The Progressive Era - Chapter 22

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what gave Congress the power to tax people's income

16th amendment

What amendment provided for the direct election of senators?

17th

What amendment made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol?

18th

What constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?

19th

What group feared that the increase in Catholic immigrants threatened the American way of life?

American Protective Association

_____ headed the Democratic political machine in New York City during the 1860s and 1870s

Boss Tweed

Helped organize women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

American Socialist Party leader

Eugene V. Debs

True of False: Suffragists were women who fought in the war.

False

True or False: Ida Tarbell was a muckraker journalist who described the fair practices of the oil industry.

False

True or False: Temperance is drinking alcohol after midnight.

False

What legislation regulated banking?

Federal Reserve Act

How did President Theodore Roosevelt give in to anti-Japanese feelings in American?

He negotiated the Gentleman's Agreement with Japan

_____ was a journalist who started a national effort to stop lynching.

Ida B. Wells

What required the railroads to charge "reasonable and just" rates?

Interstate Commerce Act

President _____ was assassinated by an unsuccessful job seeker.

James Garfield

who worked with disadvantaged people and became a pioneer in the field of social work?

Jane Addams

Which terror group targeted minorities, including Catholics, Jews, Immigrants, and African Americans?

KKK

Two woman suffrage associations merged in 1890 to form the

National Women Suffrage Association

What was a popular term for an up-to-date woman who pursued interests outside of the home at the turn of the twentieth century?

New woman

Which 1883 law established the Civil Service Commission?

Pendleton Act

In the late 1800s, who controlled many local city governments?

Political machines

Why was Theodore Roosevelt unhappy with President Taft?

Roosevelt was upset that Taft twisted around Roosevelt's policies

What did Theodore Roosevelt use to file lawsuits against corporations?

Sherman Antitrust Act

Why did Booker T. Washington believe that African Americans needed more economic power?

So they would be able to win social equality and civil rights

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the ______ legalized segregation

Supreme Court

What is one way that aid groups helped Mexican Americans?

They provided insurance and legal help

Why did more than 100,00 members of the United Mine Workers go on strike?

They wanted better pay and and 8 hour work day

True or False: In each political district of a city, the political boss controlled the jobs and services.

True

True or False: Initially, President Wilson refused to support women's vote, but he changed his mind later on during his presidency.

True

True or False: prohibition is the passing of laws to prohibit the making or selling of alcohol in the US

True

Many Americans believed ____ had too much control over the economy and government?

Trusts

What happened after William Tweed's corruption ring was exposed by Thomas Nast's political cartoons?

Tweed was sent to prison

Whose book led Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act?

Upton Sinclair

What organization encouraged working women to form women's labor union?

Women's Trade Union League

What did Theodore Roosevelt promise the Americans people in his run for the Presidency in 1904?

a square deal

Process of resolving disputes by agreeing to accept the decision of a neutral party

arbitration

In what type of Mexican neighborhood did mutualistas work to address overcrowding and poor public services?

barrio

In addition to the railroad monopoly, name three other industries' trusts that President Roosevelt targeted

beef, oil and tobacco

How did muckrakers such as Ida Tarbell let the public know about corrupt practices?

by writing newspaper and magazine articles

What was the focus of Lincoln Steffan's investigations?

corrupt machine politics in New York and other cities

What is unequal treatment that is based on race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth?

discrimination

True or False: President Theodore Roosevelt favored big business and was against regulation of business and other progressive reforms

false

How did Theodore Roosevelt first become President?

he succeeded William McKinley after McKinley was assassinated

What did Progressives believe about income taxes?

income taxes were more fair than other taxes

Mexican American Aid group

mutualista

A few large companies that control prices for an entire industry

oligopoly

What did President Roosevelt want to do with trusts?

regulate trusts

Elected leaders give rewards to their political supporters under which system?

spoils system

What hurt both Taft and Roosevelt in the 1912 presidential election?

the split in the Republican Party

What is the best definition of the term laissez-faire?

to let the people do as they chose

Why was the National Negro Business League founded?

to promote business development among African Americans

What was the purpose of the Women's Christian Temperance Union?

to urge people to stop drinking


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