APUSH Chapter 29
Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as
A middle-of-the-road politician
Which of the following was not among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement
Ending special regulations governing women in the workplace
Progressive reform at the level of city government seem to indicate that the progressives highest priority was
Governmental efficiency
While president, Theodore Roosevelt
Greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt branded reporters who tried to uncover injustice as "muckrakers" because
He was annoyed by either excessive zeal
According to the text, Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring, tangible achievement may have been
His efforts supporting the environment
Of the following legislation aimed at resource conservation, the only one associated with Theodore Roosevelt's presidency was the
Newlands act
The public outcry after the horrible triangle shirtwaist fire led many states to pass
Restrictions on female employment in the clothing industry
While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the
Square deal
Progressivism
Supported many reforms advocated by feminist
Progressives who were among the strongest critics of injustice and early 20th century America, received much of their inspiration from
The greenback Labor Party and the populists
As one progressive explained, The real heart of the progressive movement was to
Use the government as an agency of human welfare
The progressive inspired city manager system of government
Was designed to remove politics from municipal administration
Theodore Roosevelt believed that trusts
Were here to stay with their efficient means of production
Theodore Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because
William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies
The settlement house and women's club movements were crucial centers of female progressive activity because they
Introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns
Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to
Make the public aware of social problems
Progressive reformers were mainly men and women from the
Middle class
All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives except
Opposition to prohibition
When Upton Sinclair wrote the jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the
Plight of workers in the stockyards and meat packaging industry
The two key goals pursued by progressives were to curb the threats posed by_____ on the one hand and_____ on the other.
Trusts; Socialists
Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled "the shame of the cities"
Unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government
Passage of the federal meat inspection act was facilitated by the publication of
Upton Sinclair's the jungle
As president, William Howard Taft
Was wedded more to the status quo than to change
The Muckrakers signified much about the nature of the progressive reform movement because they
Sought not to overthrow capitalism but to cleanse it with democratic controls
The Supreme Court's rule of reason and restraint of trade cases was handed down in a case involving
Standard oil
The Elkins and Hepburn ask dealt with the subject of
Railroad regulation
According to the progressives, the cure for American democracy's ills was
More democracy
During his presidency Theodore Roosevelt did all of the following except
Aid the cause of the environment
Theodore Roosevelt weekend himself politically after his election in 1904 when he
Announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president
The panic of 1907 stimulated reform in
Banking policy
As a part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following except
Control of labor
The idea of multiple use resource management included all of the following practices except
Damming of rivers
The case of Lochner v New York represented a setback for progressive's in labor at the kids because the Supreme Court in its ruling
Declared a law limiting work to 10 hours a day unconstitutional
The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both the 17th and 18th amendments added to the Constitution. The 17th called for _____ and the 18th called for _____
Direct election of US senators; prohibition
Political progressivism
Emerged in both major parties, and all regions, at all levels of government
In Muller v Oregon, The Supreme Court upheld the principal promoted by progressive like Florence Kelly and Louis Brandeis that
Female workers required special rules and protection on the job
The real purpose of Theodore Roosevelt assult on trusts was to
Prove that the government, not private business, ruled the country
Pres. Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of
Regulating trusts
To regain the power that the people had lost to the interest, Progressives advocated all the following except
Socialism
Pres. Taft's foreign-policy was dubbed
The good neighbor policy
One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was that
The national government did not automatically side with the owners in the dispute
Theodore Roosevelt hope to in the 19 oh 12 strike in the anthracite coal mines by
Threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops
