history 1302 chapter 18
President Theodore Roosevelt
believed the president should be an honest broker in labor disputes.
what progressive-era issue became a crossroads where the paths of labor radicals, cultural modernists and feminist intersected
birth control
Margaret Sanger was a
birth control advocate
the triangle shirtwaist fire
brought in its wake much-needed safety legislation
Founder of the Society of American Indians, Carlos Montezuma:
demanded that american indians be left alone in order to be independent
the term "fordism"
describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption
The battle for free speech among workers in the early twentieth century:
was led by the industrial workers of the world
maternalist reform
was supported by both feminists and more traditional women
Nickelodeons
were motion-picture theaters with a five-cent admission charge
Who was NOT a candidate in the 1912 presidential election?
william Jennings Bryan
In the early twentieth century, angel island in san francisco bay became known as the " Ellis Island of the West" and served as the main entry point for immigrants from:
Japan
Which person was a Supreme Court justice and a Progressive reformer who advocated for the labor movement?
Louis Brandeis
all of the following people were "muckrakers" Except:
Samuel Gompers
The Progressive presidents were:
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Eugene V. Debs was:
a Socialist candidate for president.
Vaudeville
a form of live entertainment
1 During the Progressive era:
1 urban development highlighted social inequalities
2 During the Progressive era:
2 commerical framing grew
3 During the Progressive era:
3 new immigration from southern and eastern Europe reached its peak.
Which was the Ellis Island of the West?
Angel Island
By 1912, the Socialist Party:
had elected scores of local officials
Birds of passage were
immigrants who planned on returning to their homeland
After 1900, the campaign for women's suffrage:
included both middle- and working-class women
all of the following measures expanded democracy during the Progressive era EXCEPT:
literacy tests and residency requirements
Most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century:
lived in close knit communities
the progressive movement drew its strength from
middle-class reformers
newspaper and magazine writers who exposed the ills of industrial and urban life, fueling the Progressive movement, were known as
muckrakers
in the early twentieth century, the socialist party advocated for all of the following except:
national health insurance
a frank acceptance of the benefits of bigness, coupled with the intervention of government to counteract its abuses, best describes the philosophy behind:
new nationalism
which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Progressive reformers?
progressive pursued radical alternatives to capitalism
Progressive governor of Wisconsin, Robert La Follette, instituted all of the following reforms EXCEPT:
promising lower taxes and less government interference
the new nationalism and new freedom differed on the issue of:
regulatong versus trust- busting
To create national parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier, the federal government:
removed indians who hunted and fished on these lands
A worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a
scab
the program that sought to streamline production and boost profits by systematically controlling costs and work practices was called:
scientific management
All of the following statements about Jane Addams and Hull House are true EXCEPT:
she believed that immigrant women primarily needed union protection
As a Progressive president, Woodrow Wilson:
signed into law the Keating-Owen Act
why did workers experience the introduction of scientific management as a loss of freedom
skilled workers under scientific management had to obey very detailed instructions
feminism
sought to attack the traditional roles of sexual behavior for women
all of the following statements about mass consumption in the early twentieth century are true EXCEPT:
southerners fully participated in the mass consumption society
As a Progressive president, Theodore Roosevelt:
supported the conservation movement
which statement about the American Federation of Labor in the early twentieth century is FALSE
the AFL established pension plans for long term workers
Progressive era immigration was part of a large process of world wide migration set in motion by all of the following forces EXCEPT:
the annexation of the philippines
what brought a new wave of sympathy for plight women in the garment industry in Lawrence, Massachusetts
the appearance of malnourished children evacuated from Lawrence shocked the public
which statement about the textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 is FALSE
the striker asked the american federation of labor for assistance
Charlotte Perkins Gilman claimed that the road to women's freedom lay through:
the workplace
Who used the Sherman Antitrust Act to dissolve J. P. Morgan's Northern Securities Company?
theodore roosevelt
all of the following statements about urban progressive are true EXCEPT:
they worked with political machines
which of the following social groups was NOT heavily involved in the Progressive movement
unskilled immigrant workers
The writer whose work encouraged the passage of the Meat Inspection Act was:
upton sinclair
In 1912, New Freedom:
was Woodrow Wilson's campaign pledge that government should renew economic competition with less government intervention
the Ludlow Massacre was a tragic confrontation between
colorado mine workers and militia
the sixteenth amendment
authorized Congress to implement a graduated income tax.
Electoral reform during the Progressive era:
actually limited many Americans' right to vote.
the industrial workers of the world
advocated a workers' revolution
Jane Addams
advocated for the working poor
the new concepts of a "living wage" and the "american standard of living"
allowed for criticism of the inequalities of wealth and power
in Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court
argued that women were too weak to work long hours
The word "Progressivism" came into common use around 1910:
as a way of describing a loosely defined political movement
which of the following regions did people NOT migrate to in large numbers between 1840 and 1914
china
which institution became a pillar of stability for the immigrants as they settled into the communities in american cities
church
the painters who were part of the ashcan school created their art on
city life
A cause not widely championed by Progressives was:
civil rights for blacks
Asian and Mexican immigrants in the early twentieth century:
clustered in the west as agricultural workers
4 during the progessive era:
growing numbers of native born white women worked in office