U.S. History Ch 6.3
Because Republican voters were divided between two candidates, _____________________ became the new president.
Woodrow Wilson
Who was the Democratic candidate?
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson supported the creation of the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, in order to prevent companies from engaging in ________.
unfair trade practices that limited competition
What was one effect progressivism had on the American public's opinion of government?
Americans expected government to regulate the economy and deal with social issues directly.
To reduce discrimination, two organizations were founded: the _______________ and the __________________________ .
Anti-Defamation League (ADL), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Progressives in Congress passed the ______________________, which outlawed practices that restricted competition.
Clayton Antitrust Act
In order to provide security for bank customers and oversight of U.S. banks, Wilson supported the creation of the __________.
Federal Reserve
Wilson supported the ________________, allowing the government to supervise the banking system and indirectly ________________________________ for the entire nation.
Federal Reserve Act, controlling interest rates
Wilson asked Congress to create the ____________________________ to monitor business.
Federal Trade Commission
How did Woodrow Wilson gain a solid reputation as a progressive?
He enacted many progressive reforms as governor of New Jersey.
How did Wilson attempt to prompt American businesses to become more efficient and competitive in the global market?
He lowered the tariff on imported goods by 30 percent.
What was one of the great failures of progressivism as a social and political movement?
It failed to address racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination in the country.
Theodore Roosevelt formed the ___________ Party when _________ won the Republican nomination.
Progressive, Taft
Wilson's program to destroy monopolies and limit government power was called ______________________.
The New Freedom
Roosevelt's program to increase regulations of trusts and protect women and children was called ______________________.
The New Nationalism
Wilson signed the ___________________ in 1913 that reduced tariffs and provided for levying an ________________ on the earnings of individuals.
Underwood Tariff, graduated income tax
How did Roosevelt and Wilson differ in their beliefs about how the government should handle monopolies?
Wilson believed monopolies should be destroyed while Roosevelt favored regulation.
Wilson believed that the result of Roosevelt's policies toward trusts _______.
gave the government too much power over the economy
Progressivism failed to address two types of discrimination: _______ and ____________.
racial, religious
Examples of progressivism within the federal government include laws passed to ____________________ and ______________________.
regulate the economy, solve social problems
The Board of Governors of the regional banks had the power to _______.
set national interest rates and regulate the circulation of currency
One important provision in the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913 that affected individuals directly was _______.
the institution of an income tax on individual earnings
