US History Chapter 6 Test

He invited both groups to work together in arbitration.

During the 1902 coal strike, how did Roosevelt end the dispute between the union and coal mine owners?

Wilson, break them up; Roosevelt wanted regulation

How did Roosevelt and Wilson differ in their beliefs about how the government should handle monopolies?

McKinley was assassinated

How did Roosevelt become President?

created the Department of Commerce and Labor to investigate their practices

How did Roosevelt try to ensure that trusts were both fair to the public and allowed to operate efficiently?

He lowered the tariff on imported goods

How did Wilson attempt to prompt American businesses to become more efficient and competitive in the global market?

with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution

How were women eventually granted the right to vote?

Federal Reserve

In order to provide security for bank customers and oversight of U.S. banks, Wilson supported the creation of the ______

Muckrakers

Journalists who exposed corruption and terrible social conditions were called _______.

scientific principles could alleviate social problems the government had no role in helping the poor

One principle of progressivism was its strong belief that _______.

Jewish

The Anti-Defamation League was started to combat stereotypes and discrimination against which group of people?

the Square Deal

Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies became known as _______.

17th amendment

This Amendment called for the direct election of Senators

16th Amendment

This Amendment created an income tax

Hepburn Act

This act gave the government the authority to set and limit shipping costs and set maximum prices on bridges and ferries

the initiative, the referendum, and the recall

Three political reforms progressives push for in state legislatures to make elected officials more responsive to voters

the publication and popularity of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

What event prompted Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act in 1906?

Tariffs

What issue did Roosevelt warn Taft to stay away from for fear that it would split the Republican party?

hire expert leaders and a city manager to oversee city operations

What two ideas did progressives propose to help properly manage municipal government?

Citizens expected the government to deal with economic and social problems

What was one effect progressivism had on the American public's opinion of government?

It failed to address racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination.

What was one of the great failures of progressivism as a social and political movement?

woman suffrage

What was the primary concern of female progressives?

laws banning the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol

What was the primary goal of the Prohibition Movement?

It needed to be run more efficiently using business principles.

What was the progressive stance toward municipal government?

to irrigate and develop Western lands for business and habitation

What was the purpose of the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902?

He believed that natural resources must be conserved.

What were Roosevelt's views on environmental issues?

Wilson

Which President signed the first federal law regulating child labor

William Howard Taft

Who was Roosevelt's desired successor to the presidency during the 1908 election?

gave the government too much power over the economy

Wilson believed that the result of Roosevelt's policies toward trusts _______.

unfair trade practices that limited competition

Wilson supported the creation of the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, in order to prevent companies from engaging in __

Progressivism

responses to the problems caused by economic expansion and industry