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| Theodore Roosevelt known as a _________ __________. |
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"realistic liberal"
emodied the progressive spirit |
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NYC Police Comissioner
Undersecretary of the Navy
Col. in Army, responsible for formation of the "Rough Rider" & San Juan Hill |
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| Spanish American War lasted ____________. |
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| Admiral Dewey was _______________. |
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Admiral of American-Asian fleet in Hong Kong.
Given standing order from TR to seize the Phillipines if war w. Cuba broke out |
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| Seizure of the Phillipines |
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established US as a world power
gave US a back door into Asia |
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| TR served as Vice President under _________ until he was assasinated. |
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| Name two social groups who supported TR. |
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1. Intellectuals
2. "Muckrakers" |
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| Those who exposed society to unknown evils |
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| "The Theory of the Leisure Class": theme of advocacy of 'predetory wealth' |
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| advocated the use of mans' intelligence to make the workplace a better, more efficient environment |
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| term coined by TR: investigative reporter who focuses on society's evils, specifically politics, religion, economy, etc. |
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| Exposed the scam Standard Oil was running on consumers (Regular/Premium/Supreme) |
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| exposed business interests as the source of big business corruption and the "wirepullers" behind elections |
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"The Jungle": exposed filthy conditions of the meat packing industry
This led to improvements in health codes and regulations |
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| Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 |
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| Meat Inspection Act, government assigned meat inspectors to each meatpacking house to assure standards were kept up |
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NY Globe reporter, wanted to see changes in child labor.
Discovered the rotting remains of a 7 year old employee in a burlap bag factory, wrote an extremely graphic story in the Globe exposing child labor. |
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| OTC drugs, i.e. "snake oil" and tapeworm diet pills |
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| Newfoundlands Reclamation Act, proceeds from sale of federal lands goes to new irrigation projects |
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Did not run because he told the people 7 years was enough, planned to run again for the next term (hinted @ term limitation)
-promoted William Taft. |
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| Direct election of Senators, workers compensation |
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| Prohibition- no selling/buying "spirits" |
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| Construction of Panama Canal lasted from _____ to _____. |
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-needed to be able to travel rapidly between oceans
-French had started canal
-TR agreed to assist Panama in gaining independence from Colombia if the US could lease the Panama Canal for 100 years, they agreed |
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| Biggest problem during construction of canal was __________. |
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| Disease from mosquitos (used dynamite to kill) and sanitation |
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| Current operation of the canal? |
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| China, US did not bid after lease ended b/c trans-oceanic travel became obselete w. the invention of airplanes. |
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| Russo Japanese War, 1904-1905 |
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Russians wouldn't leave Manchuria, defeated at first by the Japanese, etc etc.
-TR stepped in and offered to negotiate, he did not want war hurting the "Open Door Policy" |
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| "Treaty of Portsmouth, NH" |
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TR decided both parties need to leave Manchuria. Stated to prevent war a third, objective party needs to step in and help, that no one wanted to fight
-TR was first American to win Nobel Peace Prize for involvement with this |
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if country in W. Hemisphere defaulted on a loan from another country, the US would pay it off and the country would then repay the US directly so that other countries wouldn't.
"Ugly American" attitude |
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-reduced tariff
-spawned the 16th Amendment: income tax implemented to recover tariff loss |
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| Federal Reserve Act, 1913 |
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revision of the US banking system, inspired Carter Glass: a bank for bankers used to replace damaged currency, accept/loan money to banks
-implemented the Federal Reserve Note, replaced bimedalism completely |
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| Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914 |
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| defined unfair business practices, forbade interlocking directories, holding, etc. |
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| Britain, France, and Russia |
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| Germany, Austria, and Hungary |
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