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Chapter 21 Hist
Chapter 21/22 Hist
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political machines | powerful organizations use legal and illegal methods to get candidates elected |
| progressives | reformers working to improve society |
| muckrakers | journalist who wrote about muck or filth in society - encouraged progressives |
| 17th amendment | American allowed to vote for US Senators, 1913 |
| recall | voters can remove an official from office |
| initiative | voters can propose laws by petition |
| referendum | voters can overrule a law |
| Robert La Follette | Wisconsin Governor (R), reformer, decreased power of political machines used professors to write new laws |
| What was goal of political machines? | get their candidates elected |
| Why did some immigrants support political machines? | lots of support from immigrant groups because they provided lots of services and jobs to poor groups |
| Tammany Hall | Political machine in New York City - famous leader William Marcy Tweed stole $200 million from the city |
| Problems of political machines. | corrupt and often gave jobs to unqualified people in exchange for support or money |
| Chester Arthur | VP took over after Garfield assassinated |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | government job applicants had to pass a test before being hired |
| Benefits of Progressive movement | helped the poor with better services, new jobs planning cities and building more safely, improved education, improved education for doctors |
| Direct Primaries | Voters choose candidates for major elections through primaries |
| What new ideas and practices were introduced to give voters more power | direct primaries, recall, referendum, initiatives, 17th amendment |
| Child labor laws | passed by Congress banning products made by children to be shipped from state to state - did not end child labor |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | Fire in building that was locked to prevent theft - 146 people died, led to passage of laws improving safety |
| Worker's compensation laws | guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job |
| Capitalism | economic system - private businesses run most industries and competition determines price of goods |
| Socialism | government owns and operated a country's means of production of goods |
| William "Big Bill" Haywood | A Socialist who led (IWW) Industrial Workers of the World |
| What was Big Big Haywood's goal? | to organize all workers into one large union that would overthrow capitalism |
| Temperance Movement | advocated for avoidance of alcohol - believed it caused social problems |
| Carry Nation | walked into saloons (bars) and smashed bottles with hatchet |
| Eighteenth Amendment | Banned production and sale of alcohol, 1919 |
| Suffrage | Right to vote |
| Susan B Anthony | founder of NAWSA, National American Suffrage Association |
| Alice Paul | Founded NWP, National Women's Party, more aggressive, pickets, marches, demonstrations |
| 19th amendment | Women's Right to Vote |
| Booker T. Washington | Bron into Slavery, became an educator, encouraged African Americans to improve educational and economic well-being |
| Ida Wells | journalist, wrote articles about unequal education available to African American children |
| WEB Du Bois | took direct approach to fight racial injustice |
| NAACP | Founded by WEB Du Bois and called for equality in education and economic opportunities for African Americans |
| William Marcy tweed | boss of tammeny hall... BOSS TWEED |
| imperialism | buidling an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations |
| isolationism | avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries |
| William H. seward | US Secretary of State - arranged for purchase of Alaska for 7.2 million |
| Liliuokalani | sister of King of Hawaii, became queen, proposed new constitution to return power to monarchy, was in power when US marines came ashore and US annexed Hawaii |
| sphere of influence | areas where foreign nations controlled resources |
| Boxer Rebellion | rebellion of Chinese "patriots" against foreigners in China. |
| Open door policy | Policy that stated that all countries have equal access to China. |
| Ida Tarbell | Worked to reveal unfair business in Standard Oil Co |
| NY State Tenement House Act 1901 | Building codes for tenements. |
| Wisconsin Idea | Limit power of political machines and publicize how politicians vote. |
| The Influence of Sea Power Upon History | Book by Alfred T. Mahan about naval progress and its advantages. |
| Bayonet Constitution | Constitution given to Hawaii to strip them of their Monarchy. |
| John L. Stevens | Supports Annex as US minister to HI. |
| USS Maine | US ship sent to protect Cuban waters. Sunk (still unexplained) and inspired US who thought Spain did it to go to war. |
| Joseph McCormack |
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