History 1302 Chapter 18
Where is Ellis Island located?
New york
The "living wage" and the "American standard of living" were an outgrowth of
A mature consumer economy
Birth-control movements
Changed sexual behaviors
The term "Fordism"
Describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption
At what site did most immigrants form Mexico enter the United States in the early twentieth century?
El Paso, Texas
In the first decade of the twentieth century, American farm communities
Entered a "Golden age" because of rising urban demand for farm goods
The progressive era was a period of explosive growth. Which of following fueled this process?
Expansion of the consumer market
As the consumer age started, What buzzwords did many companies use to sell their products?
Freedom and Liberty
In regard to labor, what did Ford do his workers?
He paid more than double the wages paid by other factory owners
What made Eugene Debs a successful leader?
He unified a diverse group of people for socialist cause
Why did Samuel Gompers seek to forge closer ties with forward-looking corporate leads?
He wanted to stabilize employer-employee relations
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Led to legislation aimed at improving factory safety standards
In the early twentieth century, the socialist party advocated which of the following?
Legislation to improve the condition of laborers
Most new Immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century.
Lived in close-knit communities
Ellis Island
Most European immigrants entered the United States through here
Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century
Moved to the west
Newspaper and magazine who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive Movement, were known as
Muckrakers
Pragmatism
Philosophy that emerged in the late nineteenth century
New Nationalism
Political philosophy of Theodore Roosevelt
The progressive movement drew its strength form
Reformers and social scientists
About which of the following did Ida Tarbell write an investigative journalistic story?
Standard Oil
Why did millions of American farm families migrate Westland from 1900 to 1910?
The availability of free land meant more opportunities for commercial farming in the west.
During the progressive era, urban areas expanded rapidly. What happened in rural areas?
The lived a " Golden age" due to increased demand for farm goods.
During the Progressive era,
The united states a large number pf immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
Most immigrants who arrived in American sought " freedom" because
They wanted to exchange property for economic opportunity
How louis brandies characterize labor unions?
Union represented freedom for workers
The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat inspection Act was
Upton Sinclair
Conservation Movement
Wanted to preserve Natural Resources
Society of American indians
reform organization brining together Indian intellectuals
The word "progressivism" came into common use around 1910
to refer to a group of people who wanted to bring change to America
By 1912, the socialist Party
had elected scores of local officials
The Ludlow Massacre
happened during a strike against Rockefeller-owned companies
Where was the focus of progressive politics.?
in the cities
"Birds of passage" were
Immigrants who only lived in the United States temporarily
Federal trade commission
Investigated 'unfair' business activities
What is true of McClure's Magazine?
It ran stories by muckraking journalists
Feminism
first entered the political vocabulary during the Progressive era.