The Progressive Era - Chapter 22
what gave Congress the power to tax people's income
16th amendment
What amendment provided for the direct election of senators?
17th
What amendment made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol?
18th
What constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
What group feared that the increase in Catholic immigrants threatened the American way of life?
American Protective Association
_____ headed the Democratic political machine in New York City during the 1860s and 1870s
Boss Tweed
Helped organize women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Socialist Party leader
Eugene V. Debs
True of False: Suffragists were women who fought in the war.
False
True or False: Ida Tarbell was a muckraker journalist who described the fair practices of the oil industry.
False
True or False: Temperance is drinking alcohol after midnight.
False
What legislation regulated banking?
Federal Reserve Act
How did President Theodore Roosevelt give in to anti-Japanese feelings in American?
He negotiated the Gentleman's Agreement with Japan
_____ was a journalist who started a national effort to stop lynching.
Ida B. Wells
What required the railroads to charge "reasonable and just" rates?
Interstate Commerce Act
President _____ was assassinated by an unsuccessful job seeker.
James Garfield
who worked with disadvantaged people and became a pioneer in the field of social work?
Jane Addams
Which terror group targeted minorities, including Catholics, Jews, Immigrants, and African Americans?
KKK
Two woman suffrage associations merged in 1890 to form the
National Women Suffrage Association
What was a popular term for an up-to-date woman who pursued interests outside of the home at the turn of the twentieth century?
New woman
Which 1883 law established the Civil Service Commission?
Pendleton Act
In the late 1800s, who controlled many local city governments?
Political machines
Why was Theodore Roosevelt unhappy with President Taft?
Roosevelt was upset that Taft twisted around Roosevelt's policies
What did Theodore Roosevelt use to file lawsuits against corporations?
Sherman Antitrust Act
Why did Booker T. Washington believe that African Americans needed more economic power?
So they would be able to win social equality and civil rights
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the ______ legalized segregation
Supreme Court
What is one way that aid groups helped Mexican Americans?
They provided insurance and legal help
Why did more than 100,00 members of the United Mine Workers go on strike?
They wanted better pay and and 8 hour work day
True or False: In each political district of a city, the political boss controlled the jobs and services.
True
True or False: Initially, President Wilson refused to support women's vote, but he changed his mind later on during his presidency.
True
True or False: prohibition is the passing of laws to prohibit the making or selling of alcohol in the US
True
Many Americans believed ____ had too much control over the economy and government?
Trusts
What happened after William Tweed's corruption ring was exposed by Thomas Nast's political cartoons?
Tweed was sent to prison
Whose book led Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act?
Upton Sinclair
What organization encouraged working women to form women's labor union?
Women's Trade Union League
What did Theodore Roosevelt promise the Americans people in his run for the Presidency in 1904?
a square deal
Process of resolving disputes by agreeing to accept the decision of a neutral party
arbitration
In what type of Mexican neighborhood did mutualistas work to address overcrowding and poor public services?
barrio
In addition to the railroad monopoly, name three other industries' trusts that President Roosevelt targeted
beef, oil and tobacco
How did muckrakers such as Ida Tarbell let the public know about corrupt practices?
by writing newspaper and magazine articles
What was the focus of Lincoln Steffan's investigations?
corrupt machine politics in New York and other cities
What is unequal treatment that is based on race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth?
discrimination
True or False: President Theodore Roosevelt favored big business and was against regulation of business and other progressive reforms
false
How did Theodore Roosevelt first become President?
he succeeded William McKinley after McKinley was assassinated
What did Progressives believe about income taxes?
income taxes were more fair than other taxes
Mexican American Aid group
mutualista
A few large companies that control prices for an entire industry
oligopoly
What did President Roosevelt want to do with trusts?
regulate trusts
Elected leaders give rewards to their political supporters under which system?
spoils system
What hurt both Taft and Roosevelt in the 1912 presidential election?
the split in the Republican Party
What is the best definition of the term laissez-faire?
to let the people do as they chose
Why was the National Negro Business League founded?
to promote business development among African Americans
What was the purpose of the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
to urge people to stop drinking
