History 1302 Chapter 21

Alice Paul was arrested for opening the first birth control center in the United States.

False

Although progressives were liberals, progressivism supported elements from both political parties

False

As president, Theodore Roosevelt preferred achieving reform through congressional action.

False

Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to promote regulation of the meatpacking industry

False

The progressives' emphasis on efficiency drew on the ideas of

Fredrick W. Taylor

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire spurred interest in laws to

Protect workers from accidents

From 1880 to 1910, the number of women reported in the workforce increased over threefold.

True

Religion, either Christianity or Judaism, was a source of energy for progressive reformers.

True

Settlement houses, such as Hull House in Chicago, were community centers designed to help the poor in the urban slums

True

The 1912 election was significant because it brought southerners back into influential positions in national affairs.

True

The most important progressive reform that democratized government was direct primary

True

Before 1917, states adopting universal women's suffrage were in the

West

In the case against the Northern Securities Company, Theodore Roosevelt sought to

break up a major railroad company

Under President Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot directed programs related to the

conservation of natural resources

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act attempted to regulate trusts by

defining unfair competition

One characteristic of Wilson's progressivism was

discrimination against blacks and increasing segregation.

As a white southerner, Woodrow Wilson was especially sensitive to the rights and needs of black Americans.

false

Around 1916, Wilson renewed his support for progressive reforms because

he needed to build a coalition for reelection

Seventeenth Amendment

stated that U.S. senators should be popularly elected rather than chosen by their state.