Ken Burns: the Congress in the 20Th Century
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Ken Burns: The Congress in the 20th Century
The Progressives 1. Who was “Uncle Joe” Canon and why was he significant? Describe him:
2. What did the Rules Committee do?
3. Who decided to challenge Canon? ______How did he defeat Canon and why was it so significant to America?
4. Robert M. LaFollette was from which state?______Why was he significant?
5. Who was the new Progressive President?______How did he get Congress going?
6. What was the “greatest single change in the history of Congress?”
7. Name 3 reforms of the 63rd Congress: a. b. c.
8. On April 2, 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare was against ______. Who voted against it and why was it significant”
9. In 1932 what partnership changed America? What did they do?
10. ______represented the most sweeping reforms in US History.
11. What did Robert Wagner do that was significant? a. b. c.
12 On December 7th 1941, who voted “no” to declare was against Japan? ______
The Managers
13. How long did Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House, serve in Congress? 14. Congress doesn’t just legislate, it ______.
15, In the 1950s Congress and the nation were ______
16. Average American member of Congress gets about ______% approval rating
17. What continued to stop Congress from passing Civil Rights legislation in the 1940s and 1950s?
18. What did Congress finally start to push for and eventually pass under President Johnson?
19. List some considerations that move congressmen to vote a certain way?
20. What can a legislature do to curtail the executive branch from using the military and waging war?
21. How is America’s system so different than most of the rest of the world and how did Nixon’s resignation demonstrate that? (Listen to discussion regarding Greece)
22. How many members voted “aye” to impeach Nixon in 1974?
23. The promise of Congress is:
24.It is said that the best judge of how we the people should be led and governed is us (the Congress)? Write a paragraph agreeing or disagreeing with that statement using evidence from your lectures and this video: