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Sheet # 10
Sheet # 10 (Grade 11)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Great Melting Pot | Immigrants were expected to shed their old culture and adapt to the American way. |
| Urbanization | Growth of cities. This increase was rapid due to a increase in immigration. |
| Problems with Urbanization | Poor housing,sanitation issues,fire, and crime/ |
| Gentelmen's Agreement | Between United States and Japan that would limit the number of Japanese immigrants into the United States. |
| Jacob Riis | Wrote-How the Other Half Lives.(exposing tenement houses)"Muckraker" |
| National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) | Orgainization that united all the women's suffrage movements into a national body. |
| Cholorination | Progress achievement that added chlorine to many city water supplies.(Purifying Water) |
| Muckrakers | Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and egregious practices in business and government. |
| Eugene v. Debs | Forms the American Socialist Party. |
| Teddy Roosevelt | Former V.P that assumes Presidency when William McKinly is assassinated. |
| Square Deal | 1. Control Corporations 2.Consumer Protection 3. Protecting Public Welfare 4. Conservation of Natural Resources. |
| Worker's Compensation | Maryland requires businesses to pay benefits to workers injured while working at dangerous occupations. |
| Public Welfare | Coal strike ushers in a new principle in which the federal government is expected to intervene in strikes if the public welfare is threatened |
| Pennsylvania Coal Strike | 140,000 coal miners went on strike demanding a 20% raise and a 9 hour day (Ultimately a right to orgainize)Roosevelt threatened to take over mines unless both sides agreed. |
| Direct Primary | Wisconsin becomes the first state in the nation to have direct primary so citizens get to choose which politicians run for office |
| Elkins Act | Made it illegal for railroad officials to give and shippers to receive rebates. |
| Ida Tarbell | Wrote-The History of Standard Oil Company (exposes ruthless practices of John D. Rockefeller)"Muckraker" |
| Lincoln Steffens | Wrote-The Shame of the Cities(exposes political corruption in city governments) |
| Trust Busting | Roosevelt filed 44 anti-trust lawsuits and gained a reputation as a trust buster. |
| Upton Sinclair | Wrote-The Jungle(exposes the filthy conditions of the meat packing industry) |
| Hepburn Act | Strictly limited the distribution of free railroad passes(used as bribery) |
| Meat Inspection Act | Dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created the program of federal meat inspection. |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for the truth in labeling |
| William H. Taft | Republican president that files for 90 anti-trust lawsuits. |
| Imperialism | Policy of extending a nation's authority over the counties by economic, political, or military means. |
| Monopoly | a commodity controlled by one party |
| Open Door Policy | US called on all nations to have open access to Chinese markets. |
| Big Stick Diplomacy | Extention of the Monroe Doctrine..This warned European countries to stay out of Western Hemisphere. If they did not the US would be forced to protect US interests. |
| Spanish-American War | America goes to war with Spain. Concluded 16 weeks later. US lost little casualities and American dominance in the Caribbean is secured. |
| Yellow Journalists | a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. |
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Mr.Callahan
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