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Populist/Progressive
Unit Review
Question | Answer |
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Which President would have influence the information contained in the image above and how did it impact the environment? | Woodrow Wilson, created the National Park System to protect public parks and monuments. |
Agricultural overproduction | Increased farm production led to more crops per acre but falling food prices. |
High Cost | Farmers had to ship goods to market and were at the mercy of railroad rates |
Farmer Indebtedness | Farmers were constantly in debt |
Periodic natural disaster | A poor harvest could throw them into chaos |
Populist Party Beliefs on silver | Unlimited coinage of silver |
Populist Party Beliefs on senators | Direct election of senators |
Populist party beliefs on Presidency | Term Limits for presidents |
Populist party beliefs on voting | Secret ballots |
Populist party beliefs on Government | Government ownership |
Populist party beliefs on Immigrations | Immigration restrictions |
Populist party beliefs on income tax | A graduated income tax |
Populist party belief on work days | Shorter work days |
Populist Party evaluate their impact on society workers | Representing laborers, farmers and industrial workers. |
Populist Party evaluate their impact on society beliefs | Most of their beliefs were adopted and signed into law |
Progressive party beliefs on voting | Secret ballot |
Progressive party beliefs on primaries | Direct Party Primaries |
Progressive party beliefs on Senators | Direct election of senators (2) |
Progressive party evaluate their impact on labor | Defined by reform of political parties, big business, and labor practices (2) |
Progressive party evaluate their impact on society beliefs | Most of their beliefs were adopted and signed into law. |
What is the monetary Policy? | Control of supply of money in circulation at any given time. |
What was the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and what was it intended to do? | Created to regulate the amount of money in circulation |
Initiative | A bill originated by the people, rather than law makers, on the ballot. |
Referemdium | A vote on the initiative |
What is Initiative impact to reform? | Voters can directly introduce bills in the state legislature and could vote on whether they wanted a bill passed. |
What is the Referendum impact to reform? | Voters could compel legislators to place a bill on the ballot for approval. |
Recall | Enabled voters to remove a public official from elected positions by forcing them to face another election before the end of their term if enough voters ask for it. |
Direct Primary | Special elections were held to determine whom party members wanted to represent them as candidates in the general election. |
What is the direct impact Primary impact to reform? | Voter could decide who would represent their party |
16th amendment | Legalized a graduated federal income tax. |
17th amendment | Made direct election of senators the law. |
18th amendment | The manufacture sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited. |
What is the impact of the reform for the 16th amendment? | Gave Congress the power to tax personal income. |
What is the impact of the reform for the 17th amendment? | Idea brought forth by the progressive party. Established direct election of senators by popular vote |
What is the impact of the reform for the 18th amendment? | Prohibition |
19th amendment | The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex |
What is the impact of the reform for the 19th amendment? | Granting women the right to vote. |
Upton Sinclair contribution | The Jungle, revealed many abuses of the meat packing industry. |
Susan B Anthony contribution | Pivotal role in 19th century women's rights movement |
Ida B. Wells Contribution | Worked to end lynching |
W.E.B Dubois | Helped found the NAACP |
What impact did Upton Sinclair have? | Meat inspection Act & Pure Food and Drug Act |
What impact did Susan B Anthony Contribution | Passage of the 19th Amendment |
What impact did Ida B. Wells | Organized a national anti lynching crusade |
What impact did W.E.B. Dubois | In favor of achieving immediate racial equality. |
NAAP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored people. |
What impact did the NAACP have? | Made more people aware of racial prejudice in American society. |
Laissez - Faire | Government should not interfere in the operation of the free market. |
Anti - Trust Acts | Curb the unfair practices of business |
Pure Food and Drug Act | Stopped sale of contaminated food and medicines. Truth in labeling |
Interstate Commerce Act | Prohibited railroads from charging more for short hauls than for long hauls over the same route. |
Muckrakers | Group of investigative reporters, writers, and social scientist divulging problems in urban areas. |
What Laissez - Faire relationship between federal government and private business? | Want no relationship |
What is Anti- Trust Acts relationship between federal government and private business? | Distinguished "Good trust" from "bad trust" that acted against the public interest. |
What is Pure Food and Drug Act relationship between federal government and private business? | Regulated the preparation of foods and the sale of medicine |
What is Interstate Commerce Act relationship between federal government and private business? | First government agency to regulate unfair business practices. |
What is muckrakers relationship between federal government and private business? | Created several laws and/or acts. |
Gold Standard | money backed by gold |
Flat Money | printed paper currency not backed by gold or silver. |
Using Gold meant? | that the money supply was smaller and each dollar would be worth more, this would discourage inflation. |
After the Civil War Flat Money had contributed to ? | Wartime inflation (a rise in prices) |