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The early 20th century was marked by increased calls for direct
government action in everyday affairs - answer 1. Deflation in the farming
sector of the economy in the late 19th century
2. The creation of the Populist Party, which called for government action
to aid farmers
3. The Panic of 1893, the worst economic depression in American history
up to that time
4. The rise of the progressivism
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum - answer Scarecrow:
American Farmer
Tin Man: Disillusioned industrial worker
Lion: William Jennings Bryan
Wicked Witch of the East: Bankers
Wicked Witch of the West: Railroads
Emerald city: Washington D.C.
Wizard of Oz: President of the US
Yellow-Brick Road: Gold Standard
Progressiveism - answer A reform movement that lasted from 1901 to
1917
Characteristics of Progressiveism - answer 1. it was grounded in middle
class alienation against the extremes of wealth and poverty in late 19th
century america
2. it possessed that responsible citizens could accelerate "progress" and
improve people lives
3. it ushered in muckraking, which, in turn, set off a revolution in
periodical press
,4.it promoted the correction of such dislocations and evil
What was the population around 1900? - answer -US population was 76
million
The Leisure Class - answer 1, They Glorified the power of individual will,
and attributed the hardships of the poor not to an unfair economic system
but to individual shortcomings
2. They departed from tradition and sent their sons out of the home at an
early age (instead of tutors they sent their children off to boarding school)
3. They were unusually willing to break up the home (in 1920, the divorce
rate in the US was less than 1%)
4. The upper class concluded that life should be about pleasure and the
accumulation of wealth
5. Used free hours to enjoy a host of pleasures: mansions, yachts, private
railway, cars, horses, jewels, and art collections
The working class - answer -lived by a set of rules- rules that challenged
"individualism"
-low wages, lay-offs, accidents, limited opportunity, and early death
-workers often had to both deny self and depend on others to survive
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - answer -146 garment workers were
killed- most were young men
-no alarms
-exits had been locked to prevent stealing
The Middle Class - answer -in 1900, there were 5.1 million "white collar"
workers in the US
-with individualism in disrepute, the middle class turned to some other
creed-social action
Jane Addams - answer -came from a middle class family
, -Founded Full House in Chicago in 1889 to help recently arrived
immigrants who made up the working-class neighborhood
Muckrakers - answer 1. Early 20th century journalists who sought to
expose corruption
2. term coined by President Roosevelt in 1906
3. They pried into every political, economic, and moral problem of the age
Jacob Riis - answer How the Other Half Lives (book), New York City
journalist and reformer
The impact of Progressivism on the Constitution - answer -the 16th
amendment: allowed for the federal income tax
-the 17th amendment: provided for the direct election of senators
-the 18th amendment: imposed national prohibition of alcohol
-the 19th amendment:introduced female suffrage
President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) - answer -championed the
"square deal"- promising to break up trusts, hold down railroad rates, and
guarantee pure food and drugs
-expanded the national parks system
-spoke in favor of conservation
Roosevelt's Goals - answer 1. To transform the presidency into the most
important position in the federal government
2. To make the federal government the most important and decisive
influence in public affairs
3. to become the preeminent leader of the republican party to ensure this
election to the presidency in 1904
1908 Presidential Campaign - answer -Democratic nominee William
Jennings Bryan third campaign for presidency (expected to win)
-Republican Nominee William Howard Taft
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