History 2112 Quiz 4 part 1

Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.

False

Rose Schneiderman, whom you read in For the Record, spoke forcefully against granting the right to vote to women, primarily because women were by nature more oriented toward nurturing children and the home. They were not, she argued, capable of doing substantial labor, public or civic work.

False

Which progressive-era reformer used documentary photography to expose the living conditions of the poor?

Jacob Riis

According to our Progressive era readings in For the Record

Jane Addams promoted democracy not just in political spheres

The following quote is most likely from which text (which you read in For the Record)? "Differentiated by these matters from the other sex, she is properly place in a class by herself, and legislation designed for her protection may be sustained. . ."

Muller v. Oregon

The following quote is most likely from which text (which you read in For the Record)? "I am for big business, and I am against trusts."

Theodore Roosevelt, Message to Congress (1901)

Progressives believed that the government had a larger role to play in promoting the "public good."

True

Which progressive-era reformer regularly promoted full political rights for African Americans?

W.E.B. Du Bois

The muckrakers saw their primary objective as:

exposing social problems to the public

In the progressive period:

many groups-blacks, the poor, the unorganized-had little influence

Progressives supported all of the following as measures to democratize government EXCEPT the:

poll tax

The Federal Reserve Act did all of the following EXCEPT:

shifted the U.S. treasury back to the gold standard