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Political Reform and the Progressive Era

Class Notes

(Based on the America, History of Our Nation Textbook Pages 640-670)

  1. Who wrote the Gilded Age? (Slide 2)

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  1. What two political parties existed during the Gilded Age? (Slide 3)

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  1. What was the spoils system? (Slide 4)

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  1. What is patronage? (Slide 4)

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  1. What president called for change to patronage? (Slide 5)

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  1. Define the term, merit. (Slide 6)

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  1. Who became the new President after Garfield was killed? (Slide 7)

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  1. What was the Civil Service Commission? (Slide 8)

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  1. What is a rebate? (Slide 9)

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10. What was the Sherman Antitrust Act? (Slide 10)

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11. What is a monopoly? (Slide 11)

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12. What did Boss Tweed control? (Slide 12)

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13. What weapon was used to fight corruption? (Slide 13)

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14. What was a muckraker? (Slide 14)

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15. Who was Ida Tarbell? (Slide 14)

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16. What did Progressives believe? (Slide 15)

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17. What did Progressives stress? (Slide 16)

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18. What is suffrage? (Slide 16)

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19. What was the Wisconsin Idea? (Slide 17)

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20. What is a Primary? (Slide 18)

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21. What is an initiative? (Slide 18)

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22. What is a referendum? (Slide 18)

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23. What is a recall? (Slide 19)

24. What is a graduated income tax? (Slide 19)

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25. What did the 16th Amendment ratify? (Slide 19)

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26. Who fought in Cuba and became the governor of New York? (Slide 20)

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27. What happened to President McKinley in 1901? (Slide 20)

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28. What is a trust? (Slide 21)

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29. What was a trustbuster? (Slide 21)

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30. Why did people around the world cheer for President Roosevelt? (Slide 22)

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31. What was Roosevelt’s Square Deal? (Slide 23)

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32. Why was the novel, The Jungle so important? (Slide 24)

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33. What did the Pure Food and Drug Act say? (Slide 24)

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34. What is conservation? (Slide 25)

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35. What was a national park? (Slide 25)

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36. How did President Taft change the average working day?

(Slide 26)

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37. What was Wilson’s first goal as the President? (Slide 27)

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38. What was the Federal Reserve Act? (Slide 27)

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39. What does the Federal Trade Commission do? (Slide 28) ______

40. What was Susan B. Anthony’s crime? (Slide 29)

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41. What was the National Suffrage Associations goal?(Slide 30)

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42. What was a suffragist? (Slide 32)

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43. What right did the 19th Amendment guarantee? (Slide 33)

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44. What was Florence Kelly’s main concern? (Slide 34)

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45. What was the National Association of College Women? (Slide 35)

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46. What was the Temperance Movement? (Slide 35)

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47. What was the goal of the Temperance Movement? (Slide 36)

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48. What did the 18th Amendment say? (Slide 36)

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49. How did Ida Wells protest racism? (Slide 37)

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50. How did Booker Washington call for?(Slide 37)

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51. What was W.E.B du Bois approach to gain equality? (Slide 38)

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52. What was the NAACP?(Slide 38)

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53. Who was Sarah Walker? (Slide 38)

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54. Why did Mexicans flee to America? (Slide 39)

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55. What problems did Asian Americans face? (Slide 40)

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56. What did the Society of American Indians try to correct? (Slide 41)

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57. How did Catholics respond to prejudice? (Slide 42)

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58. What happened to Leo Frank? (Slide 43)

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