Hist ch 23

  1. who invented the automobile
    Henry Ford
  2. when was the Model T introduced
    1908
  3. when and where was the first successful powered flight
    • 1903
    • Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
  4. first commercial broadcasting station in the United States
    KDKA
  5. the largest philanthropic organization in the world
    Ford Foundation
  6. Youngest man ever to become president
    Theodore Roosevelt
  7. progressive era
    1900-1920
  8. "Battling Bob"
    Robert M. La Follette
  9. Administrations that are progressive in nature
    • Roosevelt
    • Taft
    • Wilson
  10. What was Roosevelt's action's against big business
    "trust-buster"
  11. law passed in 1906 that strengthened the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission over the railroads
    Hepburn Act
  12. Roosevelt in 1908 commission part of conservation program
    National conservation Commission
  13. group of writers that were focused on corruption in business and society
    "muckrakers"
  14. act that sold public land in the west to fund irrigation projects
    Newlands Reclamation Act
  15. Treaty that allowed the US a ten mile wide zone through which to build the canal
    Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
  16. granted the United States the right to build and police a canal through Central America
    Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
  17. who took charge of the Panama Canal project
    Colonel George Washington Goethals
  18. when did the Panama Canal open
    1914
  19. who was the most famous Chinese missionary survivor of the Boxer Rebellion
    Jonathan Goforth
  20. President in 1908
    William Howard Taft
  21. act strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission
    Mann-Elkins Act
  22. Progressive party nickname
    Bull Moose Party
  23. who won election of 1912
    Thomas Woodrow Wilson
  24. the only man who served first as president and then as chief justice of the Supreme Court
    William Howard Taft
  25. first president since John Adams to make a personal appearance before Congress
    Thomas Woodrow Wilson
  26. What act of 1914 declared certain business practices illegal
    Federal Reserve Act
  27. what were the ABC powers
    • Argentina
    • Brazil
    • Chile
  28. who headed up a new government in Mexico
    Victoriano Huerta
  29. which amendment changed the method of electing senators
    17th Amendment
  30. amendment that allowed women to vote
    19th amendment
  31. tariff act providing tax on personal incomes
    Underwood-Simmons Bill
  32. He pursued Poncho Villa into Mexico
    General John Pershing
  33. what process can voters initiate the passage of a state law
    initiative
  34. process can an official be removed from office before his term expires
    recall
  35. a local government to increase efficiency in Galveston, Texas
    commission
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Rayna
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Hist ch 23
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A Beka 11th grade history
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