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Hull-House, a settlement house, opens in Chicago. (year)

1889

President Theodore Roosevelt attempts to arbitrate the coal strike; the Justice Department breaks up the Northern Securities Company. (year)

1902

Congress passes the Elkins Act. (year)

1903

Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act; Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is published. (year)

1906

William Taft is inaugurated president. (year)

1909

The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire occurs. (year)

1911

Congress passes the Federal Reserve Act. (year)

1913

Alice Paul was arrested for opening the first birth control center in the United States. (T/F)

False

As a white southerner, Woodrow Wilson was especially sensitive to the rights and needs of black Americans. (T/F)

False

As president, Theodore Roosevelt focused on achieving reform through congressional action. (T/F)

False

At the end of the nineteenth century, a very small percentage of women earned income from working either within or outside the home. (T/F)

False

In 1912, the Progressive party nominated Robert M. La Follette for president. (T/F)

False

The Federal Reserve system came into existence during president William Howard Taft's administration. (T/F)

False

The role of city manager was developed to make local government more democratic. (T/F)

False

Theodore Roosevelt worked with logging companies to set aside federal lands for "sustainable harvesting" of wood. (T/F)

False

The progressives' emphasis on efficiency drew on the ideas of

Frederick W. Taylor.

During the Progressive Era, the U.S. Supreme Court

agreed to a ten-hour workday for men and women.

In the case against the Northern Securities Company, Theodore Roosevelt sought to

break up a major railroad company

Under President Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot directed programs related to the

conservation of natural resources.

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act attempted to regulate trusts by

defining monopolistic actions.

One characteristic of Wilson's progressivism was

discrimination against blacks and increasing segregation.

Around 1916, Wilson renewed his support for progressive reforms because

he needed to build a coalition for reelection.

Which statement about the Women's Christian Temperance Union is correct?

it was the largest women's group in the nation, with 300,000 members

The impulse for reform in the Progressive Era began

over concerns about the impact of industrialization and rapid urbanization in the late nineteenth century

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire spurred interest in laws to

protect workers from accidents.

The Meat Inspection Act and the Hepburn Act are examples of progressive federal action to

regulate business activity

The Seventeenth Amendment

stated that U.S. senators should be popularly elected rather than chosen by their state.

To conserve the nation's natural resources, Theodore Roosevelt's approach relied on

using federal power to lead the way.

Which is true of the 1912 presidential election?

The Socialist candidate, Eugene V. Debs, polled almost a million votes.

The states that adopted universal women's suffrage before 1917 were in the

West

Many progressive reformers were motivated by a concern for the poor and outcast that was founded in religious understanding. (T/F)

True

Settlement houses, such as Hull House in Chicago, were urban community centers designed to help the poor. (T/F)

True

The 1912 election was significant because it brought southerners back into influential positions in national affairs. (T/F)

True

The Underwood-Simmons Tariff of 1913 sought to lower consumer prices and restore competition. (T/F)

True

The Women's Christian Temperance Union emerged in part from concern by Protestant women about the influence of alcohol on family life. (T/F)

True

The creation of the direct primary was a reform of the progressive era. (T/F)

True

Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle helped bring about regulation of the meatpacking industry. (T/F)

True


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