Chapter 18

Which of the following is true of Theodore Roosevelt's beliefs while serving as President?

He approved of big business as long as it did not unfairly manipulate the marketplace.

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Court's decision in Muller v. Oregon?

In reaching its decision, the Court considered scientific evidence showing the harmful effects of long working hours.

Which of the following is true of the Supreme Court's decision in Lochner v. New York?

In striking down a law limiting the working hours of bakers, the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment protects an individual's right to make contracts without government interference.

Which of the following was in large part a consequence of Upton Sinclair's 1906 book The Jungle?

President Roosevelt supported passage of the Meat Inspection Act.

The new economic theory of the early twentieth century held that

as social conditions change, so should economic theory.

Ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment is considered a progressive victory because

by providing for the direct election of United States senators, it took their election out of the hands of state legislatures.

Organizations such as the American Bar Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the National Consumers League had the effect of

making politics more fragmented and issue-focused than in previous eras.

The most decisive factor in winning the vote for women was the

participation of women as laborers and volunteers on the home front during the First World War.

Although Hiram Johnson established a record as a reform-minded progressive governor, he

supported discrimination against Japanese Americans.

The Mann Act reflected the growing sentiment that

the government could improve human behavior by passing legislation placing restrictions on it.