Chapter Study Outline [Introduction: Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire] An Urban Age and a Consumer Society Farms and Cities For the last time in American history‚ farms and cities grew together. It was the city that became the focus of Progressive politics and of a new mass consumer society. New York was the largest city. The Muckrakers A new generation of journalists writing for mass-circulation national magazines exposed the ills of industrial and urban life. Lincoln Steffens Major
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Woodrow Wilson won the election in 1912 by only forty percent of the electoral vote‚ but he and the electorate were in the same mind about staying away from the European conflict. On August 1914‚ the war broke out in Europe‚ but Wilson declared the US policy of neutrality. He urged Americans to be “impartial in thoughts‚ as well as action” (Keane). The United States welcomed millions of immigrants from both Allied and Central power nations. On 1914‚ it was impossible for America to speak with one
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population. Appointed Distributed on basis of population Each state has to have at least 1 Rep. Reapportionment A census Census 1790 Population 3.9 million 1792- House raises number of reps to 106 1912- House has 435 members Reapportionment Act of 1929 Automatic reapportionment Congressional Elections Date (same in every state) First Tuesday in November of each even numbered year At large districts Everyone in the state votes for each rep in the state. States with one Rep has a at large district
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Republicans Split The Republicans were disappointed in Taft‚ the predecessor of Roosevelt. The conservative and progressive sides of the Republican Party split. Taft could not keep up with Theodore Roosevelt’s policies. The election of 1912 was going to be a very exciting election with Taft‚ Roosevelt‚ and Wilson running. People were wondering about the evolution of social and economic effects on countryside industrial growth. The Spirit of Progressivism Progressivism changed all of America. New
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AP US History Ch 29 The American Pageant Test Study Guide Consider the 5 Ws when thinking about history: Who‚ What‚ When‚ Where‚ & Why/How is it important? Ch 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt‚ 1901-1912 The “real heart” of the progressive movement was effort by reformers to use gov’t as an agency of humanitarian welfare The political roots of progressive movement lay in – Greenback Labor Party & Populists Late 19th century social critics & their criticisms: Thorstein Veblen
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Roosevelt and Northern Securities Company II. Three Progressive Presidents A. Theodore Roosevelt Promises a Square Deal 1. Square Deal B. Taft Continues Reforms 1. Payne-Aldrich Bill C. The Election Of 1912 1. Third Party D. Wilson Promises New Freedom 1. Woodrow Wilson 2. New Freedom III. Addressing the Effects of Industrialization A. Busting Trusts 1. Hepburn Act 2. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
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industrialization. The other 50 points will be drawn from the ID list below‚ as well as the opening and closing dates of the Spanish-American War and U.S. participation in the First World War‚ and the outcomes of the Presidential elections that we have discussed (1876‚ 1896‚ 1912‚ 1920‚ 1932). You will have to write 4 identifications from a list of 8 that I provide from the list below. Each ID should be about 60-70 words long and include date or date range‚ definition‚ and
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not always guarantee that the winner of the popular vote will win the election. These imperfections in the Electoral College make voters feel like their votes
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democratic control over the economy. Overall‚ the socialist party was able to help improve conditions and laborers rights in the factories and farms‚ as well as help the people have public ownership of the railroads and banking systems. In the election of 1912‚ the socialist candidate‚ Eugene Debs received six percent of votes for presidency. Although this does not seem like much‚ this number was un-heard of for non-majority
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The rise of organised unionism in Northern Ireland In April 1912 Asquith introduced the third home rule bill. The bill proposed that Ireland be given its own parliament in Dublin which would control the countries the countries own internal affairs. However the Westminster parliament would still be responsible for a number of key areas‚ including but not limited to: defence‚ war and foreign policy‚ relations with the crown‚ customs and excise‚ and land purchase. The bill all things considered was
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