Unit 4 L4

Question 1

An early reform program that preached salvation through service to the poor. Called on governments, churches, and private charities to work together to help people in need.
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Answer 1

SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT

Question 2

Community centers established in “slum” neighborhoods to provide services for immigrants and the urban poor. Services included health care, child care, education, and help with obtaining naturalization. By 1910, about 400 existed. Helped cultivate social responsibility toward the urban poor.

Answer 2

SETTLEMENT HOUSES

Question 3

Law passed by Congress making it illegal to form a trust that interfered with free trade between states or other countries. Language was vague, limiting its effectiveness.

Answer 3

SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT OF 1890

Question 4

Reestablished the right of the federal government to supervise railroad activities and established an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to carry out the act. Created over public pressure - railroads were perceived to have abused their power as a result of too little competition. The ICC was not effective since it lacked

Answer 4

Interstate Commerce Act

Question 5

Writers who exposed the abuses and corruption of society. Usually caused public outcry for reform. Examples: Upton Sinclair – meatpacking industry Ida Tarbell – Rockefeller’s (Standard Oil) ruthless business practices.

Answer 5

Muckrakers

Question 6

After Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle , the public demanded action.
Meat Inspection Act in 1906 regulated the meatpacking industry (until the 1990s). Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906 halted sale of contaminated food and medicines and called for truth in labeling.
National

Answer 6

Food & Drug Administration

Question 7

Group founded in 1869 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Pushed for voting rights for women.

Answer 7

National Women’s Suffrage Association

Question 8

Name given for breaking up the monopolies

Answer 8

Trust Busting

Question 9

List the Names of the Three Progressive Presidents

Answer 9

1. Theodore Roosevelt

2. William H Taft

3. Woodrow Wilson

Question 10

The Amendment allowed for the taxining of an individual’s income

Answer 10

16th Amendment

Question 11

A process that allows citizens to propose new legislation

Answer 11

Initiative

Question 12

A process that allows citizens not congress to vote on legislation

Answer 12

Referendum

Question 13

Individual who opposed the corruption in the oil industry

Answer 13

Ida Tarbell