US history- The Progressive Movement
How did Woodrow Wilson gain a solid reputation as a progressive?
He enacted many progressive reforms as Governor of New Jersey.
How did Wilson attempt to prompt American businesses to become more efficient and competitive in the global market?
He lowered the tariff on imported goods by 30%.
What three political reforms did progressive push for in state legislatures to make elected officials more responsive to voters?
Initiative, referendum, recall
What event in 1914 triggered the "Spark" of World War I
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
What was the purpose of the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902?
To irrigate and develop Western lands for businesses and habitation
What was the purpose of the Espionage and the Sedition Acts?
To prevent spying and curtail criticism of the government.
What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids?
To seize and deport immigrant anarchist
What was the Red Scare?
Fear of Communists seizing control of America.
What were three of the main ideas in Wilson's Fourteen Points?
Free trade, open diplomacy, self-determination, league of nations.
What was the significance of Taft signing the Payne-Aldrich Tarrif into law?
Many progressives felt betrayed and turned against him.
Journalism who exposed corruption and terrible social conditions were called.
Muckrakers
The desire to promote one's country's culture and interests above all other nations is called.
Nationalism
What event prompted Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act in 1906?
Publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
How were women eventually granted the right to vote?
Ratification of the 19th amendment
What was progressivism?
Set of responses to the problems caused by industrialization.
What was the Zimmerman telegram?
Telegram to Mexico from Germany wanting them to start a war with the U.S.
One important provision in the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913 that affected individuals directly was.
The institution of an income tax on individual earnings.
What was the final German act that caused the United States to declare war on Germany?
The sinking of 6 ship by Germany.
Who was Roosevelt's desired successor to the presidency during the 1908 election?
William Howard Taft
What was the primary 'concern of female progressive?
Women's suffrage
What happened as a result of the American annexation of the Philippines.
The Filipinos rebelled.
Secretary of State John Hay promoted...., in which all nations agreed to let the others trade with China.
The Open Door Policy.
Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies became known as.
The Square Deal
Advancements in technology led to what new theater of battle?
The air, with dogfights between airplanes.
Why did Congress pass the Selective Service Act?
To draft Americans into the armed forces.