Chapter 28 Test 12.30.15 Flashcards
The political roots of the progressive movement lay in the
the Greenback Labor Party and the Populists
Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled “The Shame of the Cities,”
unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government
Female progressives often justified their reformist political activities on the basis of
their being essentially an extension of women’s traditional roles as wives and mothers
The muckrakers signified much about the nature of the progressive reform movement because they
counted on drastic political change to fight social wrongs
The leading progressive organization advocating proibition of liquor was
the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progresive attack on social ills was
make the public aware of social problems
Match each early twentith-century muckraker below with the target of his or her expose.
A. David G. Phillips 1. the United States Senate
B. Ida Tarbell 2. the Standard Oil Company
C. Lincoln Steffens 3. city governments
D. Ray Stannard Baker 4. the condition of blacks
A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
All of the following were prime goals of earnest progressives EXCEPT
a. abolishing special workplace protections for women.
b. the direct election of senators.
c. ending prostitution and “white slavery.”
d. prohibition.
abolishing special workplace protections for women.
To regain the power that the people had lost to the interests,” progresives advocated all of the following EXCEPT
a. recall.
b. referendum.
c. socialism.
d. initiative.
c. socialism.
Match each late nineteenth-century critic below with the target of his citicism.
A. Thorstein Veblen 1. “bloated trusts”
B. Jack London 2. slum conditions
C. Jacob Riis 3. “conspiuous consumption”
D. Henry Demarest Lloyd 4. destruction of nature
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
The “real heart” of the progressive movement was the effort by reformers to
use the government as an agency of human welfare
Political progressivism
emerged in both major parties, in all regions, at all levels of government
Progressivism
was closely tied to the feminist movement and women’s causes
According to progressives, the cure for all American democracy’s ill was
more democracy
Progressive reformers were mainly men and women from the
middle class
As part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following EXCEPT
a. conservation of natural resources.
b. control of labor.
c. consumer protection.
d. control of corporations.
b. control of labor.
The progressive movement was instrumental in getting the Seventeenth Amendment added to the Constitution, which provided for ____________________________.
the direct election of senators
Progresive reform at the level of city government seemed to indicate that the progressives’ highest priority was
governmental efficiency
Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by
threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops
The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist fire led many states to pass
restrictions on female employment in the clothing industry
The progressive-inspired city-manager system of government
was designed to remove politics from municipal administration
Which of the following was NOT among the issues addressed by women in the progressive movement?
a. preventing child labor in factories and sweatshops
b. insuring that food products were healthy and safe
c. creating pensions for mothers with dependent children.
d. ending special regulations governing women in the workplace
d. ending special regulations governing women in the workplace
The case of Lochner v. New York represented a setback for progressives and labor advocates becaue the Supreme Court in its ruling
declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional
One unusual and significant characteristic of the anthracite coal strike in 1902 was that
the national government did not automatically side with the owners in the dispute
While president, Theodore Roosevelt chose to label his reform poroposals as the
Square Deal
Teddy Roosevelt believed that trusts
were here to stay with their efficient means of production
Hepburn Act
With this act the Interstate Commerce Commission was expanded and given much greater power. It was also given the power to dictate and nullify railroad rates in 1906
In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted b progressive like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandis that
female workers required special rules and protection on the job
The real purpose of Teddy Roosevelt’s assault on trusts was to
prove that government, not private business, ruled the country
The Elkins and Hepburn Acts dealt with the subject of
railroad regulation
The setlement house and women’s club movements were crucial centers for female progressive activity because they
introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of urban social problems and civic concerns
The Supreme Court’s “rule of reason” in antitrust law was handed down in a case involving
Standard Oil
President Taft’s foreign policy was dubbed
dollar diplomacy
While president, Theodore Roosevelt
greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency
The Panic of 1907 stimulated reform in __________________ policy.
banking
According to the text, Teddy Roosevelt’s most enduring achievement may have been
his effort supporting the environment
Teddy Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when he
announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president
Of the following legislation aimed at resource conservation, the only one associated with Roosevelt’s presidency was the
Newlands Act
Teddy Roosevelt decided to run for the presidency in 1912 because
William Howard Taft had seemed to discard Roosevelt’s policies
As president, William Howard Taft
was wedded more to the status quo than to progresive change
When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the
plight of workers in the stockyards and the meat-packing industry
Theodore Roosevelt is probably most accurately described as
a middle-of-the-road reformer
During his presidency, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following EXCEPT
a. aid the cuse of the environment.
b. expand presidential power.
c. tame capitalism.
d. provide an international perspective.
c. tame capitalism.
President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ____________ trusts.
regulating
Passage of the Federal Meat Inspection Act was especially facilitated by the publication of
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
The idea of “multiple-use resource management” included all of the following practices EXCEPT
a. damming of rivers.
b. sustained-yield logging.
c. recreation.
d. summer stock grazing.
a. damming of rivers.
