chapter 20 test review questions

Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because

In 1904 he has promised not to run again

Thorstein Veblen argued that

Modern societies should rely on handful of experts to solve their social problems

During the progressive era, one of the first targest for political reformers was

Municipal governments

At President, William Howard Taft

None of these answers is correct

The Federal Reserve Act

created a new type of paper currency

In the years prior to the passage of Nineteenth Amendment

A large majority of states gave some voting rights to women

After the elections of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson

Began another round of progressive legislation

At the turn of the twentieth century, progressive activists

Believed in the transformational power of enlightened public opinion

The Federal Commission Act

Created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government.

During the Progressive Era, clubs for African American women

Differed sharply from white women's clubs in their structure

The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken...

Politcal Parties

In 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, Congress

Raised the tariff on agricultural goods

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

During the progressive era, political "interest groups"

Rose to repace the declining power centers of the parties

During the progressive era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all the following EXCEPT

The urban middle class

The Temperance crusade

Was supported by business employers