Unit 5, Chapter 28

Question 1

Muckrakers

Answer 1

Name given by Roosevelt to reporters that were digging up the corruption in the gov.

Question 2

Initiative

Answer 2

A progressive reform measure allowing voters to petition to have a law placed on the general ballot,

Question 3

Social Gospel

Answer 3

At the begin in of the 20th century this reform movement used religious doctrine to establish better living and housing standards

Question 4

Referendum

Answer 4

Allowed voters to place a bill on the ballot for final approval, even after being passed by the legislature.

Question 5

Recall

Answer 5

Progressive ballot procedure allowing voters to remove elected officials from office

Question 6

Australian Ballot

Answer 6

A system that allows the voters privacy when marking their ballot choices

Question 7

Muller v. Oregon

Answer 7

(1908) Court case that attorney Louis D. Brandeis persuaded the Court to accept constitutionality of limiting the hours of women workers.

Question 8

Lochner v. New York

Answer 8

(1905) Supreme Court decision invalidated a state law establishing a 10-her day for bakers.

Question 9

Elkins Act

Answer 9

(1903) Federal law that imposes penalties on railroads that offers rebates and the customers that accepted them. It strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act

Question 10

Meat Inspection Act

Answer 10

(1906) Federal law that subjected meat shipped over state lines to federal inspection.

Question 11

Pure Food and Drug Act

Answer 11

(1908) Law passed to inspect and regulate the labeling of foods and pharmaceuticals intended for human consumption.

Question 12

Hetch Hetchy Valley

Answer 12

Federal gov. allowed the city San Francisco to build a dam in 1913.

Question 13

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 13

Name applied by Taft’s critics to the policy of supporting US investments and political interests abroad.

Question 14

Payne-Aldrin Bill

Answer 14

(1909) during Taft’s presidency, intended to lower tariffs but revised to retain high tariffs on most imports.

Question 15

New Freedom

Answer 15

(1912) Platform of reforms advocated by Wilson in hist first campaign, including stronger anti-trust legislation to protect small business enterprises from monopolies, banking reform, and tariff reductions. His strategy involved taking action to increase opportunities for capitalist competition rather than increased gov. regulation of large co.