Chapter 18 Flashcards
What was the goal of the city manager form of government
Government efficiency
What’s furthered direct democracy
The secret ballot
direct primaries
referendums
Why did progressives support prohibition
They wanted to reduce crime and poverty
What team did Theodore Roosevelt adopt during his first campaign
Square deal
What was the subject of the jungle
Meatpacking
What was most significant about the coal miners strike of 1902
The federal government acted as a mediator
Do you don’t Rosevelt crusaded for what causes
Conservation
trust busting
the Panama Canal
American leaders were afraid to grant the Philippines independence to quickly because
Feared that another country would take over the Philippines
What phrase is most closely associated with the Roosevelt corollary
International policeman
What American action was least popular in Japan
Treaty of portsmouth
What popular reform took place during taffs administration
Limitation of speaker of the house
What action resulted in a final split between Taft and Roosevelt
Antitrust suit against US steel
What progressive ran on a platform called new nationalism in 1912
Theodore Roosevelt
Why did Congress passes first income tax in 1913
Loss of tariff revenues
What reform measure has been called the Magna Carta of labor
The Clayton antitrust act
What was the most significant agricultural advance during the progressive era
Tractor
Progressive education emphasized what?
Experience
Which of the following progressive assumptions is correct
Man has a duty to help the poor
What is a popular term for breaking up monopolies?
Trust busting
What term refers to progressive writers who expose abuse and corruption
Muckrakers
What is the name for laws in the south that segregated the races
Jim Crow laws
Who perfected the assembly-line method of production
Henry Ford
