APUSH Chapter 29

Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as

A middle-of-the-road politician

Which of the following was not among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement

Ending special regulations governing women in the workplace

Progressive reform at the level of city government seem to indicate that the progressives highest priority was

Governmental efficiency

While president, Theodore Roosevelt

Greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency

Pres. Theodore Roosevelt branded reporters who tried to uncover injustice as "muckrakers" because

He was annoyed by either excessive zeal

According to the text, Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring, tangible achievement may have been

His efforts supporting the environment

Of the following legislation aimed at resource conservation, the only one associated with Theodore Roosevelt's presidency was the

Newlands act

The public outcry after the horrible triangle shirtwaist fire led many states to pass

Restrictions on female employment in the clothing industry

While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the

Square deal

Progressivism

Supported many reforms advocated by feminist

Progressives who were among the strongest critics of injustice and early 20th century America, received much of their inspiration from

The greenback Labor Party and the populists

As one progressive explained, The real heart of the progressive movement was to

Use the government as an agency of human welfare

The progressive inspired city manager system of government

Was designed to remove politics from municipal administration

Theodore Roosevelt believed that trusts

Were here to stay with their efficient means of production

Theodore Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies

The settlement house and women's club movements were crucial centers of female progressive activity because they

Introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns

Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to

Make the public aware of social problems

Progressive reformers were mainly men and women from the

Middle class

All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives except

Opposition to prohibition

When Upton Sinclair wrote the jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the

Plight of workers in the stockyards and meat packaging industry

The two key goals pursued by progressives were to curb the threats posed by_____ on the one hand and_____ on the other.

Trusts; Socialists

Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled "the shame of the cities"

Unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government

Passage of the federal meat inspection act was facilitated by the publication of

Upton Sinclair's the jungle

As president, William Howard Taft

Was wedded more to the status quo than to change

The Muckrakers signified much about the nature of the progressive reform movement because they

Sought not to overthrow capitalism but to cleanse it with democratic controls

The Supreme Court's rule of reason and restraint of trade cases was handed down in a case involving

Standard oil

The Elkins and Hepburn ask dealt with the subject of

Railroad regulation

According to the progressives, the cure for American democracy's ills was

More democracy

During his presidency Theodore Roosevelt did all of the following except

Aid the cause of the environment

Theodore Roosevelt weekend himself politically after his election in 1904 when he

Announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president

The panic of 1907 stimulated reform in

Banking policy

As a part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following except

Control of labor

The idea of multiple use resource management included all of the following practices except

Damming of rivers

The case of Lochner v New York represented a setback for progressive's in labor at the kids because the Supreme Court in its ruling

Declared a law limiting work to 10 hours a day unconstitutional

The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both the 17th and 18th amendments added to the Constitution. The 17th called for _____ and the 18th called for _____

Direct election of US senators; prohibition

Political progressivism

Emerged in both major parties, and all regions, at all levels of government

In Muller v Oregon, The Supreme Court upheld the principal promoted by progressive like Florence Kelly and Louis Brandeis that

Female workers required special rules and protection on the job

The real purpose of Theodore Roosevelt assult on trusts was to

Prove that the government, not private business, ruled the country

Pres. Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of

Regulating trusts

To regain the power that the people had lost to the interest, Progressives advocated all the following except

Socialism

Pres. Taft's foreign-policy was dubbed

The good neighbor policy

One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was that

The national government did not automatically side with the owners in the dispute

Theodore Roosevelt hope to in the 19 oh 12 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

Threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops