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History 1306 Quiz
Combo. Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who does Roosevelt appoint as his successor? | William Howard Taft |
| Taft, an overall good president: | Breaks standard oil co., better trust-buster, breaks up tobacco co., signs tariff similar to the one before, and breaks up Department of Commerce/Labor in 2 separate ones. |
| Who was fired for saying that Taft was not a friend of conservation? | Gifford Pinchot. |
| Who wants to be both Chairman of the Rules Committee, and House Speaker? | Joe Cannon. |
| Taft enforces ... | 8-hour workday for government employees. |
| Mann-Elkins Act | gave more power to the Interstate Commerce Commission. |
| Roosevelt does not get elected for the Republican Party, so he establishes his own party called? | Bull Moose -- based on assassination attempt. |
| Who follows the Bull Moose party? | Progressive Republicans |
| Who follows the Taft's Regular Republican party? | Regular Republicans |
| Who is the candidate for the Democratic Party? | Woodrow Wilson -- great lecturer @ Princeton University. |
| Wilson's Plan? | "New Freedom" --- make it possible for small businesses to enterprise. Promoted antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking and currency matters. |
| Roosevelt's Plan? | "New Nationalism" --- supported child labor laws and minimum wage laws for women, graduated income and inheritance taxes, workers' compensation for industrial accidents, tariff revision, and firmer regulation of corporations. |
| Who wins the 1912 Presidential Election? | Democrats -- Woodrow Wilson |
| 1913 Federal Reserve Act | establishes Federal System (Banker's Bank). |
| 16th Amendment (1913) | Federal Income Tax |
| 17th Amendment | Direct election of senators. |
| Underwood Tariff (1913) | Allows for tariff to go down (lower) b/c of the 16th amendment. |
| Trade Commission Act (1914) | price discrimination, unfair competition, bribery. |
| Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914) | more power to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
| Keating Owen Act (1916) | banned shipment of goods b/w states if they had been made by children. |
| 18th Amendment (1919) | prohibition (alcohol). |
| 19th Amendment (1920) | women's right to vote. |
| Federal Loan Act (1916) | provided credit for farmers (bad seasons). |
| Adamson Act (1916) | established an 8-hr. work day for people on railroads. |
| Federal Highway Act (1916) | highways--$75 million ... Odd numbers=North/South and Even numbers=East/West |
| Robert Lafallette | (U.S. Senator) |
| Lafallette Seamens Act (1915) | granted protection to people working on a ship (working conditions). |
| WW1 (1917) | 8 million men drafted. |
| WCTU | Women's Christian Temperance Union -- Frances Willard. |
| NWSA | National Women's Suffrage Association -- Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Stanton. |
| Anti-Suffrage Groups | mostly liquor industry ... and Catholic church. |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- ensure that Black Americans have equal rights...W.E.B. DuBois. |
| President Wilson wanted...? | segregation |
| Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) | Japanese want to imperialize .. eventually a settlement is worked out...Roosevelt granted a Nobel Piece Prize. |
| Social Control | Roosevelt wants control in Latin America. |
| Free Trade | Panama and U.S. entry into WW1. |
| The Rhetoric of Democracy | U.S. entry into WW1. |
| Panama Canal | connect Pacific/Atlantic together. |
| Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine | if there are debts owed to European powers, we (U.S.) will help out ... but don't ask for European support. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Taft -- U.S. banks assumed bank debts for Caribbean nations to create stability/order. |
| Missionary Diplomacy | Woodrow Wilson -- same thing as Dollar Diplomacy...obtained the same results. |
| Pancho Villa | 1916--attack Columbus, New Mexico ... Wilson sends Black Jack to look for him w/ new army wardrobe ... never find him. |
| Duke Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne ... assassinated by a Serb. |
| Triple Entente | Russia, France, and England. |
| Central Alliance/Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungarian, Ottoman (Turkey). |
| WW1 | Europe falls apart (August 1914). |
| Germans invade France through ... | Belgium. |
| Weapons | Germans. |
| U.S. Neutrality -- Period 1 | August 1914-May 1915 --- sinking of Lusitania (128 dead)...Wilson offers to be a mediator, and trade with all countries. |
| U.S. Neutrality -- Period 2 | May 1915-May 1916 --- kinda favored British/French... J.P. Morgan spokesperson for War Bonds(Britain and Russia). |
| U.S. Neutrality -- Period 3 | May 1916-February 1917 --- strict neutrality |
| U.S. Neutrality -- Period 4 | February 1917-April 1917 --- last period before entering war. |
| U.S. Neutrality total | August 1914-April 1917 |
| Wilson's Letters | total of 3 letters b/c of Lusitania event. |
| Sussex Pledge | Passenger ships would not be targeted; Merchant ships would not be sunk until the presence of weapons had been established, if necessary by a search of the ship; Merchant ships would not be sunk without provision for the safety of passengers and crew. |
| Irish | Spring 1916 --- Irish want to be independent ... 1921 -- Ireland gets independence. |
| U.S. join WW1 | German unrestricted warfare ... change in govt. in Russia (Kerensky) ... Zimmerman Telegram. |
| Zimmerman Telegram | (January-February 1917) --- sends note to Mexico to declare war against U.S., and territory lost during Mexican-American War would be returned. |
| April 7,1917 | U.S. Congress declares war!! |
| Selective Service Act | May 18,1917 -- Americans are critical to war success! 3 million drafted; 2 million served; 50,000 blacks; 11,000 women. |
| WW1 over... | November 11th, 1918 (@ the 11th hour). |
| Bernard Baruch | Very rich man -- Chairman of the War Industries Board (stabilize prices). |
| Women during WW1 | Very critical role -- Wilson gives 8-hr. word days and right to organize labor unions (b/c he does not want anyone to go on strike). |
| William G. McAdoo | U.S. Railroad Administration--makes sure that men/material/food get sent to Europe. |
| Financing War | Liberty Bonds and taxes. |
| Herbert Hoover | Food Administration --- wants to send plenty of food to support troops in Europe. |
| Daylight Savings Time | set up during WW1. |
| Fuel Administration | using coal (ads) -- daylight savings. |
| George Creel | Committee on Public Information --- anything German (music, language, supporters) eliminated.. German-Americans had to buy more war bonds, and stop speaking German. |
| End of WW1 | 11-11-1918 ... Germany agrees to seize fire and armistice.. 22 million killed; 9 million soldiers killed..only 48,000 Americans (in battle), and 62,000 (by disease). |
| Influenza | pandemic that hits U.S. in 1919 ... worldwide death: 30,000,000 |
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