Chapter 21 Reading Quiz

muckrakers

investigative journalists and authors who wrote about social ills, from child labor to the corrupt business practices of big businesses, and urged the public to take action

Which of the following was not a key area of focus for the Progressives?

land reform

Which of the following is not an example of social justice Progressivism?

referendums

Who were the "Silent Sentinels"?

suffragists who protested outside the White House

NAACP

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights organization formed in 1909 by an interracial coalition including W. E. B. Du Bois and Florence Kelley

Which of the following was a key Progressive item passed by Taft?

the Payne-Aldrich Act

Ida Tarbell wrote publicly about

the sinister business practices of Standard Oil

How did Roosevelt intercede in the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902?

He invited strikers and workers to the White House.

How did the goals and reform agenda of the Progressive Era manifest themselves during the presidential administrations of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson?

In The Progressive Era, one of the principal ways that reformers attempted to settle issues with imbalance is lady's suffrage. Therefore, of various changes being occurred, this provoked lady to go and battle for the long crusade of lady's suffrage. Gatherings of ladies made associations and clubs to weight society into giving ladies a chance to vote. "In January 1918, President WoodrowWilson proclaimed his support for the ladies' suffrage revision and, after two years' ladies' suffrage turned into a reality." The following way reformers attempted to settle issues with disparity was control of trusts. Amid the plated age and dynamic period, trusts are utilized to portray a restraining infrastructure with substantial companies and had selective control over a particular item. A huge number of organizations were being purchased and the force of organizations of started to grow, a case of this is the Rockefeller's. Thus, three presidents, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson, "pushed the improvement and requirement of hostile to trust law".

Which of the following was not an outcome of the Underwood Tariff Act?

It established a federal banking system to oversee tariffs.

Explain the fundamental differences between Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" and Wilson's "New Freedom."

The major difference between Roosevelt's New Nationalism and Wilson's New Freedom concerned the candidates' beliefs about the necessary size of the federal government. Wilson believed that a small federal government could keep bad businesses in check while allowing the country to grow. Roosevelt, in contrast, believed that the country required a large and involved federal government to safeguard the interests of the American people.

How did muckrakers help initiate the Progressive Era?

The muckrakers played a pivotal role in initiating the Progressive Era, because they spurred everyday Americans to action. Unlike earlier sensationalist journalists, the muckrakers told their stories with the explicit goal of galvanizing their readers and encouraging them to take steps to address the issues. With photographs and descriptions of real-life scenarios of which many Americans were unaware, the muckrakers brought the tribulations of child factory workers, the urban poor, and others into the living rooms of the middle class.

Square Deal

Theodore Roosevelt's name for the kind of involved, hands-on government he felt the country needed

Describe the philosophy and strategies of the Niagara Movement. How did it differ from Washington's way of thinking?

W. E. B. Du Bois sought to push for civil rights directly, through legal and political channels, drawing on the education and skills of the "talented tenth" to advance the Niagara Movement's agenda. The movement's Declaration of Principles called for immediate political, economic, and social equality for African Americans, including universal suffrage, education, and an end to the convict-lease system. This represented, in many ways, a rejection of Booker T. Washington's advocacy of accommodation and self-improvement.

Why did Wilson's "New Freedom" agenda come in two distinct phases (1913 and 1916)?

Wilson's actions were limited by his belief in his New Freedom platform, which promised voters a small government. Still, he took a number of steps in the first year of his presidency to shore up the economy and push back against destructive trusts. With those goals accomplished, he largely left the Progressive agenda alone. As the 1916 election season approached, however, Wilson realized that his hands-off policy was not endearing him to voters, and he ended his first term in a flurry of Progressive legislation that reminded the voting public of all he could do for them.

Progressivism

a broad movement between 1896 and 1916 led by white, middle-class professionals for legal, scientific, managerial, and institutional solutions to the ills of urbanization, industrialization, and corruption

Progressive Party

a political party started by Roosevelt and other Progressive Republicans who were unhappy with Taft and wanted Roosevelt to run for a nonconsecutive third term in 1912

What system did the direct primary replace?

candidate selection by convention delegates

Which of the following was not a feature of Booker T. Washington's strategy to improve the lives of African Americans?

immediate protests for equal rights