APUSH chapter 20
During the progressive era, political "interest groups"
rose to replace the declining power centers of the parties.
During the progressive era, W.E.B. Du Bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that
seeking legal challenges to civil injustice through white-dominated courts was a pointless exercise.
The settlement house movement of the early twentieth century helped spawn the profession of
social work.
The initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of
state legislatures.
In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City,
strict regulations were imposed on factory owners.
The Supreme Court, in two rulings related to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act,
struck down reform legislation.
In the early twentieth century, eugenics
supported the restriction of immigration by nationality.
For western states, the most important target of reform energies was
the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states.
Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by
the political parties.
The 1913 Underwood-Simmons Tariff
was intended to weaken the power of business trusts.
The temperance crusade
was supported by business employers.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union
was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history.
The Federal Trade Commission Act created an agency to determine
whether business practices were acceptable to the government.
The Sierra Club was founded by
John Muir.
During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was
Eugene V Debs.
Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the
meatpacking industry.
The 1916 Keating-Owen Act was the first federal law regulating
child labor.
The Federal Reserve Act
created a new type of paper currency.
In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft
was handpicked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him.
The first director of the National Forest Service was
Gifford Pinchot.
All of the following were progressive reformers from western states EXCEPT
Alfred E Smith.
During the progressive era, the "new woman" was a product of
All these answers are correct.
In the years prior to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment,
All these answers are correct.
The 1912 Republican convention was an ideological contest between
All these answers are correct.
While progressivism has many meanings, it tended in this period to be based on the central assumption that
American society was capable of improvement.
All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the
Interstate Commerce Act.
As president, William Howard Taft
None of these answers is correct.
When he assumed the presidency in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt
None of these answers is correct.
In 1909, a controversy involving Richard Ballinger and Gifford Pinchot saw
President William H Taft fire Pinchot for insubordination.
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was reluctant to become a candidate for president because
Robert La Follette had been working to secure the nomination for himself.
In the 1912 presidential election results,
Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote.
As an environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt
added extensive areas of land to the national forest system.
During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World
advocated a single union for all workers.
World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States
because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country.
After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson
began another round of progressive legislation.
By the fall of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson
believed his reform program had largely been accomplished.
The temperance movement between 1914 and 1919
gained momentum as a result of World War I.
During the Progressive Era, some supporters of woman suffrage argued that female voters
deserved the vote because of their unique traits as women.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the leaders of the settlement house movement
directed their attention to improving urban living conditions.
In 1910, in Osawatomie, Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for
greater activism by the federal government.
During the progressive era, the Socialist Party of America
grew stronger.
During the progressive era, the women's club movement
had a national organization to coordinate club activities.
During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,
he desired to win for government the power to investigate corporate activities.
During the progressive era, reformers of city government frequently tried to
hire professionally trained business managers or engineers as city managers.
Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because
in 1904 he had promised not to run again.
The term "muckrakers" referred to
journalists.
Regarding divorce in the United States during the progressive era, by 1916
more than ten percent of all marriages ended in divorce.
Many progressives, such as Lincoln Steffens, believed that the first target of reform should be
municipal governments.
During the progressive era, clubs for African American women
often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions.
In the 1902 strike by the United Mine Workers, President Theodore Roosevelt.
ordered federal arbitration.
In 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, Congress
passed a graduated income tax.
The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken
political parties.
In his political program known as the "New Freedom," Woodrow Wilson believed trusts
should be destroyed.
Regarding women and the professions during the Progressive Era,
social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women.
As governor of Wisconsin, the progressive reformer Robert La Follette helped win approval for
the direct primary, initiative, and referendum.
During the progressive era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT
the urban middle class
During President Woodrow Wilson's first term, Colonel Edward House
was both secretary of state and one of Wilson's closest advisors.
During the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included
New York's Tammany Hall.
Which statement regarding the controversy over Hetch Hetchy Valley is FALSE?
Theodore Roosevelt led the fight in favor of building a dam at Hetch Hetchy.
In 1904, Ida Tarbell published a highly critical study on
the Standard Oil trust.