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Chapter 9 (The Americans) 2014 Flashcards

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Reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people

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Progressivism

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president of the United States who was a former president of Princeton University and governor of New Jersey

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Woodrow Wilson

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an advocate for improving the lives of women and of children

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Florence Kelley

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muckraking journalist who exposed the terrible conditions of the meatpacking industry

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Upton Sinclair

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the movement to protect America’s natural resources

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conservation

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the term used to describe the progressive reforms of President Theodore Roosevelt

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Square Deal

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watchdog agency given the power to stop unfair business practices

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Federal Trade Commission

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president whose actions split the Republican party after he angered both progressives and conservationists

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William H. Taft

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a plan that reformed how American banks were organized

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Federal Reserve system

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a leader of the woman suffrage movement

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Susan B. Anthony

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The progressive movement regarded all o;f the following as worthy goals except
a. protecting social welfare
b. promoting business monopolies
c, creating economic reform
d. fostering efficiency in the workplace
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b. promoting business welfare

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Muckrakers were

a. politicians
b. conservationists
c. suffragists
d. journalists

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d. journalist

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A bill that originates form the people rather than legislators is known as

a. a recall
b. an initiative
c. a referendum
d. an amendment

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b. an initiative

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In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as

a. servants
b. teachers
c. clerks
d. telephone operators

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a. servants

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All of the following were actively involved in securing the right to vote for women EXCEPT

a. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b. Susan B. Anthony
c. Florence Kelley
s. Carrie Chapman Catt

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c. Florence Kelley

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In “The Jungle”, Upton Sinclair exposed

a. dangers faced by coal miners
b. corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company
c. unsanitary conditions in the meat- packing industry
d. illegal deals between special interests and the government

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c. Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry

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The first person to use the presidency as a “bully pulpit” was

a. William H. Taft
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Woodrow wilson
d. William McKinley

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b. Theodore Roosevelt

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The law that required truthful labels was the

a. Pure Food and Drug Act
b. Meat Inspection Act
c. Sherman Antitrust Act
d. Interstate Commerce Act

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a. Pure Food and Drug Act

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The primary goal of the NAACP was
a. voting rights for women
b. better working conditions
c, regulation of the banking industry
d. equality among the reces
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d. equality among the races

20
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In the election of 1912, the candidate considered least pleasing to reformers was

a. Eugene V Debs
b. Theodore
c. William H. Taft
d. Woodrow Wilson

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c. William H. Taft

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Which of the following was NOT a result of the introduction of the assembly line?

a. higher worker turnover
b. reduced hours of the workday
c. decreased productivity
d. higher wages

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c. decreased productivity

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Who gained the most from the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment

a. party bosses
b. ordinary citizens
c. state legislators
d. industrial leaders

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b. ordinary citizens

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Which of the following best states the primary goal of prohibitionists?

a. to eliminate the sale of alcohol to minors
b. to eliminate the use of alcohol in society
c. to reduce accidents in the workplace
d. to reduce the availability of alcohol to minors

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b. to eliminate the use of alcohol in society

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Why were early progressive attempts to enact federal bans on child labor unsuccessful?

a. The bans had little public support
b. Labor Unions fought the legislation
c. Factory owners simply ignored the laws
d. The Supreme Court ruled such bans unconstitutional

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d. The Supreme Court ruled such bans unconstitutional

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Which strategy was NOT employed by women suffragists to obtain their goal

a. They called for female workers to strike
b. They advocated a constitutional amendment
c. They tested the Fourteenth Amendment in court
d. They convinced state legislatures to grant women the right to vote

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a. They called for female workers to strike

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Which statement best characterizes Roosevelt’s positions on trust.

a. Some trusts were harmful to the public interest
b. All trusts should be busted
c. Trusts were of benefit to the public interest
d. Trusts were legal and could not be abolished

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a. Some trusts were harmful to the public interest

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Which statement best characterizes the position of Gifford Pinchot toward land conservation

a. Unrestricted development was acceptable
b. a multi-use land program was possible
c. Further privatization should be prohibited
d. Conservation should not interfere with industrial expansion

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b. A multi-use land program was possible

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Which of the following actions led to the defeat of Taft in 1912?

a. his overuse of the bully pulpit
b. to failure to continue the trustbusting of Roosevelt
c. his refusal to sign the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
d. his failure to unify the Republican Party

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d. his failure to unify the Republican Party

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What was the primary motivation for passage of the Sixteenth Amendment?

a. to curb the power of corporations
b. to replace revenue lost by enacting lower tariffs
c. to reduce the gap between rich and poor
d. to create a war chest to pay for future wars

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b. to replace revenue lost by enacting lower tariffs

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What effect did WWI have on the suffragist movement

a. It delayed action as attention turned to the war effort
b. It had little effect
c. It caused a split within the NAWSA
c. It hastened passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

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d. It hastened passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment

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