History 1302 Chapter 21 REVIEW

Among the reasons why the 1912 election is significant is that

1)all candidates claimed to be progressives. 2)the Socialist candidate, Eugene V. Debs, polled almost a million votes 3)it featured party primaries.

Jane Addams called the impulse to found settlement houses:

Christian humanitarianism

Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was

Eugene V Debs

Legislation passed in 1916 did NOT include the

Federal Reserve Act

The progressives' emphasis on efficiency drew on the ideas of

Frederick W. Taylor.

The commission system of city government was first adopted in:

Galveston, Texas

Upon becoming president, Wilson appointed as secretary of the navy:

Josephus Daniels

Elizabeth Cady Stanton is associated with:

National Woman Suffrage Association

The first state to grant woman suffrage east of the Mississippi was

New York

During the coal strike of 1902:

President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against corporations

The major forces behind the social gospel movement were:

Protestants and Catholics

Who stated, "most of us in the North do not believe in any real democracy between white and colored men"?

Ray Stannard Baker

The originator of the Wisconsin idea of efficient government was:

Robert La Follette

As a result of the Brownsville Riot in 1906

Roosevelt discharged the entire regiment of African American soldiers.

Which of the following statements regarding the coal strike of 1902 is NOT true?

Roosevelt once bellowed that "the Constitution is more important than coal!"

Ida M. Tarbell is best known for her investigation of:

Standard oil

The issue that provoked an open break between Taft and Roosevelt was

Taft's firing of Pinchot

The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meat-packing industry was:

The Jungle

Which candidate was shot during the 1912 presidential campaign?

Theodore Roosevelt

The author of Working People and their Employers was:

Washington Gladden

Of the following, who eventually became chief justice of the Supreme Court?

William Howard Taft

WCTU:

Women's Christian Temperance Union

The first place in the United States to extend equal voting rights to women was:

Wyoming territory

Theodore Roosevelt's close friend Gifford Pinchot was:

a forestry expert and leading conservationist

Contrary to his party's tradition, President Taft called for

a lower tariff

Woodrow Wilson was

a professor and college president

During the Progressive Era, the U.S. Supreme Court

agreed to a ten-hour workday for men and women

In the case against the Northern Securities Company, Theodore Roosevelt sought to

break up a major railroad company.

The election of 1912 did all of the following EXCEPT 1) alter the character of the Republican party, making it more conservative 2)signal the return of southerners to national and international affairs for the first time since the Civil War 3) bring the same man to the White House in nonconsecutive terms 4) offer a high-water mark for progressivism 5) gain effective national power for Democrats for the first time in over half a century

bring the same man to the White House in nonconsecutive terms

The election of 1912 did all of the following EXCEPT:

bring the same man to the White House in nonconsecutive terms

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act attempted to regulate trusts by

defining unfair competition.

The Adamson Act of 1916:

established the eight-hour day for railroad workers

Passed in 1906, the Hepburn Act

expanded the interstate Commerce Commission's power over railroad rates

The muckrakers saw their primary objective as:

exposing social problems to the public

During his first term as president, Wilson did all of the following EXCEPT:

fail to reorganize the banking system

The National Child Labor Committee pushed:

for laws prohibiting the employment of young children

Around 1916, Wilson renewed his support for progressive reforms because

he needed to build a coalition for reelection.

Seventeenth Amendment

inaugurated (authorized) popular election of senators

The Underwood-Simmons Tariff:

lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson

During the Progressive Era

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

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

outlawed price discrimination and interlocking directorates

In 1917, a Prohibition amendment to the Constitution:

passed Congress, then went to the states for ratification

The Federal Highways Act:

passed in 1916

As president, Taft

preserved more public lands in four years than Roosevelt had in nearly eight

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom platform

proposed vigorous anti-trust action to break up corporate concentration

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire spurred interest in laws to

protect workers from accidents.

Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?

regulate big business

Despite Josephus Daniels's racist views, President Wilson still nominated Daniels for:

secretary of the navy

Jane Addams was a pioneer in the

settlement house movement

The Federal Reserve Act did all of the following EXCEPT:

shifted the US treasury back to the gold standard

One of the muckrakers' major achievements was to

stir up popular support for reform

During the 1908 presidential race:

the Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan

Among the catalysts for progressivism were all of the following except

the Old Guard Republicans.

A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that

the Republican party had split in two

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

the poll tax

A major factor in Woodrow Wilson's victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that:

the republican party split into two

Congress established the Bureau of Corporations

to monitor the activities of interstate corporations

To conserve the nation's natural resources, Theodore Roosevelt wanted to

use the techniques of scientific management.

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

used the Forest Reserve Act to withdraw over 170 million acres of timberland from logging

William Howard Taft

was Roosevelt's choice as his successor

Louis D. Brandeis:

was the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court

During the presidential election of 1912, William Howard Taft

was the republican candidate

President Taft's domestic policies generated a storm of controversy

within his own party

Frances Willard lobbied for these issues important to women EXCEPT:

women to become ministers

At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911:

workers died as a result of a fire

Frederick W. Taylor:

wrote The Principles of Scientific Management