U.S. History Chapter 6
Socialist
Person who believed that the government should own and operate industry for the community
Historians refer to the reform period in American history, from about 1890 to 1920, as the _________________________.
Progressive Era
Interstate Commerce Commission
Regulates railroads
William Howard Taft brought many times more ______________ cases during his presidency than Theodore
antitrust
During a coal miner's strike in 1902, Theodore Roosevelt urged the union and owners to accept ____, or a settlement imposed by an outside party.
arbitration
During the coal miners' strike, Theodore Roosevelt urged the union and owners to accept ____________________, a settlement imposed by an outside party
arbitration
Tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company led to
building codes requiring fire escapes
The Keating-Owen Act was passed in order to regulate
child labor.
Efficiency progressives believed that cities should be run by a
city manager or commissioners.
Theodore Roosevelt tried to win the Republican nomination from William Howard Taft in the 1912 election because he believed that Taft
divide the Republican Party.
Theodore Roosevelt warned William Howard Taft that tariff reform would
divide the Republican Party.
Socialists believe in
government ownership of business.
Theodore Roosevelt viewed the coal miners strike against mine owners in 1902 as an example of
groups pursuing their private interests at the expense of the nation
When Gifford Pinchot leaked a story to the press, William Howard Taft fired him for _________________________, or disobedience.
insubordination
William Howard Taft fired Gifford Pinchot for ____, or disobedience to his authority as president.
insubordination
Progressivism was partly a reaction against ___________ economics, which emphasized an unregulated free market.
laissez-faire
Progressivism was partly a reaction against ____________________ economics with its emphasis on an unregulated market.
laissez-faire
The Underwood Tariff Act included a provision for
levying an income tax.
What were crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption called?
muckrakers
A ____________________ allowed voters to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office before his or her term had expired.
recall
Progressives had a strong faith in
science and technology.
By 1920 the Interstate Commerce Commission had moved away from its original purpose and had started
setting rates to help ensure railroads' profits.
Wisconsin became known as "the laboratory of democracy" because of its
support for direct primaries
The Constitution originally specified that, in each state, U.S. senators would be elected by
the legislature of each state.
The Clayton Antitrust Act banned ____________________ agreements, which required retailers who bought from one company to stop selling a competitor's products.
tying
Alice Paul's strategy alarmed many in the suffrage movement because she wanted to
use protests to force suffrage
In the Northern Securities v. United States case, the Supreme Court ruled that Northern Securities
violated the Sherman Antitrust Act.
In the election of 1912, Woodrow Wilson called his program the New ____________________.
Freedom
____________________ were crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption
Muckrakers
What amendment called for the direct election of senators?
17th
What amendment approved prohibition? Which one repealed it?
18th- repealed 21st- approved it
What amendment have women the right to vote?
19th
Woodrow Wilson wanted the Federal Trade Commission to break up big business.
False
Theodore Roosevelt ran for president in 1912 as a nominee of the Progressive Party, nicknamed the ____________________ Party.
Bull Moose
Two women who led the 1st women's rights convention.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
Efficiency progressives believed that more democracy in government would make it more efficient.
False
Progressives were pleased with William Howard Taft for pushing through the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
False
Progressivism was an organized political movement that worked together to achieve a set of agreed-upon reforms.
False
T or F: T.R was opposed to big business?
False
William Howard Taft supported high tariffs because they promoted competition.
False
Suffrage
The right to vote
Through scientific management, a company could become efficient by
Theodore Roosevelt viewed the coal miners strike against mine owners in 1902 as an example of
In international affairs, Theodore Roosevelt was a Social Darwinist.
True
Progressives thought that by applying scientific principles to society, they could fix its problems.
True
The Supreme Court ruled the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act unconstitutional.
True
Theodore Roosevelt believed that most trusts benefited the economy and breaking them up would do more harm than good.
True
William Howard Taft brought many more antitrust cases during his term than Theodore Roosevelt did during his presidency.
True
Who wrote "The Jungle" and what law was passed in response to it?
Upton Sinclair. Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food and Drug Act
Who founded the NAACP?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Bureau of Corporations
Wanted the federal agencies to investigate corporations and publicize results
____________________ laws were a method of dividing a town or city into sections to regulate how the land and buildings could be used.
Zoning