Textbook pages 122-127

Question 1

Utilities in cities at the turn of the century.

Answer 1

Electricity, water, telephone, and trolley cars.

Question 2

Samuel Jones

Answer 2

Elected mayor Toledo, Ohio 1897. Limits on how much utilities could charge, built parks, playground, gave free band concerts, and free kindergarten.

Question 3

Robert M. La Follette

Answer 3

Progressive; chosen by voters, not party. Had workers pass exams to get jobs; bosses couldn’t hire friends.

Question 4

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 4

1858-1919. Police commissioner NYC, assistant secretary of navy, fought in Spanish-American War. Became president after McKinley was assassinated.

Question 5

Theodore’s presidency

Answer 5

Created Department of Commerce and Labor. “Square Deal”: fair results for workers and bosses. Regulated food and drugs. Pure Food and Drug Act passed 1906. Doubled number of national parks; Newlands Reclamation Act.

Question 6

Sixteenth amendment

Answer 6

July 1909, ratified 1913. Federal tax on personal income.

Question 7

Seventeenth amendment

Answer 7

May 1912, ratified 1913. Direct election of senators.

Question 8

Eighteenth amendment

Answer 8

Prohibition. December 1917, ratified 1919, repealed 1933.

Question 9

Nineteenth

Answer 9

Women’s right to vote. June 1919, ratified 1920.

Question 10

William Howard Taft.

Answer 10

90 antitrust lawsuits. Safety standards for railroad workers and miners. 1909, federal income tax for government revenue

Question 11

Socialist party

Answer 11

Formed by Eugene V. Debs. Fought for women’s suffrage, child labor laws, union rights, and workplace safety.

Question 12

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 12

1914 Clayton Antitrust Act. Started Federal Trade Commission

Question 13

Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire

Answer 13

1911. 146 people killed. Escape routes failed.

Question 14

Progressive Era

Answer 14

Ended 1917 when America entered World War I