chapter 20 apush brinkley
during the progressive era, the "new woman" was a product of
all these answers are correct
While progressivism has many meanings it tended to be based on the central assumption that
american society was capable of improvement
The term "muckrakers" referred to
journalists
uptown sinclair's 1906 novel, the jungle, encouraged the federal government to regulate the
meatpacking industry
the initiative and referendum were progressive-era political reforms primarily designed to weaken the power of
state legislatures
the supreme court, in two rulings related to the 1916 keating-owen act,
struck down reform legislation
during the progressive era, significant voting rights for women were first won in
the far west
the 1916 keating-owen act was the first federal law regulating
child labor
the federal reserve act
created a new type of paper currency
the 1913 underwood-simmons tariff
was intended to weaken the power of business trusts
The Sierra Club was founded by
John Muir
As an environmental conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt
added extensive areas of land to the national forest system
During the early twentieth century, the Industrial Workers of the World
advocated a single union for all worked
World War I hurt the socialist movement in the United States
because the war generated anti-radical feelings in the country
at the turn of the 20th century, progressive activists
believed in the importance of social cohesion
the federal trade commission act
created an agency to determine whether business practices were acceptable to the government
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the "social gospel" was
chiefly concerned with redeeming the nation's cities
At the turn of the twentieth century, the leaders of the settlement house movement
directed their attention to improving urban living conditions
During the progressive era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was
eugene v debs
in 1910, in osawatomie, kansas, theodore roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for
greater activism by the federal government
during the progressive era, the women's club movement
had a national organization to coordinate club activities
During Theodore Roosevelt's first three years as president,
he desired to win for government the right to investigate corporate activities
All of the following legislation was passed during Theodore Roosevelt's administration EXCEPT the
interstate commerce act
many progressives, such as lincoln steffers, beloved that the first target of reform should be
municipal governments
during the progressive era, important vehicles for social reform included
new york's tammany hall
during the progressive era, clubs for african american women
often took anti-lynching and anti-segregation positions
in the 1902 strike by the united mine workers, president theodore roosevelt
ordered federal arbitration
in 1913, to offset the loss of revenues from other legislation, congress
passed a graduated income tax
The recall and the direct primary were progressive-era political reforms designed to weaken
political parties
during the progressive era, w.e.b. du bois asserted all of the following EXCEPT that
seeking legal challenges to civil injustice through white-dominated courts was a pointless exercise
In his political program known as the "New Freedom," Woodrow Wilson believed trusts
should be destroyed
the settlement house movement of the early 20th century helped spawn the profession of
social work
Regarding women and the professions during the Progressive Era,
social work was generally thought to be an appropriate career for women
In the aftermath of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City,
strict regulations were imposed on factory owners
For western states, the most important target of reform energies was
the federal government, because it exerted great power in the western states
the 1913 republican convention was an ideological contest between
the old guard and what was to become the "bull moose"
Prior to the adoption of the secret ballot, voter ballots were printed and distributed by
the political parties
in 1904, ida tarbell published a highly critical study on
the standard oil trust
during the progressive era, opponents of political reform generally included many members of all of the following EXCEPT
the urban middle class
which statement regarding the controversy over hetch hetchy valley is FALSE?
theodore roosevelt led the fight in favor of building a dam at hetch hetchy
In the election of 1908, William Howard Taft
was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him
the temperance crusade
was supported by business employers.
the Women's Christian Temperance Union
was, at one time, the largest women's organization in American history
a distinctive characteristic of women in professional work during the progressive era was that
women were concentrated in the "helping" professions
