CH20
Hull-House, a settlement house, opens in Chicago. (year)
1889
President Theodore Roosevelt attempts to arbitrate the coal strike; the Justice Department breaks up the Northern Securities Company. (year)
1902
Congress passes the Elkins Act. (year)
1903
Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act; Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is published. (year)
1906
William Taft is inaugurated president. (year)
1909
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire occurs. (year)
1911
Congress passes the Federal Reserve Act. (year)
1913
Alice Paul was arrested for opening the first birth control center in the United States. (T/F)
False
As a white southerner, Woodrow Wilson was especially sensitive to the rights and needs of black Americans. (T/F)
False
As president, Theodore Roosevelt focused on achieving reform through congressional action. (T/F)
False
At the end of the nineteenth century, a very small percentage of women earned income from working either within or outside the home. (T/F)
False
In 1912, the Progressive party nominated Robert M. La Follette for president. (T/F)
False
The Federal Reserve system came into existence during president William Howard Taft's administration. (T/F)
False
The role of city manager was developed to make local government more democratic. (T/F)
False
Theodore Roosevelt worked with logging companies to set aside federal lands for "sustainable harvesting" of wood. (T/F)
False
The progressives' emphasis on efficiency drew on the ideas of
Frederick W. Taylor.
During the Progressive Era, the U.S. Supreme Court
agreed to a ten-hour workday for men and women.
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 monopolistic actions.
One characteristic of Wilson's progressivism was
discrimination against blacks and increasing segregation.
Around 1916, Wilson renewed his support for progressive reforms because
he needed to build a coalition for reelection.
Which statement about the Women's Christian Temperance Union is correct?
it was the largest women's group in the nation, with 300,000 members
The impulse for reform in the Progressive Era began
over concerns about the impact of industrialization and rapid urbanization in the late nineteenth century
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire spurred interest in laws to
protect workers from accidents.
The Meat Inspection Act and the Hepburn Act are examples of progressive federal action to
regulate business activity
The Seventeenth Amendment
stated that U.S. senators should be popularly elected rather than chosen by their state.
To conserve the nation's natural resources, Theodore Roosevelt's approach relied on
using federal power to lead the way.
Which is true of the 1912 presidential election?
The Socialist candidate, Eugene V. Debs, polled almost a million votes.
The states that adopted universal women's suffrage before 1917 were in the
West
Many progressive reformers were motivated by a concern for the poor and outcast that was founded in religious understanding. (T/F)
True
Settlement houses, such as Hull House in Chicago, were urban community centers designed to help the poor. (T/F)
True
The 1912 election was significant because it brought southerners back into influential positions in national affairs. (T/F)
True
The Underwood-Simmons Tariff of 1913 sought to lower consumer prices and restore competition. (T/F)
True
The Women's Christian Temperance Union emerged in part from concern by Protestant women about the influence of alcohol on family life. (T/F)
True
The creation of the direct primary was a reform of the progressive era. (T/F)
True
Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle helped bring about regulation of the meatpacking industry. (T/F)
True
