Progressive Era Review

The Federal Reserve Act gave the government the authority to

Increase the amount of money in circulation

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

The 1912 presidential election was notable because

It gave the voters a choice of political economic philosophies

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Legalized stirkes and ended government use of injunctions

When congress passed the Underwood Tariff Bill in 1913, it intended the legislation to

Lower tariff rates

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

In 1912, Wilson's Democratic platform was called:

New Freedom

The Supreme Court used the "restraint-of-trade" clause of the Sherman Antitrust Act for the first time to break up

Northern Securities

As a governor of New Jersey, Wilson established a record as a

Passionate reformer

When Upton Sincalir wrote "the Jungle", he intended his book to focus attention on the

Plight of workers in the meat-packing industry

The most horrific example of the exploitation of workers during the progressive era was the

Triangle Shirtwaist fire

Before he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson had been a

University president

Lincoln steffens, in his book "the Shame of the Cities,"

Unmasked the corruption of political machines

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 started to remove corruption from city administration

Teddy Roosevelt believed that trusts

Were here to stay with their efficent means of production

While president, Theodore Roosevelt

Greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency

The 16th Amendment provided for

A personal income tax

Woodrow Wilson showed the limits of progressivism by

Accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy

What is a "muckraker"?

An investigative journalist

Teddy 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

Because of the benefits that it gave to workers, Samuel Gompers (of the AFL) called the ____ "labor's Magna Carta"

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

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

Control of labor

During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following except

Create the Federal Reserve and first national income tax

The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both the 17th & 18th amendments added to the constitution. The 17th called for ____ & the 18th called for ____

Direct election of senators & prohibition

Political progressivism

Emerged in both parties and at all levels of government

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom

Favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship

The real purpose of TR's assault on trusts was to

Prove that the government, not big business, ran the country

The Hepburn Act dealt with with the subject of

Railroad regulation

Progressives advocated all of the following except

Socialism

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

Square Deal

Teddy Roosevelt's New Nationalism

Supported a broad program of social welfare

In regards to women, Progressivism

Suppported many reforms advocated by feminists

When Jane Addams placed Teddy Roosevelt's name in nomination for the presidency in 1912, it

Symbolized the rising political status of women

TR decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies

As president, William Howard Taft

Tended to side with conservative Republicans rather than progressives

One unusual and significant characteristics of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was tha

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

Teddy 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