US History week 2

William Howard Taft

Served as the 27th President of the United States and as the tenth Chief Justice of the United States for the republican party from 1909-1913.

Amendment 17

Direct election of senators. Progressive becuase the people gain power and the state government loses power.

Federal Reserve System

an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly.

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill raising certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.

The presidential election of 1908 saw the emergence of the new third party, the progressive party, also known as the bull moose party.

False, 1912

The bull moose party finished a distant third to the democrats and republicans in the election of 1912.

False, 2nd

Woodrow Wilson, the 1912 democratic presidential candidate, was a reform senator from New York.

False, New Jersey

As________ came to dominate Wilson's second term in office, the progressive era came to an end.

Farm organizations

_____________ was the name of Wilson's progressive programs.

New freedom

All women won the right to vote with passage of the ______________.

Nineteeth amendment

Clayton Antitrust Act

law that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations

Carrie Chapman Catt

president of NAWSA, who led the campaign for woman suffrage during Wilson's administration

Woodrow Wilson

was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States for the Democratic Party from 1913 to 1921.

President taft's secretary of the interior, Richard A. Ballinger, disapproved of conservationist controls of western lands.

True

Progressives disapproved of the Payne-aldrich tariff.

True

Theodore Roosevelt

Was an American statesman, author, republican, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

Amendment 19

Women's suffrage. Progressive because the people double in political power becuase more people can now vote. Also a step closer to equality

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

a federal agency, established in 1914, that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace.

Amendment 16

Allows the federal government to collect income tax. Progressive because it lessens the power of big business when compared to the federal government. Federal tax increases the power of the government by income tax. Also the government can us the income tax to help the people.

Before entering politics, Woodrow Wilson served as the president of ___________.

Princeton university

Gifford Pinchot

Pro-conservation federal official whose dismissal by Taft angered Roosevelt progressives

Bull Moose Party

Progressive Republicans who supported Theodore Roosevelt during the election of 1912

Amendment 18

Prohibition of alcohol. Progressive becuase