History Exam - Progressivism and Reform

Question 1

Progressivism

Answer 1

A movement that arose in the 1890’s to address social problems

Question 2

Laissez-faire philosophy

Answer 2

Doctrine opposing government intervention in economic affairs

Question 3

Reform movements

Answer 3

Organizations that would remove or correct an abuse, a wrong, or an error

Question 4

Muckraking

Answer 4

Socially conscious writers who dramatized the need for reform

Question 5

Regulatory legislation

Answer 5

Agencies created to bring order, method, and/or uniformity

Question 6

Conservation

Answer 6

Management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation,destruction, or neglect

Question 7

Amendment

Answer 7

The process of changing by parliamentary or constitutional procedure

Question 8

Direct democracy

Answer 8

Government in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them

Question 9

Federalism

Answer 9

Power and responsibilities are shared by the states and the federal government

Question 10

Suffrage movement

Answer 10

Expanding the right to vote