Populism
What group(s) was the Populist movement concerned with helping?
Farmers ann "Common" People
Who are our 3 Progressive Presidents of the early 1900's?
Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson
What is a foreign policy?
A nation's plan for how it will deal with foreign countries (polticially, economically, and sometimes militarily)
Which President from this era was a prolific (really productive) environmental activist, that set aside millions of acres of land for protection?
Teddy Roosevelt
Environmental activism was a movement that got its legs during this era. What were factories eventually prevented from doing in rivers, like the Cuyahoga in Ohio, which caught fire several times?
Stop dumping chemicals
What was 1 complaint/problem that the Populist party was trying solve for farmers?
Railroad rices/rates, high debt levels, money supply, crop prices, etc.
Teddy Roosevelt was known for busting ____________, or big businesses that controlled too much of an industry and held to much power/influence.
Monopolies/Trusts
The Monroe Doctrine has been the United States' foundational foreign policy since the 1820s. What did it tell Europe to do/not do?
Daily Double: What are 2 areas this invovled?
"Stay in your lane"/Keep out of the Americas;
Latin America/the Carribbean/South merica
Jane Addams was the founder of settlement housing and helped immigrants get a leg up in America. What was the name of her very successful project house in Chicago?
Hull House
Cleanliness in cities was a major issue resulting in health crises and filthy streets filled with garbage and horse waste. What job/departments were created to fix this?
Garbage Men/Sanitation Departments
What metal did Populists want to add to the money supply to solve "immediate" debt problems?
Daily Double: What was this solution called?
Silver
DD: Bimetallism
Under President Wilson, the 19th amendment was passed. What right did this landmark victory guarantee women?
Suffrage/Voting Rights
Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" was criticized for prioritizing ___________ gains, over ethics (doing the right thing).
Economic/Financial/Monetary/Money
Both W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells were champions of African American advancement and anti-lynching efforts. What organization did they establish?
NAACP
Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" helped expose the horrible work and sanitation conditions of what industry?
Hint: Beef, chicken, pork, etc.
Meat Packing/Food
Who was the Populist Party leader that gave the "Cross of Gold" speech and was a presidential candidate in the late 1890s?
William Jennings Bryan
What system/program was greatly expanded on through Teddy Roosevelt's love of the environment and conservation efforts?
The National Parks
Woodrow Wilson's "Moral Diplomacy" culminated in the "14 Points" after the conclusion of WW1. What was this?
Daily Double: What international organization was created as a art of this? (Hint: Today its the UN)
A Peace Plan for Europe
DD: League of Nations
Lewis Hine was a photographer who documented working conditions in factories around the country. What business/labor practice did he help expose and eventually end?
Child Labor
The Temperance movement, led by Frances Willard, eventually secured a major victory with the 18th Amendment and Prohibition or the banning of buying, selling, or making what?
Alcohol
How did railroad monopolies affect farmers?
They controlled all prices/rates and could set them however high they wanted. Farmers would have no options if they wanted to sell their crops at all, so they ahd to lose money on railroad transportation/shipping.
What is the famous rumor about President Taft and the whitehouse bathroom?
He got stuck in the bathtub and needed to be helped out.
Explain President Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy of "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
Try to solve things politely/diplomatically, but use or threaten force if necessary.
Tenement and Row housing were overcrowded and filthy causing problems like poor health among the immigrants and impoverished who lived in them. Who wrote the book "How the Other Half Lives" that documented these conditions and inspired change?
Jaco Riis
How did elections for senators/representatives change in this era?
Hint: Someone new picks candidates
Direct election/voting by citizens