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