chapter 20 apush brinkley

during the progressive era, the "new woman" was a product of

all these answers are correct

While progressivism has many meanings it tended to be based on the central assumption that

american society was capable of improvement

The term "muckrakers" referred to

journalists

uptown sinclair's 1906 novel, the jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the

meatpacking industry

the initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of

state legislatures

the supreme court, in two rulings related to the 1916 keating-owen act,

struck down reform legislation

during the progressive era, significant voting rights for women were first won in

the far west

the 1916 keating-owen act was the first federal law regulating

child labor

the federal reserve act

created a new type of paper currency

the 1913 underwood-simmons tariff

was intended to weaken the power of business trusts

The Sierra Club was founded by

John Muir

As an environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt

added extensive areas of land to the national forest system

During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World

advocated a single union for all worked

World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States

because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country

at the turn of the 20th century, progressive activists

believed in the importance of social cohesion

the federal trade commission act

created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government

in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the "social gospel" was

chiefly concerned with redeeming the nation's cities

At the turn of the twentieth century, the leaders of the settlement house movement

directed their attention to improving urban living conditions

During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was

eugene v debs

in 1910, in osawatomie, kansas, theodore roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for

greater activism by the federal government

during the progressive era, the women's club movement

had a national organization to coordinate club activities

During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,

he desired to win for government the right to investigate corporate activities

All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the

interstate commerce act

many progressives, such as lincoln steffers, beloved that the first target of reform should be

municipal governments

during the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included

new york's tammany hall

during the progressive era, clubs for african american women

often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions

in the 1902 strike by the united mine workers, president theodore roosevelt

ordered federal arbitration

in 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, congress

passed a graduated income tax

The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken

political parties

during the progressive era, w.e.b. du bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that

seeking legal challenges to civil injustice through white-dominated courts was a pointless exercise

In his political program known as the "New Freedom," Woodrow Wilson believed trusts

should be destroyed

the settlement house movement of the early 20th century helped spawn the profession of

social work

Regarding women and the professions during the Progressive Era,

social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women

In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City,

strict regulations were imposed on factory owners

For western states, the most important target of reform energies was

the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states

the 1913 republican convention was an ideological contest between

the old guard and what was to become the "bull moose"

Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by

the political parties

in 1904, ida tarbell published a highly critical study on

the standard oil trust

during the progressive era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT

the urban middle class

which statement regarding the controversy over hetch hetchy valley is FALSE?

theodore roosevelt led the fight in favor of building a dam at hetch hetchy

In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft

was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him

the temperance crusade

was supported by business employers.

the Women's Christian Temperance Union

was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history

a distinctive characteristic of women in professional work during the progressive era was that

women were concentrated in the "helping" professions