U.S. History Chapter 17 Guided Reading

Niagara Movement

A group that denounced the idea of gradual racial progress and condemned the notion of teaching only trade skills

Jacob Riis

A photographer that took photos of tenement buildings in which the urban poor lived in the late 1800s

Social Gospel

Blended ideas from German socialism and American Progressivism into a plan for building a better society

Theodore Roosevelt supported powerful corporations that

Did business fairly

In the 1912 presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt ran as the candidate of the New Nationalism Party

False

The Pure Food and Drug Act required federal inspection of meat-processing plants

False

Florence Kelley

Formed the Women's Trade Union League to push for laws that would benefit women working in factories

Which woman founded the National Association of Colored Women to help African American families and those who were less fortunate?

Ida B. Wells

Temperance movement

The campaign to promote the practice of never drinking alcohol

What social problem did Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" describe?

The living and working conditions in Chicago's stockyards

Americanization

The process of encouraging immigrants to follow white, middle-class ways of life

Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States when William McKinley was assassinated

True

Jane Addams

A leading figure in the settlement house movement

Urban League

A network of organizations dedicated to helping African Americans in the cities

Referendum

Allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature

W.E.B. Du Bois

An African American leader who encouraged African Americans to demand immediate recognition of their rights; opposed Washington

Booker T. Washington

An African American leader who supported a slow move toward racial progress

Direct primary

An election in which citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections

W.E.B. Du Bois was an outspoken critic of

Booker T. Washington

Under President William Howard Taft, the federal government

Brought lawsuits against many corporations

FTC

Established to monitor business practices that might lead to monopoly

The concept of "rational use" suggested that

Forests be preserved for public use

Alice Paul

Founded the National Women's Party, which used public protest marches to demand the right to vote

Sixteenth Amendment

Gave Congress the power to create an income tax

Mutualistas

Groups that made loans and provided legal assistance to Mexican Americans

NCL

Identified products made under healthful working conditions and encouraged women to buy these products

Which group formed the Anti-Defamation League to defend itself against verbal attacks and false statements?

Jewish Americans

Muckrakers

Journalists, such as Upton Sinclair, that reported on the hazardous conditions in factories and cities during the Progressive Era

The 1903 Muller v. Oregon decision upheld

Limited work hours for women

A 1913 California law forced Japanese Americans to

Sell their land

Woodrow Wilson

Sent federal troops to break up the miner's strike in Ludlow

New Freedom

Set out President Woodrow Wilson's plan for government in the United States

Clayton Antitrust Act

Spelled out activities in which businesses could not engage

Nineteenth Amendment

Stated that the right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex"

The NWP and the NAWSA primarily differed in their

Strategies

Which event led to the formation of the NAACP?

The 1908 Springfield riot

Which party did Woodrow Wilson represent in the 1912 presidential election?

The Democratic Party

Why did the United States banking system need to be reformed in the early 1900s?

The nation had no central authority to supervise banks

Suffrage

The right to vote

President Theodore Roosevelt promoted a program called the Square Deal to protect the interests of small business owners and the poor

True

The Hepburn Act gave the government the authority to set and limit shipping costs

True

The work of naturalist John Muir led Congress to establish Yosemite National Park in 1890

True

Which reform resulted from the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

Workers' compensation laws

President Wilson pushed for the passage of the Adamson Act to

Prevent a nationwide railroad strike

Industrial workers often labored

With unsafe machinery

Which reform did the Nineteenth Amendment enact?

Women's suffrage

Wilson tried to protect workers by

Lowering import tariffs

Federal Reserve Act

Placed national banks under the control of a central authority

Many Progressive reformers targeted city officials who built corrupt organizations called

Political machines

The National Reclamation Act directly affected the management of which natural resource?

Water