with tariffs and counted labor as more than a commodity