APUSH Chapter 20
The sierra club was founded by
John Muir
As President William Howard Taft
angered many conservatives with his activism. generally pleased progressives. managed to match Roosevelt's personal dynamism. angered many conservatives with his activism, but generally pleased progressives. None of these answers is correct.
The Federal Reserve Act
created a new type of paper currency
During the progressive era political interest groups
rose to replace the declining power centers of the parties
During the proggressive era W.E.B, Du Bois asserted all the following excpet
seeking legal challenges injustice through white dominated courts was a pointless exercise
In his political program known as the New Freedom Wooodrow Wilson bleieved trusts
should be destroyed
In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in NYC
strict regulations were imposed on factory owners
In the early 20th century eugencies
supported the restriction of immigration by nationality
Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot voter ballot were printed and distributed by
the political parties
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
was at one time, the largest women's organization in American History
In the election of 1908 William Howard Taft
was hand picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him
During President Woodrow Wilson's first term Colonoel Edward House
was one of wilsons closest advisors
The Temperance Crusade
was supported by business employers
When he assumed the Presidency in 1901 Theodore Roosevelt
was the youngest American ever to hold the office
A distinctive characteristic of Women in professional work during the progressive era was that
women were concentrated in helping professions
In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers President Theodore Roosevelt
ordered Federal arbitration
All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administatrion EXCPET
the Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act
During the progressive era opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT
the Urban Middle Class
The first director of the national forest service was
Gifford Pinchot
While Progressivism has many meanings it tended in this period to be based on the central assumption that
American Society was capable of improvement
In 1912 Republican Convention was an ideaological contest between
Both different type of progressivim and the New Freedom and New Nationalism
During the progressive era the acknoledged leader of American Socialism was
Eugene V Debs
In 1909 a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchet saw
President William H. Taft fire Pinchot for insuborination
In 1904 Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on
The Standard Oil Trust
Which Statement regarding the controversy over Hetch Hetchy Valley is false
Theodore Roosevelt led the fight in favor of buidling a dam at Hetch Hetchy
In 1912 Presidential election results
Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote
in the years prior to the passage of the 19th amendement
a large majority of states gave some voting rights to women many states gave full voting rights to women. New York, Michigan, Illinois, and California all granted women the right to vote. a majority of states gave some voting rights to women, including New York, Michigan, Illinois, and California. All these answers are correct.
WW1 hurt the socialist movement in the US
because the War generated anti radical feelings in the country
After the elections of 1914 President Woodrow Wilson
begun another rounf of Pregressive legislation
By the fall of 1914 President Woodrow Wilson
believed his reform program had largely been accompolished
the 1916 keating owens act was the first federal law regulatiing
child labor
The temperance movement between 1914 and 1919
gained momentum as a result of WW1
In 1910 in Osawatomie Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for
greater activism by the federal government
During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president
he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities
The term Muckrakers referred to
journalists
The brilliant lawyer Louis D Brandies who later became a Supreme Court justice argued that the federal government should work to break up the largest corporations because the Curse of bigness
limited competition. was inefficient. was a threat to freedom. encouraged abuses of power. All these answers are correct.
Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel the Jungle encoouraged the federal government to regulate the
meatpacking industry
Thorstein Veblem argued that
modern societies should rely on a handful of experts to govern the economy
Regarding divorce in the US during the progressive era by 1916
more than 10% of all marriages ended in divorce
All of the following were progressive reformers from Western states EXCEPT
Alfred E Smith
In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to become a candidate for President because
Robert La Follette had been working to secure the nomination for himself
The iniative and referendum were progressive era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of
State Legislatures
During the progressive era significant voting rights for women were first won in
The far west
In 1913 Underwood Simmons Tariff
Was intended to weaken the power of business trusts
During the progressive era the new woman was a product of
a lower birth rate. the movement to work outside the home. increased schooling for children. higher levels of education. All these answers are correct
As an environmental conservationist President Theodore Roosevelt
added extensive areas of land to the national forest system
During the early 20th century the Industrial Workers of the world
advocated a single union for all workers
At the turn of the 20th century progressive activists
believed in the Importance of Social Cohesion
During the progressive era important vehicles for social reform included
both New York's tammany hall, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Company
The Federal Trade Commision
created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government
Regarding organizing the professions during the Progressive Era
by 1916s all states had established professional bar associations
in the late 19th century and early 20th century the Social Gospel was
chiefly concerned with redeeming the nation's cities
During the progressive era some supporters of womens suffrage argued that female voters
deserved the vote cause of their unique traits as women
At the turn of the 20th century the leaders of the settlement house movement
directed their attention to improving urban living conditions
During the progressive era reformers of city governments frequently tried to
hire professionally trained business managers or engineers as city managers
Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as President in 1908 because
in 1904 he had promised not to run again
Many progressives such as Lincoln Steffens believed that the 1st target of reform should be
municipal governments
During the progressive era the women's club movement
none of these answers is correct
During the progressive era clubs for African American women
often took anti lynching and anti segregation positions
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
The Settlement Community 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
As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follete helped win approval for
the direct primary initiative and referendum
For Western States teh most important target of refrom energies was
the federal government because it exerted great power in the Western States
The Supreme Court in 2 rulings related to the 1916 Keating Owens act
validated an expansion of congressional authority
