APUSH Chapter 29

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In the early 1900s, critics of social injustice included

-socialists -feminists -journalists

Of the following legistlation aimed at resource conservation, the only one associated with Theodore Roosevelt's presidency was the

Newlands Act

While, president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform proposals as the

Square Deal

The panic of 1907 stimulated reform in _____ policy

banking

As 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 progressives and labor advocates because the supreme court in its ruling

declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional

The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both 17th and 18th amendments added to the Constitution. The 17th called for ______ and the 18th called for _________.

direct election of US senators; prohibition

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

dollar diplomacy

Political progressivism

emerged in both major parties, in all regions, at all levels of government

According to the text, Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring, tangible achievement may have been

his efforts supporting the environment

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-packing industry

The real purpose of Theodore Roosevelt's assault on trusts was to

prove that the government, not private business, ruled the country

The Elkins and Hepburn acts dealt with the subject of

railroad regulations

The muckrakers signified much about the nature of the progressive reform movement because they

sought not to overthrow capitialism but to cleanse it with democratic control

One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was that

the national governemnt did not automatically side with the owners in the dispute

Generally, progressives believed that there was too much

-political corruption -business monopoly -social injustice

Progressives usually supported such political reform proposals as

-the initiative, referendum, and recall -The Australian Ballot -woman suffrage -direct election of senators -campaign spending controls

Theodore Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

William H. Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies

While president, Theodore Roosevelt

greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency

President Theodore Roosevelt branded reporters who tried to uncover injustice as "muckrakers" because

he was annoyed by their excessive zeal

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

According to progressives, the cure for American democracy's ills was

more democracy

The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to pass

safety regulations and workmen's compensation laws for job injuries

To regain the power that the people had lost to the "interests" progressives advocated all of the following except:

socialism

As president, William Howard Taft

was wedded more to the status quo than to change

Theodore Roosevelt believed that trusts

were here to stay with their efficient means of production

The Supreme Court's rule of reason" in restraint of trade cases was handed down in a case involving

Standard Oil

Which of the following was NOT among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement

ending special regulations governing women in the workplace

In Muller vs Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives like Florence Kelly and Louis Brandeis that

female workers required special rules and protection on the job

Progressive reform at the level of city government seemed to indicate that the progressives' highest priority was

government efficiency

President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ____ trust.

regulating

Progressivism

supported many reforms advocated by feminists

During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt did all of the following EXCEPT

tame capitalism

Progressives who were among the strongest critics of injustice in early-twentieth-century America, received much of their inspiration from

the Greenback Labor part and the Populists

The progressive inspired city manager system of government

was designed to remove politics from municipal adminstration

Match each late 19th century social critic with the target of his criticism

Thorstein Veblen - conspicuous consumption; Jack London - destruction of nature; Jacob Riis - slum conditions; Henry Demarest Lloyd - bloated trusts

Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was faciliated by the publication of

Upton Sinclairs's The Jungle

Theodore Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because

William H Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt's policies

President Taft's foreign policy was dubbed

Dollar Diplomacy

Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as

a middle of the road politician

Theodore Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he

announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president

Theodore Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by

threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops

The two key goals pursue 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

As one progressive explained, the "real heart' of the progressive movement was to

use the government as an agency of human welfare


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