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History Ch. 21-24
Question | Answer |
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John Muir(Preservation) | Founded Sierra Club in 1862; created Yosemite National Park; believed in preserving the land in a wilderness state was a spiritual and psychological necessity; leader in the "back to nature" movement; |
Gifford Pinchot | Most important conservation advocate; head of National Conservation Commission in 1908; forest manager of Biltmore Estate; chief of U.S. Division of Forestry in 1898; advisor to Roosevelt |
I.W.W. | Industrial Workers of the World; based on the labor theory of value |
John Dewey | Progressive educator who believed that education must be related to student's experience |
Lincoln Steffens | Wrote The Shame of the Cities, which became a battle cry for people trying to clean up city government; young California journalist |
Frederick Taylor | Emphasized close supervision and high productivity to promote efficiency in the workplace (science) |
Tom Johnson | Advocate of municipal socialism; made a fortune by investing in utility and railroad before he was 40 |
Balance of Power | European nations/U.S. struggled to beome a world power; "Keep the Power" by keeping everyone at the same pace; "Hold the Power" and have one super power |
Trench Warfare | During the war, they fought in trenches |
Neutrality | U.S. tried to remain neutral in the war, but entered reluctantly in 1917 |
Lenin | Led Bolsheviks to victory; argued that the only way to end imperialism was to end capitalism; believed that Communism would dominate the globe |
Creel Committee | Gigantic propaganda campaign to persuade the American public that there were valid reasons for entering war, but became anti-German/anti-immigrant; headed by George Creel |
Espionage Act |