UNIT 7- Chapter 28: Progressivism

Question 0

Jacob A Riis wrote…

Answer 0

How The Other Half Lives

Question 1

Henry Demarest Lloyd wrote…

Answer 1

Wealth Against Commonwealth

about trust and monopoly of standard oil co

Question 2

Lincoln Steffens wrote…

Answer 2

The Shame of the Cities

about alliance btwn gov and business

Question 3

David G Phillips wrote…

Answer 3

The Treason of the Senate

about senate as richmans club

Question 4

Stannard Baker wrote…

Answer 4

Following the Color Line

about child labor

Question 5

John Spargo wrote…

Answer 5

The Bitter Cry of Children

about child labor

Question 6

Define recall

Answer 6

Voters can remove faithless elected officials esp ones bribes by bosses or lobbyists

Question 7

Define referendum

Answer 7

Allows voters to place a bill on the ballot for final approval even after passed by legislation

Question 8

Define Australian secret ballot

Answer 8

Allowed voters to privately mark their ballot choices, limiting boss power on vote

Question 9

Direct democracy voting for the senate was what amendment

Answer 9

17th

Question 10

Robert La Follette

Answer 10

Governor of Wisconsin, “fighting bob” took power from monopolies on lumber and RR and gave it to the people, militant progressive republican

Question 11

Florence Kelly

Answer 11

First chief factory inspector in IL. Founded National Consumers League: pushed females to pressure for laws safeguarding women and children in workplace

Question 12

Hiram Johnson

Answer 12

Republican governor of CA, prosecuted of grafters, broke grip of South Pacific RR company on CA politics

Question 13

Gifford Pinchot

Answer 13

Conservationist, head of fed division of forestry, chief forester, use resources and replenish, reclaim western land, build dam, irrigation project, build parks, “multiple use resource management”

Question 14

John Muir

Answer 14

Preservationist, preserve wilderness, against dam,

Question 15

Muller (v) Ogden

Answer 15

Attorney Louis D Brandeis persuaded court to accept constitutionality of laws protecting women workers by presenting evidence of harmful factory effects on women’s bodies. Different standard for women than men

Question 16

Lochner (v) New York

Answer 16

Invalidated state laws that said 10 hr work day for bakers. “Right to free contract” implicit in the due process clause of the 14th amendment

Question 17

Elkins Act

Answer 17

Impose penalties on RRs that offered rebates and costumers who accepted them. Strengthened ICC

Question 18

Important food acts

Answer 18

Meat Packaging Act 1906

Pure Food and Drug Act (true labels)

Question 19

Hetch Hetchy Valley

Answer 19

Congress allowed for dam to be built here by San Fran in Yosemite nat park

Question 20

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 20

Pres Taft. U.S. should invest money into foreign affairs

Question 21

When was Dollar Diplomacy applied

Answer 21

Chinese RR Manchuria, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua

Question 22

Payne-Aldrich Bill

Answer 22

Initially to lower tariff but revised to point where retained high rates on most imports. Taft challenges progressive wing declaring it “best bill repubs passed”

Question 23

Ida A Tarbell wrote…

Answer 23

History of the Standard Oil Company

Question 24

Who founded the child labor committee?

Answer 24

Lewis Hine