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2015
APUSH Margin Question
Rood
February 28,
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remained that other parties could win them away. Populist proposed new
measures to help farmers and wage earners- and appealing message for
poverty-stricken people of both race. Some white Populists went out of their
way to build cross- racial ties.
How did politics change in the South between the 1880s and the
1910s?
Across the South, voter turnout plunged, from above 70 percent to 34
oercent or even lower. Not only blacks but also many poor whites ceased to
vote. Since Democrats faced virtually no opposition, action shifted to the
white primaries where Democratic candidates competed for nominations.
Some former Populists joined the Democrats in openly advocating white
supremacy. The racial climate hardened. Segregation laws proliferated.
What developments caused the percentage of Americans who voted to
plunge after 1900, and what role did courts play in antidemocratic
developments?
The Supreme Court proved hostile to many proposed reforms. Labor
organizations also suffered in the new political regime, as federal courts
invalidated many regulatory laws passed to promote workers.
To what degree, and in what ways, were Roosevelts policies
progressive?
As the time Roosevelt acted, trusts had partially protected themselves with
the help of two friendly states, New Jersey and Delaware, whose legislatures
had loosened regulations and invited trusts to incorporate under their new
state laws.
Why did the election of 1912 feature four candidates, and how their
platforms differ?
There were four candidates because of the rise of different political parties,
which were the Progressives and Socialists. Democrats continued to have an
enormous blind spot; their opposition to African rights. But Republicans,
despite plentiful opportunities, had also conspicuously failed to end
segregation or pass antilynching laws.
To what degree did reforms of the Wilson era fulfill goals that various
agrarian-labor advocates and progressives has sought?
Wilson and the Democratic Congress turned next to the trusts. Much like the
agrarian- labor advocates, he believed the best source of efficiency was
vigorous competition in a free market.
What factors explain the limits of progressive reform in the United
States?
Over this period, more and more prosperous Americans began to
support stronger economic regulations. Even the most cautious, elite
progressives recognized that the U.S. had entered a new era.