History Unit 3
actively worked to fix problems
Activist
informed others of problems
Analyst
He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He was also the co-author, with his wife, of The Rise of American Civilization (1927), which had a major influence on American historians. An icon of the progressive school of historical interpretation
Charles Beard
True/False: Booker T. Washington, who was an early Civil Rights leader of African-Americans believed Blacks should demand equality now by rejecting the notion of accommodation.
False
True/False: George Wearing, George W. Plunkitt and Jacob Riis would ALL be considered progressives
False
True/False: In America during the 21st Century, the Republican Party will traditionally support increases in the federal minimum wage.
False
True/False: In America today, there is little if any governmental regulation in the workplace
False
True/False: Jacob Riis wrote the "Jungle"; in it he exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
False
True/False: Progressive activists were much more important than progressive analysts because they actually did something to reform society for the better, whereas analysts didn't actually do anything about the problems of industrialization & urbanization.
False
True/False: TR became known as the "Trust Buster" during the United Miners Coal strike of 1902.
False
True/False: TR decided to run for President again in 1912 because he thought Taft was stealing his glory as a progressive president.
False
True/False: TR was shot by John Schrank in Milwaukee because of his support for the Woman's Suffrage Movement
False
True/False: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009 could be described effectively as a politically corrupt act passed by Congress and signed by President Obama
False
True/False: The Underwood Tariff, passed in 1913, raised tariff rates to their highest levels in American History.
False
True/False: The number of mergers, which led to Trusts in America declined during TR's "The Trust Buster" administration, but then increased again during Pres. Taft's administration.
False
True/False: The owners(Blank & Harris) of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company were charged and convicted of manslaughter after the fire which resulted in the deaths of 146 of their workers.
False
True/False: The progressives, during this period in American History were successful in solving All the problems of industrialization and urbanization.
False
True/False: The rural population in America increased at much higher rate than city populations between the years 1870-1920
False
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were progressive presidents, but William H. Taft was not
False
True/False: There is no need to reform our society any more because all the changes that could make our society better have already been done.
False
She was the general of the National Consumers League, she worked to force the government to outlaw child labor in America.
Florence Kelley
He was a machine political graft which kept many of the working poor in the slums with few rights to make their lives better.
George Washington Plunkitt
Early leader in the civil rights movement who worked to put an end to lynching in America
Ida B. Wells
American journalist whose investigative reporting led to the breakup of the Standard Oil Company's monopoly. Her father's been destroyed by them.
Ida Tarbell
Author of "How the Other Half Lives" who described the lives of the working poor in America and illustrated the book with pictures taken using his flash photography
Jacob Riis
Opened a community center called Hull House in which neighborhood residents could learn to speak English, learn U.S. politics, and it even contained a day nursery.
Jane Adams
Reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform in the United States. He started "Education is fundamental."
John Dewey
In the case of Muller vs. Oregon, her testimony was instrumental in showing that long work hours damaged the health of women.
Josephine Goldmark
Author of "Dynamic Sociology" he tried to research and show that the notion of Social Darwinism was destroying America. His ideas ended up being called Reform Darwinism.
Lester Ward
Used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States
Lewis Hine
She went to battle against Goodyear Tire Company because they paid her less for doing the same job that they paid male workers.
Lilly Ledbetter
New York nurse who launched a drive to inform women about ways they could prevent pregnancy (birth control)
Margaret Sanger
Superintendent of Kenosha schools who worked relentlessly to get children out of the factories and into schools.
Mary Bradford
Wrote extensively about how scholars ignored the contributions of women in history
Mary Ritter Beard
What message is this the author of this cartoon trying to send to the reader?
NIKE's outsourcing has led to child labor in foreign countries
people trying to reform society for the better
Progressives
The fiery reform Governor of Wisconsin who promoted "The Wisconsin Idea" which was created by the state's progressives.
Robert La Follette
The largest political machine in the United States at the turn of the 20th Century, it was located in New York.
Tammany Hall
Which class of people in America did many of the reformers from the Progressive Era come from?
The Middle Class
He was the 1st Progressive President in the United States, and he came to be known as the "Trust Buster" and the "Square Deal."
Theodore Roosevelt
True/False: At the turn of the 20th century, many American children worked a regular job instead of attending school. About 20% of all children worked.
True
True/False: In the Election of 1912, The Republican Party supported high tariffs which was a pro big business (protectionist) policy.
True
True/False: Many of the problems in our growing American cities by the end of the 19th Century revolved around the issues of Industrialization & Urbanization.
True
True/False: Nativists believed that immigration laws should restrict the number of Roman Catholics, and immigrants from Eastern European Countries from entering the country. Many Americans concluded that immigrants from these countries lacked the intelligence and motivation supposedly held by northwestern Europeans.
True
True/False: Political Machines and the "graft" they brought, were an example of the problems in our country which expanded because of the urbanization of America
True
True/False: President Woodrow Wilson pushed congress to pass the Clayton Antitrust Act, which made corporate officers personally responsible for violations of antitrust laws. This was part of his "New Freedoms" Program.
True
True/False: Progressive reformers like George Wearing & Jacob Riis generally came from the middle class
True
True/False: Roosevelt argued that if we needed big business in America; we then needed bigger government to regulate the large businesses. In 1912, this idea became known as New Nationalism.
True
True/False: Socialist like Eugene Debs, argued that capitalism itself was the main reason workers suffered so much in America
True
True/False: Sweatshops are banned by law in America. Today we have laws that protect worker rights. Workers earning a minimum wage is an example of one of those protections.
True
True/False: The Triangle Shirtwaist fire of March 25, 1911 helped to illustrate many of the problems of an increasingly industrialized America
True
True/False: The result of TR bolting from the Republican Party during the 1912 election was the Democrat Woodrow Wilson being elected President
True
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt believed if we were going to have big business then we would need bigger government to act as a restraint and regulate the excesses of capitalism.
True
True/False: Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb was one of the factors which led to the urbanization of America.
True
True/False: When Woodrow Wilson was elected Governor of New Jersey, he declared his independence from the political machine, and attempted to transform the State with clean politics. In fact, his slogan was, "It Takes Time to Remove the Grime."
True
True/False: When a Hurricane made landfall in the city of Galveston, Texas 6,000 people were killed. However, the tragedy became a premier example of how a city could strip the power of machine bosses and return it to their people.
True
Author of the "Jungle" which exposed the unsanitary conditions in the Chicago meat packing industry.
Upton Sinclair
He was a minister who believed the cause of many social ills was from lack of faith
Walter Rauschenbusch
He was a reform minded American President who established the 'Children's Bureau' which dealt with issues like child labor in the United States. He destroyed twice as many trusts as TR did.
William Howard Taft
Which of the following factors contributed to the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Building in New York City on March 25, 1911?
all of the following factors contributed to this tragedy
