Chapter 21 Progressive Era Flashcards
T or F: The phrase “Square Deal” is associated with Theodore Roosevelt.
True
Contrary to his party’s tradition, President Taft called for:
a lower tariff
T or F: One of Taft’s major issues became his support for high tariffs.
False
Of the four presidential candidates in 1912, the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was:
Eugene Debs.
President Taft’s domestic policies generated a storm of controversy:
within his own party.
At the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911:
workers died as a result of a fire.
The National Child Labor Committee pushed:
for laws banning the widespread employment of young children.
T or F: The popular election of senators required a constitutional amendment.
True
WCTU:
stood for Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
The originator of the “Wisconsin idea” of efficient government was:
Robert M. La Follette.
The title of the novel that described the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry was:
The Jungle.
Who stated, “most of us in the North do not believe in any real Democracy between white and colored men.”
Ray Stannard Baker
T or F: Woodrow Wilson was a minister’s son who grew up in the South.
True
The Underwood-Simmons Tariff:
lowered the average tariff and hence was supported by Wilson.
Who wrote articles for the best-selling McClure’s magazine?
Lincoln Steffens
T or F: Progressives generally believed government should not interfere with big business.
False
T or F: Theodore Roosevelt gave muckrakers their name.
True
The muckrakers saw their primary objective as:
exposing social problems to the public.
In 1900, approximately how many Americans lived in desperate poverty?
10 million
As president, Taft:
opened more public lands in four years than Roosevelt had marked for conservation in nearly eight.
T or F: Socialism was an antecedent to progressivism.
True
During the 1908 presidential race:
the Democrats once again nominated William Jennings Bryan.
The first place in the United States to extend equal voting to women was:
the Wyoming Territory.
Jane Addams, founder of the settlement house movement, stated:
progressive reformers reflected their “yearning sense of justice and compassion.”
During the presidential election of 1912, William Howard Taft:
was the Republican candidate.
A major factor in Woodrow Wilson’s victory in the 1912 presidential campaign was the fact that:
the Republican party had split in two.
Which of the following best describes the method used by most progressives to solve the problem of economic power and its abuses?
regulate big business
