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Miller8 #1
Miller Basic facts #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are muckrakers? | Writers who exposed corruption in business and government |
| Who was Ida Tarbell? | Muckraker |
| Who was Lincoln Steffens? | Muckraker |
| Who was Upton Sinclair? | Muckraker |
| What president gave muckrakers their name? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| What explorer first reached the North Pole? | Robert E. Peary |
| Who was the president between 1897 and 1901? | William McKinley |
| To what political party did William McKinley belong? | Republican |
| Into what war William McKinley lead the United States? | Spanish American |
| What area was annexed into the United States during William McKinley's presidency? | The Philippines |
| How did the Ivy League get its name? | Old ivy-covered building |
| How many colleges make up the Ivy League? | Eight |
| What colleges make up the Ivy League? | Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania |
| Who founded the Universaal Negro Improvement Association? | Marcus Garvey |
| What two things did Marcus Garvey want for African-Americans in the 1920s? | Black separatism and nationalism |
| What was the purpose of Marcus Garvey's Black Star shipping line? | Take black Americans back to Africa |
| Why was Marcus Garvey jailed? | mail fraud |
| Why was Marcus Garvey deported to Jamaica? | American government feared his influence in the black community |
| What is the motto of the New York Times? | "All the news that's fit to print" |
| What are flappers? | Women in the 1920s who cut their hair short and wore short skirts |
| How did flappers defy social conventions of their time? | cut hair, wore sort skirts, drank alcohol, smoked |
| What African-American educator established a girls school in 1904? | Mary McLeod Bethune |
| What college was established by Mary McLeod Bethune? | Bethune-Cookman College |
| What civil rights organization was founded by Mary McLeod Bethune? | National Council of Negro Women |
| What did Mary McLeod Bethune promote the teachinbg of in public schools? | Black history |
| Name two things Mary McLeod Bethune was against. | poll tax and racial discrimination |
| What is meant by "big stick diplomacy?" | International negotiations backed up by threat of force |
| Who said, "Speak softly but carry a big stick?" | Theodore Roosevelt |
| What was the purpose of child labor laws? | forbid or restrict the employment of children and young teenagers |
| What group generally opposed child labor laws? | businesses |
| In 1918, the Supreme Court said child labor laws were ______? | unconstitutional |
| What law, upheld by the Supreme court as constitutional, finally restricted work for children in the United States? | Fair Labor Standards Act |
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