CH 9

Question 1

Bull Moose Party

Answer 1

nickname for the Progressive party, formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1912

Question 2

Four Themes of the Progressive Era

Answer 2

America at a crossroads, major reforms were made, Industrialization did NOT help everyone, and there were big problems in gov

Question 3

How did the progressive movement effect women?

Answer 3

Woman could vote, woman recieved better working conditions, and after world war one they took over the masculine jobs with ease, displaying higher respect from the nation

Question 4

What was Teddy’s role as a trust buster?

Answer 4

He started filing suits under the Sherman Anti Trust Act and monopolies were disappearing

Question 5

How did Teddy change the role of President in USA?

Answer 5

HIs leadership and publicity campaigns made him different from past leaders

Question 5

What happens to the Republican party with Taft?

Answer 5

They were split between progressives and conservatives.

Question 6

19th Amendment

Answer 6

women can vote

Question 7

Was Taft conservative or progressive?

Answer 7

conservative

Question 8

What does “there were big problems in gov” refer to?

Answer 8

Cries for progressive presidents and as a progressive leader you have break trust bonds, corruption, and anarchists :/

Question 9

What does “Major reforms were made” refer to?

Answer 9

Adjusting and making laws around the industrial revolution

Question 10

What were the goals of the progressive movement?

Answer 10

-protect social welfare -promote moral improvement -create economic reform -foster efficiency

Question 11

What was the suffrage movement like under Wilson’s presidency?

Answer 11

He was not interested in supporting the women but after a plethora of protests women finally had the right to vote

Question 12

Taft

Answer 12

A conservative republican president

Question 13

How were big businesses forced to change?

Answer 13

People were writing about an uneven balance among big business, gov, and ordinary people. There were strikes over better working conditions rose. Unions were built for socialism!

Question 15

What were some of Teddy’s reforms/ conservation efforts?

Answer 15

He started the Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, and set aside millions of acres aside for reservation

Question 15

Federal Reserve System

Answer 15

national banking system that controls the US money supply and availability of credit in the country

Question 17

Roosevelt

Answer 17

A progressive republican president

Question 18

What does “America at a crossroads” refer to?

Answer 18

Part of the country wants to modernize (progress) and the other part wants to stay the same (conserve)

Question 19

T OR F? This was a united movement for reform

Answer 19

false

Question 20

Wilson

Answer 20

A democratic president who promoted his “New Freedom”

Question 21

17th Amendment

Answer 21

Citizens could vote for their two senators per state

Question 22

Did Wilson help Civil Rights?

Answer 22

No, he said he would but then left it under State control and appointed his cabinet full of white southerners increasing the amount of segregation.

Question 23

Suffrage

Answer 23

the right to vote

Question 24

Prohibition

Answer 24

Period between 1920-23 the banned the sale and manufacturing of alcohol

Question 25

Was Wilson progressive or conservation?

Answer 25

progressive

Question 26

During the next election, why are the democrats able to win?

Answer 26

Because there was so much argumenting in the Republican Party

Question 27

muckraker

Answer 27

one of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of big business and public life

Question 28

NAACP

Answer 28

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- organization for full racial equaility

Question 29

What impact did progressive reform have on minorities?

Answer 29

Not much at all