Chapter 2- The Gilded Age/ Progressivism

Question 1

Old Immingrants

Answer 1

Those who came before 1890. Mainly from Northern and Western Europe

Question 2

New Immigrants

Answer 2

Those who came after 1890.

Mainly from Southern and Eastern Europe

Question 3

16th amendment

Answer 3

Graduated income tax

Question 4

17th amendment

Answer 4

Direct election of senators

Question 5

18th amendment

Answer 5

Banned alcohol

Question 6

19th amendment

Answer 6

Women’s suffrage

Question 7

Four goals of progressivism:

Answer 7

1) Protecting social welfare
2) Promoting moral improvement
3) Creating economic reform
4) Fostering efficiency in the gov’t

Question 8

Why did the Gilded Age get it’s name?

Answer 8

Because like something covered in fake gold, during this time period America looked great and prosperous on the outside, but there were some real issues on the inside

Question 9

Sherman Antitrust Act

Answer 9

Made it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or with other countries. Didn’t work because the wore “trust” wasn’t defined so the gov’t stopped trying to enforce it

Question 10

Clayton Antitrust Act

Answer 10

Sought to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act; prohibited corporations from acquiring the stock of another if doing so would create a monopoly. If a company violated the law its officers could be persecuted

Question 11

Pure Food and Drug Act

Answer 11

No false labeling of food or drugs

Question 12

Meat Inspection Act

Answer 12

Provided supervision of meat packing and federal inspection

Question 13

Progressivism

Answer 13

A movement to improve American life by expanding democracy and achieving economic and social success

Question 14

What problems developed in America due to industrialization

Answer 14

The wages and working conditions were bad leading to violent strikes

Question 15

Significance of Payne-Aldrich Tariff

Answer 15

First instant where Taft abused the progressives. He had promised to lower tariffs, but by signing this he doubled them

Question 16

What book did Upton Sinclair write and what was it’s significance

Answer 16

The Jungle it was supposed to point out the problems with the working conditions, but it actually pointed out all the unhealthy issues with the food

Question 17

What were muckrakers

Answer 17

Reporters, authors, and critics who sought to expose the evils and injustices of the Industrial Age

Question 18

Initiative

Answer 18

A bill organized by the people rather than lawmakers on the ballot.

Question 19

Referendum

Answer 19

A vote on the initiative by the voters instead of the legislature.

Question 20

Recall

Answer 20

Enabled voters to remove public officials from elected position by forcing them to face another election before the end of their term if voters asked for it

Question 21

Jane Addams

Answer 21

Settlement House Movement // Hull House