APUSH Chapter 29
In the early 1900s, critics of social injustice included
-socialists -feminists -journalists
Of the following legistlation aimed at resource conservation, the only one associated with Theodore Roosevelt's presidency was the
Newlands Act
While, president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the
Square Deal
The panic of 1907 stimulated reform in _____ policy
banking
As 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 progressives and labor advocates because the supreme court in its ruling
declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional
The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both 17th and 18th amendments added to the Constitution. The 17th called for ______ and the 18th called for _________.
direct election of US senators; prohibition
President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed
dollar diplomacy
Political progressivism
emerged in both major parties, in all regions, at all levels of government
According to the text, Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring, tangible achievement may have been
his efforts supporting the environment
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-packing industry
The real purpose of Theodore Roosevelt's assault on trusts was to
prove that the government, not private business, ruled the country
The Elkins and Hepburn acts dealt with the subject of
railroad regulations
The muckrakers signified much about the nature of the progressive reform movement because they
sought not to overthrow capitialism but to cleanse it with democratic control
One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was that
the national governemnt did not automatically side with the owners in the dispute
Generally, progressives believed that there was too much
-political corruption -business monopoly -social injustice
Progressives usually supported such political reform proposals as
-the initiative, referendum, and recall -The Australian Ballot -woman suffrage -direct election of senators -campaign spending controls
Theodore Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because
William H. Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies
While president, Theodore Roosevelt
greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency
President Theodore Roosevelt branded reporters who tried to uncover injustice as "muckrakers" because
he was annoyed by their excessive zeal
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
According to progressives, the cure for American democracy's ills was
more democracy
The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to pass
safety regulations and workmen's compensation laws for job injuries
To regain the power that the people had lost to the "interests" progressives advocated all of the following except:
socialism
As president, William Howard Taft
was wedded more to the status quo than to change
Theodore Roosevelt believed that trusts
were here to stay with their efficient means of production
The Supreme Court's rule of reason" in restraint of trade cases was handed down in a case involving
Standard Oil
Which of the following was NOT among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement
ending special regulations governing women in the workplace
In Muller vs Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelly and Louis Brandeis that
female workers required special rules and protection on the job
Progressive reform at the level of city government seemed to indicate that the progressives' highest priority was
government efficiency
President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ____ trust.
regulating
Progressivism
supported many reforms advocated by feminists
During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt did all of the following EXCEPT
tame capitalism
Progressives who were among the strongest critics of injustice in early-twentieth-century America, received much of their inspiration from
the Greenback Labor part and the Populists
The progressive inspired city manager system of government
was designed to remove politics from municipal adminstration
Match each late 19th century social critic with the target of his criticism
Thorstein Veblen - conspicuous consumption; Jack London - destruction of nature; Jacob Riis - slum conditions; Henry Demarest Lloyd - bloated trusts
Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was faciliated by the publication of
Upton Sinclairs's The Jungle
Theodore Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because
William H Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies
President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed
Dollar Diplomacy
Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as
a middle of the road politician
Theodore Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he
announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president
Theodore Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by
threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops
The two key goals pursue 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
As one progressive explained, the "real heart' of the progressive movement was to
use the government as an agency of human welfare