<p> Name:______Period:_____</p><p>Ken Burns: The Congress in the 20th Century</p><p>The Progressives 1. Who was “Uncle Joe” Canon and why was he significant? Describe him:</p><p>2. What did the Rules Committee do?</p><p>3. Who decided to challenge Canon? ______How did he defeat Canon and why was it so significant to America?</p><p>4. Robert M. LaFollette was from which state?______Why was he significant?</p><p>5. Who was the new Progressive President?______How did he get Congress going?</p><p>6. What was the “greatest single change in the history of Congress?”</p><p>7. Name 3 reforms of the 63rd Congress: a. b. c.</p><p>8. On April 2, 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare was against ______. Who voted against it and why was it significant”</p><p>9. In 1932 what partnership changed America? What did they do?</p><p>10. ______represented the most sweeping reforms in US History.</p><p>11. What did Robert Wagner do that was significant? a. b. c.</p><p>12 On December 7th 1941, who voted “no” to declare was against Japan? ______</p><p>The Managers</p><p>13. How long did Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House, serve in Congress? 14. Congress doesn’t just legislate, it ______.</p><p>15, In the 1950s Congress and the nation were ______</p><p>16. Average American member of Congress gets about ______% approval rating</p><p>17. What continued to stop Congress from passing Civil Rights legislation in the 1940s and 1950s?</p><p>18. What did Congress finally start to push for and eventually pass under President Johnson?</p><p>19. List some considerations that move congressmen to vote a certain way?</p><p>20. What can a legislature do to curtail the executive branch from using the military and waging war?</p><p>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)</p><p>22. How many members voted “aye” to impeach Nixon in 1974?</p><p>23. The promise of Congress is:</p><p>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:</p>